A three-year Gates Foundation-funded effectiveness-implementation study generating the evidence, clinical protocols, and financing strategies to scale AI-POCUS sustainably across Nigeria’s maternal health system.
Nigeria bears nearly 29% of all global maternal deaths — approximately 75,000 annually. Yet critical diagnostic services remain out of reach in the primary health centres where most women seek care, due to severe shortages of sonographers and radiologists.
AI-enabled point-of-care ultrasound (AI-POCUS) offers a transformative solution — portable, affordable, and operable by non-specialist providers. Path4AIPOCUS exists to generate the rigorous evidence needed to deploy this technology at scale, equitably, and sustainably across Nigeria’s health system.
Grounded in Participatory Action Research principles, Path4AIPOCUS spans 36 months across nine work packages, producing actionable evidence at every stage — from system readiness through to sustainable financing models.
Add team members from Team → Add New in the WordPress admin — they'll appear here automatically.
Path4AIPOCUS unites leading universities, government health ministries, technology companies, and professional associations around one shared goal: ending preventable maternal death through AI-powered diagnostics.
Whether you are a researcher, policymaker, clinician, or implementation partner, we welcome your inquiries, collaborations, and feedback on Path4AIPOCUS.
