{"id":16803,"date":"2024-12-06T07:37:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T06:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/how-ai-monitoring-is-cutting-stillbirths-and-neonatal-deaths-in-a-clinic-in-malawi\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T07:37:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T06:37:19","slug":"how-ai-monitoring-is-cutting-stillbirths-and-neonatal-deaths-in-a-clinic-in-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/how-ai-monitoring-is-cutting-stillbirths-and-neonatal-deaths-in-a-clinic-in-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"How AI monitoring is cutting stillbirths and neonatal deaths in a clinic in Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The only hospital in the country using foetal safety software has seen baby fatalities drop by 82% in three years<\/p>\n<p>When Ellen Kaphamtengo felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, she thought she might be in labour. It was the ninth month of her first pregnancy and she wasn\u2019t taking any chances. With the help of her mother, the 18-year-old climbed on to a motorcycle taxi and rushed to a hospital in Malawi\u2019s capital, Lilongwe, a 20-minute ride away.<\/p>\n<p>At the Area 25 health centre, they told her it was a false alarm and took her to the maternity ward. But things escalated quickly when a routine ultrasound revealed that her baby was much smaller than expected for her pregnancy stage, which can cause asphyxia \u2013 a condition that limits blood flow and oxygen to the baby.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2024\/dec\/06\/how-ai-monitoring-is-cutting-stillbirths-and-neonatal-deaths-in-a-clinic-in-malawi\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b536fb8cf80bdbbebada25d55fd575da9fe93cd4\/0_495_1290_774\/master\/1290.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f3ff858a3e2ae57ff9ea092e343637ff\" title=\"How AI monitoring is cutting stillbirths and neonatal deaths in a clinic in Malawi\" \/>The only hospital in the country using foetal safety software has seen baby fatalities drop by 82% in three years<br \/>\nWhen Ellen Kaphamtengo felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, she thought she might be in labour. It was the ninth month of her first pregnancy and she wasn\u2019t taking any chances. With the help of her mother, the 18-year-old climbed on to a motorcycle taxi and rushed to a hospital in Malawi\u2019s capital, Lilongwe, a 20-minute ride away.<br \/>\nAt the Area 25 health centre, they told her it was a false alarm and took her to the maternity ward. But things escalated quickly when a routine ultrasound revealed that her baby was much smaller than expected for her pregnancy stage, which can cause asphyxia \u2013 a condition that limits blood flow and oxygen to the baby. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only hospital in the country using foetal safety software has seen baby fatalities drop by 82% in three years When Ellen Kaphamtengo felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, she thought she might be in labour. It was the ninth month of her first pregnancy and she wasn\u2019t taking any chances. With the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/how-ai-monitoring-is-cutting-stillbirths-and-neonatal-deaths-in-a-clinic-in-malawi\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How AI monitoring is cutting stillbirths and neonatal deaths in a clinic in Malawi<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16803"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}