Detecting and Preventing Fetuses at Risk of Stillbirth

The Umbiflow (a continuous wave Doppler ultrasound apparatus) assesses the blood flow in the fetus's umbilical artery and can readily detect placental insufficiency. It is low cost and low level health care providers can be trained to use it; thus large populations of pregnant women can be screened for placental insufficiency and, if managed properly, the stillbirth prevented.