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 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 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 11, 2019 | Kivulini, News, Story
Although Maternity Africa was founded in 2013 initially to serve patients at other hospitals, its own new 48-bed facility, Kivulini Maternity Centre opened officially on 9 June 2018. We celebrated the Centre’s first birthday on Sunday, with Arusha House Church....