Access to reliable and equitable healthcare is often a challenge for expectant mothers around the globe, a trend only made worse by rising maternal mortality rates in the wake of the pandemic. Could adding AI to prenatal medicine be the solution they need?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), roughly 287,000 women died during and following their pregnancy in 2020 due to preventable causes — that’s approximately 800 deaths every day. In addition, birth defects affect one in 331 babies born in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 50% of those cases, the defects went undetected by an ultrasound.
