A pilot project aimed at improving maternal healthcare in Mathare North Health Centre in Nairobi where an average of two mothers die daily has been launched. The initiative, Philips “Fabric of Africa” campaign, will result in the multinational healthcare company donating a modern ultrasound machine worth Sh2.5 million to the health centre located in the sprawling Mathare slums where about 150 deliveries occur on a monthly basis...[The] machine will enable health workers to effectively monitor potential complications among pregnant women. “The machine will enable health workers to monitor up to 25 women daily at a subsidised cost...Philips chief executive (Africa) Juan Dongen...said the pilot project is expected to improve the diagnosis on pregnant women while preventing complications from occurring at the grassroots.