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 2019 Annual Report now available
Maternity Africa is delighted to publish its Annual Report for 2019, its first full calendar year of activities at Kivulini Maternity Centre. The report is available here:...
Jewel
Maternity Africa continues to provide maternity services all year round, and Easter time is no exception. Jewel (22) attended school until form three, but stopped at that point because she wished to marry. She became pregnant last year and attended a local health...
Giving birth during the Coronavirus crisis
Women need to give birth safely, regardless of external circumstances. As Tanzania puts precautions in place to help limit the spread of COVID-19, Maternity Africa continues to provide maternity care for poor women, although fistula surgery is currently suspended....
Maternity Africa 2020 Quarter 1 year-on-year deliveries increase by over 50%
Maternity Africa is delighted with its maternity outcomes for the first three months of 2020 - 490 deliveries, an increase of almost 53% from the 321 deliveries for the first three months of 2019. The results include a new monthly record of 178 deliveries in March...
Hope for the vulnerable
Some patients that Maternity Africa cares for come from particularly sad backgrounds. One such example was Julie, a 19 year old girl. Julie did not even realise that she was pregnant, believing that she was still a virgin. Julie’s parents took her to the home...
Fistula treatment: Mariama’s story
My name is Mariama. I had my first pregnancy when I was 16. I started experiencing labour pain three months before due time. It was something scary because at my seventh month I was already experiencing labour pain. One day I felt like the...
A husband adds his support
For various reasons, the attendance of a husband during childbirth is very unusual in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, some come along, and can experience a range of feelings, positive and negative. A helpful research article from BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth concludes...
Maternity Africa goes live with GlobalGiving
Maternity Africa is delighted that GlobalGiving has provided the opportunity to raise funds over the next few weeks with its worldwide funding platform. Donors from all over the world can help Maternity Africa make childbirth safe! Follow the link below. Thank you!...
Eda
Eda is 17 years old, and is the sixth-born in her family. Eda’s father and brother died many years ago. Eda married and lives with her husband. Eda became pregnant and attended the antenatal clinic at Maternity Africa’s Kivulini Maternity Centre. ...
January 2020 – 163 deliveries, new record
Maternity Africa is delighted to announce a new record for monthly deliveries in January 2020 – 163. This is a tremendous outcome, and almost 60% higher than for January 2019 (103). One and a half years since the formal opening of Kivulini Maternity Centre, it is...
What is a fistula as seen in Call the Midwife?
Many people do not fully understand what obstetric fistula is, and how embarrassing or debilitating it can be for many women, sometimes causing them to be ostracized from their families and communities. The excellent television series, Call the Midwife, recently...
Delays in seeking care
A number of reasons influence a woman's choice or ability to seek maternal healthcare on time. Delays can cost a woman her life. Recent research undertaken in Tanzania by International Growth Centre states, 'In exploring the delay in seeking care, an interesting...
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