by Ester Blass | Jul 16, 2019 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
Hadija is only eight years old. She fell and was impaled on a stick injuring her urethra and causing a large fistula. Leaking urine continually she was teased and unable to go to school. After suffering for six months, she was found by our outreach team and brought to...
by Ester Blass | Jun 20, 2019 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, Story
Bibi Lucy is unsure about her age. She was pregnant during the time that the first president of Tanzania was in power. She delivered her baby by operation and following this was left with a fistula. The baby didn’t survive. She never became pregnant again but her...
by Michael Hynds | Jun 7, 2019 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
The World Health Organization states that ”access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health.” Today, World Food Safety Day, we thank our wonderful kitchen staff who cook three delicious,...
by Michael Hynds | Jun 2, 2019 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
The rainy season (long rains) in Tanzania is usually from March to May. However, this year the rains took longer to come to Northern Tanzania, where Kivulini Maternity Centre is located. We experienced lots of heavy rain showers during May. Although it was very...
by Michael Hynds | May 29, 2019 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
Ladies are arriving at Maternity Africa’s Kivulini Maternity Centre this week from across Tanzania. They will prepare for surgery, scheduled to take place in early June. Some of these ladies have been suffering from obstetric fistula and other birth-induced...
by Michael Hynds | May 28, 2019 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
This is Dr Asubiojo Benjamin. He is Ghanaian by nationality and a final year postgraduate student in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College in Moshi, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) from Kivulini Maternity Centre in Northern...
