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A team of four medical entrepreneurs in Uganda have invented a new technology named M-scan – a low cost, portable ultrasound device.

Dr Prosper Ahimbisibwe, the clinical lead and co-founder, Innocent Menyo, team lead, Phillip Kyomuhendo, radiographer and Ivan Nasasira, a technology leader, have invented the M-scan to help reduce maternity and infant death rate in Uganda.

Dr Prosper Ahimbisibwe, a 26-year old Makerere University medical graduate, is the director and co-founder of M-scan.

According to statistics by the World Health Organisation (WHO) at least 830 mothers in developing countries lose their lives daily due to pregnancy-related complications.

During an interview with a local magazine, Dr Ahimbisibwe said: “As a healthcare specialist and entrepreneur, I believe in innovation to change the world and make it a better place for humanity.”

Dr Ahimbisibwe said that during their community service, education and research programmes as medical students they were posted in upcountry …