Category: FAMLI

When a clinician has to make decisions about a pregnancy without knowing how far along it truly is, every choice becomes harder — and riskier. Early in his career working in Zambia, Dr. Jeffrey Stringer saw this reality play out every day, as the absence of ultrasound forced providers to...

UNC-Chapel Hill and University of Zambia researchers are using cutting-edge medical devices, machine learning and artificial intelligence to tackle global maternal and child health issues while providing quality services to women and children in Zambia.

magine being able to walk into a hospital and perform a basic medical procedure with no previous experience. A portable ultrasound device developed at UNC-Chapel Hill is designed to be used by people with little to no training. The low-cost device guides users through taking a basic ultrasound, then uses...

More than 300,000 North Carolina women ages 18 through 44 live in an area that doesn’t have enough hospitals or birthing centers – or in in some cases, any at all. That’s according to data from the March of Dimes. Researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill are using AI technology to provide more...

Every day, approximately 830 women die from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth, and almost all these deaths occur in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs). Maternal and infant health are closely linked. 

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 use in low-resource settings. A new study published in NEJM Evidence introduces a novel opportunity to democratize obstetric ultrasound.

Unique scanning method coupled with artificial intelligence, paves the way for universal obstetric ultrasound GUILFORD, Conn. and NEW YORK, April 8, 2022 – Butterfly Network, Inc. (NYSE: BFLY), (the company) a digital health company transforming care with handheld, whole-body ultrasound, today announced its position in a new study published in NEJM Evidence,...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced a $14 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support of research focused on improving childbirth safety in the world’s poorest countries.

CHAPEL HILL, NC — A team of clinical researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received $14 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to conduct two studies aimed at improving pregnancy outcomes in the world’s poorest countries. An interdisciplinary team at the UNC School...