by Michael Hynds | Jun 11, 2021 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
Meet Elizabeth (pictured seated outside her home), from Tanzania’s rural Dodoma Region. She is 45 years old and has two children. Her older child is 19, and her younger one is 14. After delivering her second child, Elizabeth discovered that she could not control...
by Michael Hynds | Jun 1, 2021 | Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
With 1.7 million people living with HIV in Tanzania (population around 60 million), the country continues to be a global priority for the prevention and treatment of HIV. Over the last two decades, despite wide geographical diversity in absolute levels of...
by Michael Hynds | May 18, 2021 | Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in women in sub-Saharan Africa. Cervical cancer, caused by certain strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), presents a significant public health threat to women on the African...
by Michael Hynds | May 5, 2021 | Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
We are delighted that Dr Andrew Browning’s new book describing his many wonderful experiences is now available on Amazon – including for download on Kindle. Proceeds support Andrew’s work in Sub-Saharan Africa. UK readers, press here. US readers,...
by Michael Hynds | May 5, 2021 | Kivulini, Staff
Maternity Africa appreciates our midwives – and all of our other staff. They are dedicated to making childbirth safe here at Kivulini Maternity Centre in Northern Tanzania, providing quality midwifery care, improving sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn,...
by Michael Hynds | Mar 16, 2021 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
Maternity Africa’s 2021 season of outreach trips and training programme for fistula patient ambassadors is underway in Dodoma Region in the heart of Tanzania. Social Worker Grace and Fistula Nurse Etropia have spent the past couple of days educating the next...
