Scan E

Improving access of Pregnant mothers in Rural areas of Uganda to affordable obstetric ultrasound scan services 

limited access to obstetric ultrasound services for pregnant mothers in rural areas.

Expensive services in urban centres.

Over 85% of pregnant mothers in rural areas of uganda never do an obstetric ultrasound scan and yet its recommended that every  pregnant mother must do atleast one scan before gestation age of 24 weeks.

This is attributed to the Expensive and limited access of Pregnant mothers to such services in a third world country like Uganda and its neighbours. 

The Solution is Scan E, 

Scan E uses portable obstetric ultrasound machines to reach out to pregnant mothers in rural areas.

A pregnant mother registers with the nearest public health facility and our service provider comes to offer the service at that very place

pregnant mothers in rural areas of Uganda and later the whole of the East African community.

Less than 15% who can afford transport and expensive services in urban areas are the only ones who have been accessing these services.

It's tike to change the narrative just by pregnant mothers registering from the nearest health facility, we come and offer the service using out portable ultrasound machine. 

Our team is well positioned to revolutionaries this.

We are a team of four Final year students of Bachelor of Science in medical Radiography at Makerere University completing studies in June 2023 and Graduating in January 2024.

We are well equipped with ultrasound skills.

As a team leader, I have been able to complete two Entrepreneurship studies under Starthub Africa and Social Shifters.

So we are ready for the move

Did market research and people showed the need for the services.

Personally, I hired an ultrasound machine in September 2022 and took it to sironko District in Rural parts of Eastern Uganda and in a period of one month, I was able to work on over 200 pregnant mothers at affordable prices

In Scan E, We reach out to a pregnant mother at their nearest Health Facility.

a pregnant mother Registers with the nearest health facility and Our duty is to move to that facility and do all the services required.

In doing so, We are different from our Competitors who have settled in Urban areas.

Additionally, We are 50% more  affordable compared to our competitors therefore more Pregnant mothers are expected to like us more

Impact goals for 2023

Establish our company in Namisindwa, Bududa, Bulambuli, Budaka and Sironko Districts of Uganda

Work on atleast 10,000 Pregnant mothers in over 5 districts.

We hope to partner with Health facilities in Those districts to allow us have physical visits to their maternity wards

We are going to use Portable Ultrasound machines and motor Vehicles.

Ours is a new Business that utilizes the Portable Ultrasound machines to flexibly move to the nearest Health facility of the Pregnant mother

In 2022, We have served over 200 Pregnant mothers in Sironko district in one month.

Next Year,  We expect to serve over over 10,000 Pregnant mothers in 5 Districts

At the moment there are mainly 2 Barriers.

1. Finances to purchase portable ultrasound machines since all team members are students.

We currently need 12000USD to purchase our own two sets of  portable ultrasound machines and start to scale and grow our business.

2. Obtaining a License from Allied Health Professionals Council but just after finishing studies since we are finalists, We shall have the License and everything will move smoothly.

we haven't partnered with any organisation yet

key customers are pregnant mothers in rural areas of Uganda.

We hope to provide obstetric ultrasound services at the nearest health facility where a pregnant mother registers at the nearest health facility and the service provider moves to there to provide the service .

We are more affordable,  Time saving , accessible and more importantly follow up on pregnant mothers with complications. 

Pregnant mothers need these services to know the fetal presentation, Gestation Age, fetal well being, Biophysical profile and some want to know the gender of the baby

Through selling of services.

We spend 3 USD on every pregnant mother and in return get 5USD as revenue.

With a profit margin of 2USD, We shall be able to pay scale and multiply to other districts and outside uganda within five years