Establishing accurate gestational age with ultrasound early in pregnancy is essential to delivering high-quality care. Yet, the high cost for equipment and the need for trained sonographers limits its ...

Jeff Stringer, MD, associate director of UNC’s Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases came up with the idea for this project. “Ultrasound is like a stethoscope to the modern obstetrician.

Since the United Nations implemented its Millennium Development Goals in 1990, there has been little improvement in the high rates of maternal and perinatal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa despite ...