by Michael Hynds | May 21, 2019 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Staff
Plans are underway at Maternity Africa for this year’s second fistula camp. A camp is a period of intense activity, when up to 40 ladies come for treatment. Treatment includes preparation for surgery, including making sure that the lady is physically fit and...
by Michael Hynds | May 13, 2019 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth. At Kivulini Maternity Centre, we celebrate the contributions that are nurses and their colleagues make, serving the vulnerable and marginalised...
by Michael Hynds | May 5, 2019 | Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
International Midwives Day is celebrated every year to commemorate and increase the awareness all over the world about the contribution made by midwives to their patients and towards the health of their nations. It is celebrated with great enthusiasm and joy in more...
by Michael Hynds | May 1, 2019 | Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
Today is Labour Day. We celebrate the wonderful achievements of all of the staff who work so hard at Kivulini Maternity Centre in Tanzania. In March, we celebrated with almost 40 ladies who received surgery for obstetric fistula and other birth-induced injuries....
by Michael Hynds | Apr 29, 2019 | Kivulini, News, Staff
Faraja, David and Reuben are students of pharmacy at Decca College of Health and Allied Sciences (DECOHAS), located in Dodoma, the capital city of Tanzania. They spent six weeks on placement at Maternity Africa’s pharmacy, part of the Kivulini Maternity Centre...
by Michael Hynds | Apr 18, 2019 | Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
It was super having Hosiana with us for seven weeks for the fieldwork aspect of her college course. She spent time across many of our departments at Kivulini Maternity Centre, including fistula, family planning and maternity. Many vulnerable and marginalised teenage...
