Tropical Doctor > Volume 38, Number 2 > Pp. 125-126

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A two-level ultrasonographic service in a maternity care unit of a rural district hospital in Tanzania

W Stein MD      I Katunda   C Butoto

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, D-37075 Goettingen, Germany

Correspondence to: W Stein, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Georg-August-University of Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, D-37075 Goettingen, Germany Email: werner.stein{at}med.uni-goettingen.de

Ultrasonography has been shown to improve obstetric management in sub-Saharan Africa. This study demonstrates that basic ultrasonography can be performed by midwives and that a two-level ultrasonographic service in the maternity care unit of a rural sub-Saharan district hospital is feasible.

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