By Ibrahim Haruna, Community Mobilization Associate at EngenderHealth Nigeria “After a week of recovery at the hospital, I stood up from the bed, tried to move around, and then I realized I was wet and I could not understand what it was. Realized that I was leaking urine, I started crying, I cried all day […]
Year: 2016
Wilson Center Event | After Mexico City and Before Copenhagen: Keeping Our Promise to Mothers and Newborns
Originally posted on the Maternal Health Task Force Blog MHTF is excited to announce the upcoming policy dialogue, After Mexico City and Before Copenhagen: Keeping Our Promise to Mothers and Newborns, on Wednesday, April 13 in Washington, DC. This dialogue is part of the Maternal Health Task Force’s Advancing Policy Dialogue on Maternal Health Series, in partnership […]
The unsung hero in transporting women with fistula to Kitovu Mission Hospital
Simon Ndizeye, Monitoring & Evaluation Program Associate, FC+ Uganda When assessing the contribution of fistula teams in providing prevention and treatment services at hospitals, there is a tendency to only focus on those involved in direct service delivery. Fistula surgeons, nurses, counselors, and theatre staff among others are integral, yet there are other support staff […]
On International Women’s Day, Let’s Help Women Living with Fistula Get the Care They Need
Original post on Medium.com. Married at age 17, Eva Aktar, a young woman in Bangladesh, became pregnant soon after. She underwent a harrowing 30-hour delivery, during which her full-term baby boy died. A cesarean delivery would almost certainly have saved the baby, but neither Eva nor her family could afford the US$250 fee required for […]
Guaranteeing Rights at ICFP 2016
The connection between sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and maternal health, as well as their effects on women’s lives, cannot be overstated. Research shows up to a third of maternal injuries and deaths are preventable when women have access to contraception.[1] By meeting the unmet need for family planning, an estimated 1.1 million infant deaths […]