A low-cost ultrasound program leads to increased antenatal clinic visits and attended deliveries at a health care clinic in rural Uganda.

A low-cost ultrasound program leads to increased antenatal clinic visits and attended deliveries at a health care clinic in rural Uganda.

BACKGROUND: In June of 2010, an antenatal ultrasound program to perform basic screening for high-risk pregnancies was introduced at a community health care center in rural Uganda. Whether the addition of ultrasound scanning to antenatal visits at the health center would encourage or discourage poten...

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Main Authors: Andrew B Ross, Kristen K DeStigter, Matthew Rielly, Sonia Souza, Gabriel Eli Morey, Melissa Nelson, Eric Z Silfen, Brian Garra, Alphonsus Matovu, Michael Grace Kawooya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3813603?pdf=render

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