by Michael Hynds | Sep 15, 2020 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
World Suicide Prevention Day is an awareness day observed on 10 September every year, in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides. Nearly all fistula patients suffer from clinical depression. Studies document the social and psychological...
by Michael Hynds | Sep 11, 2020 | Story
Sinyati is 19. Before coming to Kivulini Maternity Centre she already had one baby. Her husband works as a watchman 160 miles away in Nairobi, Kenya and Sinyati lives with her parents-in-law, at a village far from Kivulini Maternity Centre. Sinyati recently arrived...
by Michael Hynds | Aug 28, 2020 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
This is 20 year old Jane. In 2018, she was treated successfully for obstetric fistula at Maternity Africa’s Kivulini Maternity Centre. She got pregnant in late 2019, and attended Maternity Africa’s antenatal care clinic, having given birth to stillborn...
by Michael Hynds | Aug 14, 2020 | Kivulini, News, Story
This is Aisha, who delivered eight babies, although sadly one did not survive. Aisha is 38 years old. She used to be a small-scale farmer, able to meet some basic needs, including school fees for her children. Aisha’s husband used to take some of her money to...
by Michael Hynds | Aug 11, 2020 | Kivulini, News, Story
Meet 24 year old Neema Philbert, mother of two. She delivered a son at Maternity Africa’s Kivulini Maternity Centre on 16 June 2020. Shortly afterwards, Neema’s son started vomiting, and was taken to the Centre’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for...
by Michael Hynds | Aug 7, 2020 | Kivulini, News, Story
An article published recently in International Journal of Pediatrics states that “A majority of the mothers [surveyed in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania] were positive towards breastfeeding. They believed that it prevents child sickness, creates happiness, and is...
