SAMI +
SAMI +
Innovating prenatal care to ensure safe pregnancies and deliveries, one scan at a time.
Innovating prenatal care for safer pregnancies and deliveries, one scan at a time.
SAMI +
Innovating prenatal care to ensure safe pregnancies and deliveries, one scan at a time.
The Problem
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), at least four women die every hour, and 23 newborns die each day due to pregnancy or childbirth complications. Despite 80% of births occurring in health facilities with trained attendants, the DRC has the world’s seventh-highest neonatal mortality rate and the third-highest in Africa, at 60 deaths per 1,000 live births. The maternal mortality rate stands at 846 deaths per 100,000 live births, placing the DRC fourth among the eight countries accounting for over half of global maternal deaths.
The Problem
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), at least four women die every hour, and 23 newborns die each day due to pregnancy or childbirth complications. Despite 80% of births occurring in health facilities with trained attendants, the DRC has the world’s seventh-highest neonatal mortality rate and the third-highest in Africa, at 60 deaths per 1,000 live births. The maternal mortality rate stands at 846 deaths per 100,000 live births, placing the DRC fourth among the eight countries accounting for over half of global maternal deaths.
The Problem
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), at least four women die every hour, and 23 newborns die each day due to pregnancy or childbirth complications. Despite 80% of births occurring in health facilities with trained attendants, the DRC has the world’s seventh-highest neonatal mortality rate and the third-highest in Africa, at 60 deaths per 1,000 live births. The maternal mortality rate stands at 846 deaths per 100,000 live births, placing the DRC fourth among the eight countries accounting for over half of global maternal deaths.
The Problem
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), at least four women die every hour, and 23 newborns die each day due to pregnancy or childbirth complications. Despite 80% of births occurring in health facilities with trained attendants, the DRC has the world’s seventh-highest neonatal mortality rate and the third-highest in Africa, at 60 deaths per 1,000 live births. The maternal mortality rate stands at 846 deaths per 100,000 live births, placing the DRC fourth among the eight countries accounting for over half of global maternal deaths.
Our Approach
SAMI+ trains and deploys mobile community health technicians equipped with AI-powered portable ultrasounds to provide critical prenatal imaging services in underserved communities. This initiative enhances the quality of prenatal care in rural and remote areas, promoting safer pregnancies and births in the DRC.
Our Approach
SAMI+ utilizes AI-powered, portable ultrasounds and mobile community health technicians equipped to deliver critical prenatal imaging services in underserved communities. This approach improves the quality of prenatal care in rural and remote areas, ensuring safer pregnancies and births in the DRC.
Our Approach
SAMI+ utilizes AI-powered, portable ultrasounds and mobile community health technicians equipped to deliver critical prenatal imaging services in underserved communities. This approach improves the quality of prenatal care in rural and remote areas, ensuring safer pregnancies and births in the DRC.
Our Approach
SAMI+ utilizes AI-powered, portable ultrasounds and mobile community health technicians equipped to deliver critical prenatal imaging services in underserved communities. This approach improves the quality of prenatal care in rural and remote areas, ensuring safer pregnancies and births in the DRC.
Who We Are
SAMI+ is a nonprofit health startup incubated at the Harvard HealthLab Accelerator and developed at the Harvard Innovation Labs. It was founded by Sabrina Ebengho, a Congolese native and Master of Public Health candidate at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Who We Are
SAMI+ is a nonprofit health startup incubated at the Harvard HealthLab Accelerator and developing at the Harvard Innovation Lab. It was founded by Sabrina Ebengho, a Master of Public Health student in the Health Policy Department at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Who We Are
SAMI+ is a nonprofit health startup incubated at the Harvard HealthLab Accelerator and developing at the Harvard Innovation Lab. It was founded by Sabrina Ebengho, a Master of Public Health student in the Health Policy Department at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Who We Are
SAMI+ is a nonprofit health startup incubated at the Harvard HealthLab Accelerator and developing at the Harvard Innovation Lab. It was founded by Sabrina Ebengho, a Master of Public Health student in the Health Policy Department at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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