by Ester Blass | Jun 27, 2019 | Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
Hannah is 18 years old and lives with her parents in a village on the rural outskirts of Arusha. She is the 7th of 9 children. She completed standard primary education. Hannah is now 8 months pregnant and attended the antenatal clinic with her mum. This was not a...
by Michael Hynds | Jun 24, 2019 | Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
Meet Maternity Africa’s Doctor Doreen Moshi. Doctor Doreen is an Assistant Medical Officer at Kivulini Maternity Centre, and one of our leading doctors. Doctor Doreen qualified as a General Practitioner at the Tanzanian Training Centre for International Health,...
by Michael Hynds | Jun 14, 2019 | Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
Today is World Blood Donor Day. According to the World Health Organization, the event serves to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood. It also raises awareness of the need for regular blood donations to ensure that all individuals...
by Michael Hynds | Jun 7, 2019 | Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
Hannah delivered her bouncing baby at Maternity Africa’s Kivulini Maternity Centre on 31 May. We are delighted that this is a celebration of another safe delivery, and the 1,000th delivery since 28 May 2018, when we had our first one in the brand new hospital....
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...
