In parts of Uvira health zone, a health centre without ultrasound equipment for years relied on physical exams alone to catch pregnancy complications — often too late. Since receiving an ultrasound machine through the DPRP prevention component, staff have been able to catch complications such as breech presentations early enough to arrange safe deliveries.
The change has had a ripple effect: several nearby health centres have invested their own funds in ultrasound equipment after seeing the results, and local health authorities are now being pushed to expand access further. The website content draft reports that close to half of Uvira’s health centres have ultrasound capacity.
Review status: this account comes from the DPRP website content draft, which was based on public summaries rather than the full original article. The latest coverage figure, source date and account need confirmation with ADED and Tunafasi. A partner quote, updated account or link to the original reporting is still to be agreed.