by Ester Blass | Aug 28, 2019 | Story
It’s going to be a busy week at our hospital in Arusha, Tanzania. We have over 40 fistula patients to operate on, all with dreadful injuries. All had labours lasting up to a week all delivered stillborn children, all are leaking urine and or faeces every minute...
by Ester Blass | Aug 21, 2019 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, Story
This week we are delighted to have patients arriving from all over Tanzania to attend our 3rd fistula camp of 2019.These ladies have enjoyed joining together with others who have had similar experiences of the same debilitating condition. It’s wonderful to see them...
by Ester Blass | Jul 18, 2019 | Kivulini, News, Story
This week in Kivulini we were faced with many more obstetric emergencies. Women arrive at all hours of the day from all the rural communities that surround us. Mostly they are unannounced so we always have to be in a state of readiness in the maternity unit. On Monday...
by Ester Blass | Jul 16, 2019 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
Hadija is only eight years old. She fell and was impaled on a stick injuring her urethra and causing a large fistula. Leaking urine continually she was teased and unable to go to school. After suffering for six months, she was found by our outreach team and brought to...
by Ester Blass | Jul 4, 2019 | Kivulini, News, Story
All of Maternity Africa’s donors and supporters are the lifeblood of Maternity Africa. Recently we had one special visitor who got to see first hand how her fundraising effort made a difference in women’s lives. Sarah, a high school student, fundraised US$5,200 to...
by Ester Blass | Jul 1, 2019 | Kivulini, News, Story
Over the last year the team in Kivulini have become very experienced in giving emergency obstetric care. We have learned together how to organize urgent emergencies and have put into place lifesaving procedures that are defining the high standard of care within the...
