MATERNAL HEALTH FUND
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Mission Statement
Maternal Help Hope Fund d/b/a Maternal Health Fund is dedicated to the care, treatment and prevention of childbirth injuries by building sustainable capacity with local partners in Sub-Saharan Africa supporting world renowned doctors, researchers and hospitals that treat women with compassionate care and provide timely and quality obstetric care for prevention of injuries in the first place.
About This Cause
WHAT WE DO Maternal Health Fund (MHF) is dedicated to the treatment, care, and prevention of childbirth injuries in Ethiopia and Uganda – injuries that leave women devastated emotionally, debilitated physically, and isolated from their families and community. We believe that women, regardless of their economic circumstances, deserve the opportunity for recovery and renewal that treatment brings. But above all, we are working toward a future in which treatment is no longer necessary. Most childbirth injuries can be prevented, and we want them to be as uncommon in Sub-Saharan Africa as in the United States. WHY WE DO IT Childbirth injuries such as obstetric fistula were eradicated in the United States more than a century ago. But they still occur far too often in Ethiopia, where millions of women lack access to the maternal health resources that could prevent them. Without such access, common problems such as obstructed birth can become life-altering issues. Babies are lost. Grieving women are left with debilitating physical injuries, including obstetric fistula, a condition that renders them unable to control leakage of urine and feces. These women are often shunned from their families and communities, and left to struggle with isolation, loss of self-esteem, and depression. Fistula survivors, many of whom are divorced by their husbands, often need to build a new life after they are cured. HOW WE DO IT MHF supports TERREWODE Women's Community Hospital in Uganda and Bushulo MNCH is Sidama Ethiopia. We also support specialized medical training. WHAT WE FUND If all African women had access to quality maternal care, childbirth injuries would drop significantly. Our partner Bushulo MNCH is Hawassa, Sidama region Ethiopia has the capacity to serve up to 4,000 clients per year for labor & delivery, obstetric and emergency obstetrics. It is designed to become the center of excellence in obstetric care and reproductive health for the region and to be replicated across Ethiopia. TREATMENT: Fistula is entirely treatable, and almost all cases can be repaired with a simple surgery. TERREWODE has the capacity to treat 600 women and girls per year. TWCM is the only dedicated women's hospital in all of Uganda. TWCH is working to become the center of excellence for fistula treatment for Uganda and training center for surgeons across Uganda. CARE: The work is not just about mending bodies; we are passionate about harnessing the incredible resilience of our patients through holistic care. Doctors and nurses take a patient-centered approach, helping women not only to heal from surgery, but to also regain senses of dignity and self-worth, and fully reintegrate into society. TWCH has developed a best in class approach to reintegration, partnering former patients with community members and training to gain skills for their economic participation in the local community PREVENTION: Prevention is primarily about access to quality and timely obstetric care. The cesarean delivery rate in Ethiopia and Uganda is under 3% and far lower in rural area. Bushulo MNCH is being developed as a center of excellence in obstetric care for the Sidama region of Ethiopia. It will be a referral center for the primary hospitals of the region. Obstetric fistula is a devastating and preventable childbirth injury that occurs after prolonged and agonizing obstructed labor. Pressure from the fetus forms a hole between the vagina and the bladder or rectum through which urine or feces leak uncontrollably. Most cases of obstructed labor result in a stillborn child, leaving the woman with a double sorrow: the death of her baby and a terrible, chronic medical condition. Women who develop fistulas are often abandoned by their husbands and rejected by their communities; they are left to live in isolation without hope. Life for women in Ethiopia Giving birth in rural Ethiopia is entirely different than it is for most women in America. There, it is nearly impossible for expectant mothers to receive the health care they need. 85 percent of Ethiopians live in rural villages. Just over 800 midwives work in the remote Amhara Region, home to more than 17 million people. This is a fraction of the minimum ration recommended by the World Health Organization. · The vast majority of expectant mothers must walk or be carried to the nearest health care center to give birth; cars or trucks are not available. They travel over treacherous terrain, for days, to reach a healthcare provider. · But these are the lucky ones. Many women are not able to make the journey, and must deliver their babies unattended. · As a result, one out of every 27 women dies in childbirth, and the infant (< 1Y old) mortality rate is estimated at 55.7 / 1,000 live births for 2014. 6.2 in the USA and 2.1 in Japan Maternal Health Fund © 2021