Kivulini Maternity Centre – News
Maternity Africa’s Kivulini Maternity Centre is located in rural Northern Tanzania, near the city of Arusha. Since ofifically opening in June 2018, the centre has provided a spectrum of quality, evidence-based maternal healthcare services. These include antenatal care, intrapartum care, postnatal care, comprehensive family planning counselling and treatment and 24-hour Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (CEmONC).
At Kivulini Maternity Centre, Maternity Africa also provides surgery for women suffering from obstetric fistula and other birth-induced injuries.
The Centre is equipped with its own laboratory, theatre, pharmacy, wards accommodating up to 56 beds, administrative offices and staff accommodations.
Thanks to the kindness of Maternity Africa’s generous donors, all of the services are provided free of charge to the vulnerable and marginalised women and girls of childbearing age treated at Kivulini Maternity Centre.
Check out some of the latest stories from Kivulini Maternity Centre below.
Maternity Africa cares about its environment
Today is World Environment Day. Maternity Africa cares about the environment. Kivulini Maternity Centre has a biogas storage and utilisation system in which human waste can decompose safely. The gases are then used for cooking in the kitchen. Kivulini Maternity Centre...
May births ahead of target
The rainy season (long rains) in Tanzania is usually from March to May. However, this year the rains took longer to come to Northern Tanzania, where Kivulini Maternity Centre is located. We experienced lots of heavy rain showers during May. Although it was very...
Patients arrive: anticipation and joy
Ladies are arriving at Maternity Africa's Kivulini Maternity Centre this week from across Tanzania. They will prepare for surgery, scheduled to take place in early June. Some of these ladies have been suffering from obstetric fistula and other birth-induced injuries...
Maternity Africa: helping others to learn
This is Dr Asubiojo Benjamin. He is Ghanaian by nationality and a final year postgraduate student in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College in Moshi, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) from Kivulini Maternity Centre in Northern...
International Day to End Obstetric Fistula: the hope, joy and happiness of new beginnings
Today is International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. As we celebrate with many women around the world who have surgery to treat obstetric fistula and other birth-induced injuries, we share their hope, joy and happiness. For many, after years of suffering from the...
Preparing for fistula surgery
Maternity Africa is preparing for its forthcoming camp when it expects to treat 30-40 ladies for obstetric fistula and other birth-induced injuries. In fact, we are expecting some patients to arrive at Kivulini Maternity Centre today, having travelled from rural areas...
Screening trips to find fistula patients
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 properly...
International Nurses Day: Appreciating our wonderful nurses
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 women...
Help a new mum this Mothers’ Day
Sunday 12 May, is Mothers' Day in many countries. Here at Kivulini Maternity Centre in Northern Tanzania, ladies will be here to give birth safely - some even for the very first time. Today, why not support more new mothers! Feel free to make a donation via the link...
Celebrating International Midwives Day
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...
Immunizing precious new lives
This week is World Immunization Week. Vaccinations and immunizations help to protect people of all ages against disease, and are very cost effective. According to the World Health Organization, there are still almost 20 million unvaccinated and under-vaccinated...
Celebrating our staff on Labour Day
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....
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