# Butterfly iQ+ at Kenya: deployment

Canonical ID: `24bb52c1-ce02-462b-8f57-7034cde3a8f5`

500 Butterfly iQ+ devices deployed to healthcare workers across Kenya as part of a 5M USD Gates Foundation grant for maternal and fetal health in Sub-Saharan Africa. Later expanded to 1,000 probes.

## Key facts

- **Fleet size:** 1,000 units

**Trust tier:** Unverified

_Last updated: 2026-07-03_

- **Slug:** butterfly-iq-plus-kenya-kenya
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Butterfly iQ+](/models/butterfly-iq-plus.md) (id: `aed64d0b-bb26-4f48-8a32-1a6a7187fdbd`)
- **Company:** [Butterfly Network](/companies/butterfly-network.md) (id: `10c41dfa-9a1d-4e6a-a63a-901375715bd7`)
- **Location:** [Kenya](/locations/kenya-kenya.md) (id: `eca938bf-4edc-450e-980d-9c189fbd6e5e`)
- **First seen:** 2022-03-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **Butterfly Network Distributes 500 Butterfly iQ+ Devices to Healthcare Workers in Kenya** · https://www.butterflynetwork.com/press-releases/butterfly-network-distributes-500-butterfly-iq-devices-to-healthcare-workers-in-kenya-to-transform-maternal-and-fetal-health · 2022-03-09

## Common questions

### What is the Butterfly iQ+ deployment at Kenya?

Butterfly iQ+, built by Butterfly Network, is recorded as a deployment at Kenya on the DEPLOY registry. Butterfly Network operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Butterfly iQ+ at Kenya?

Butterfly Network, the manufacturer of Butterfly iQ+, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Butterfly iQ+ deployment at Kenya go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting March 9, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Butterfly iQ+ deployment at Kenya?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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