A midwife conducts an ultrasound, then uploads the scan to be examined by volunteer sonographers thousands of kilometres away. This team effort is helping improve antenatal care in Cambodia.
abc.net.au/news/charity-providing-free-pregnancy-ultrasounds-in-cambodia/102546204At a clinic in rural Cambodia, a mother-to-be is seeing her baby for the first time on an ultrasound scan — an image that will be sent to volunteer sonographers thousands of kilometres away.
The 2h Project has been travelling to Cambodia to train midwives and educate communities on safe birthing since 2007. "The ultrasound is a really important diagnostic tool in determining if the pregnancy is high-risk or not," volunteer sonographer Peter Coombs said. "It allows points of education about pregnancy … it helps prepare women for that emergency birth planning, and it helps prepare the staff as well," she said.
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