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The aim of the study is to assess the effect of ultrasound scanning outreach in pregnancy on the number and outcome of high-risk births at Masanga Hospital in rural Sierra Leone.
In the rural areas of Sierra Leone around 17% of women give birth outside the hospital, which might have severe or fatal consequences for especially pregnant women with a high-risk diagnosis and their unborn child. Our hypothesis is that some complications can be prevented by antenatal ultrasound and thereby identify women at high-risk and advise them to give birth at Masanga Hospital.
We are investigating the period prevalnce of high-risk births, maternal and perinatal death and severe complications related to birth at Masanga Hospital before and after the implementation of Maternal Scanning Outreach at 4 community health centres in October 2020.
This study will yield novel insights into the value of antenatal ultrasound offered in an outreach programme in rural Sierra Leone.
In the rural areas of Sierra Leone around 17% of women give birth outside the hospital, which might have severe or fatal consequences for especially pregnant women with a high-risk diagnosis and their unborn child. Our hypothesis is that some complications can be prevented by antenatal ultrasound and thereby identify women at high-risk and advise them to give birth at Masanga Hospital.
We are investigating the period prevalnce of high-risk births, maternal and perinatal death and severe complications related to birth at Masanga Hospital before and after the implementation of Maternal Scanning Outreach at 4 community health centres in October 2020.
This study will yield novel insights into the value of antenatal ultrasound offered in an outreach programme in rural Sierra Leone.
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 01/02/2023 → 31/01/2024 |
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