Palm Ultrasound Integrated with Smart Phone to Decrease Maternal Mortality in Three Rural Regions in The Philippines

In the Philippines, where between 55 and 73 per cent of babies born in 2011 were delivered at home, maternal and infant mortality rates remain high.  Mothers die from hemorrhage, sepsis, obstructed labour, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, and complications of unsafe abortion.  A mobile phone app developed by this project will use ultrasound results to help identify pregnant women at risk in labour and will relay information to an appropriate health provider. For more information visit dce.upm.edu.ph/clinical-epidemiology/"