Maternity Solutions
From prenatal to neonatal — the technologies that protect mothers and newborns.
Africa carries 67% of the world's maternal deaths.
Every two minutes, a woman dies in childbirth — and the vast majority of these deaths are preventable with appropriate equipment and care. Africa also accounts for one million neonatal deaths per year: newborns dying in their first 28 days of life from conditions that are treatable with incubators, phototherapy and monitoring equipment that most African hospitals do not have. Jos•Hansen supplies the technologies that change these statistics.
Detecting fetal distress before it becomes an emergency.
Cardiotocography (CTG) is the standard of care for monitoring babies during labour. Our CTG systems provide continuous electronic fetal heart rate and uterine contraction monitoring — with automated alert systems that notify midwives of abnormal patterns requiring intervention. Network-capable systems allow central monitoring of multiple patients from a single nursing station.
Intensive care for Africa's most vulnerable newborns.
Premature and low-birthweight infants require precise thermoregulation, humidity control and oxygen management to survive and develop normally. Jos•Hansen's neonatal incubators provide servo-controlled skin temperature within ±0.1°C, up to 95% relative humidity and built-in SpO2 monitoring — with battery backup for power interruptions that are common in African hospitals.
Servo skin temperature control accuracy — standard for neonatal thermoregulation
Maximum relative humidity in incubator chamber for premature infant skin integrity
Built-in pulse oximetry monitoring — no separate probe or monitor required
Automatic battery backup activates on power interruption — common in African hospitals
Treating neonatal jaundice effectively and affordably.
Neonatal jaundice affects up to 60% of term newborns and can cause permanent brain damage if untreated. LED phototherapy systems deliver 460–490 nm blue-spectrum light at intensities greater than 30 μW/cm²/nm, converting bilirubin rapidly and eliminating the need for exchange transfusion in most cases. LED technology lasts 20,000+ hours — eliminating the bulb replacement costs that burden hospital budgets.
Blue-spectrum wavelength that bilirubin absorbs most efficiently — the clinical standard for phototherapy
Minimum irradiance for intensive phototherapy per AAP and NICE clinical guidelines
LED lamp operational lifespan — eliminates the bulb replacement costs of conventional fluorescent units
Built for the realities of African maternal care.
Maternity equipment in Africa must function in district hospitals and tertiary referral units alike — with unreliable power, limited technical staff and high patient volume. Every product we supply is specified for that reality.
Every tier of care covered
From basic CTG machines for district health centres to servo-controlled NICU incubators for national referral hospitals — we supply maternity technology appropriate to the clinical environment and patient volume.
Power-resilient by specification
Battery backup is standard across neonatal incubators and phototherapy units — not an optional upgrade. Equipment continues operating through the power interruptions that are a daily reality in many African hospitals.
CTG network configuration
We configure network-capable CTG systems for central monitoring — allowing a single midwife to observe fetal heart rate traces from multiple labour beds simultaneously, reducing missed late decelerations.
Clinical staff training
Midwives, paediatric nurses and biomedical technicians receive hands-on training on every system — CTG trace interpretation, incubator alarm management, phototherapy dosing and equipment maintenance.
Clinical benchmarks that matter.
Maternity equipment performance is measured in precision tolerances and clinical outcomes. These are the figures your neonatologist and clinical engineer will verify at commissioning.
Of term newborns affected by neonatal jaundice — making phototherapy one of the highest-volume neonatal interventions
Incubator servo temperature accuracy — the clinical tolerance for neonatal thermoregulation in premature infants
LED phototherapy hours before lamp replacement — versus roughly 2,000 hours for conventional fluorescent units
μW/cm²/nm — minimum irradiance for intensive phototherapy per AAP and NICE clinical guidelines
Everything from labour ward to neonatal ICU.
CTG monitoring, neonatal incubators, LED phototherapy and maternal ECG — Jos•Hansen supplies and supports the complete maternity technology portfolio for African hospitals, district health centres and referral facilities.
Global manufacturers. African execution.
Every product we supply is sourced from world-class manufacturers and backed by Jos•Hansen's local installation, training and service capability across East and Southern Africa.
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