Overcoming Fistula through Support and Empowerment
Elizabeth Masheku’s story is one with mixed feelings, both heartbreaking and hopeful. As a young girl living in the rural town of Kwimba, she was forced by her father to get married to a man much older than her who lived in Tabora. Unfortunately, during her first pregnancy, Elizabeth ended with an obstetric fistula. It […]
Joyce’s story; She was left devastated when her husband abandoned her because of obstetric fistula.
Joyce Paulo (from the small town of Lamadi, Simiyu, Tanzania, was left devastated when her husband abandoned her because of obstetric fistula. The condition, which is caused by prolonged labor without immediate access to medical care, that left her incontinent and ashamed. Not only did her husband sell their house, but also he sold their […]
Resilience Through Empowerment.
Gaudensia Thobias from Busenge village – Buchosa district, Tanzania had lost all hope. She had been suffering from obstetric fistula for years, and her condition had made her feel even more miserable. She was incontinent, and the smell of urine had made her a social pariah. Her husband had left her, and she had been […]
Unsung Hero of Busenge village: Helping more than 20 women with obstetric Fistula.
Samuel Shaban is a community health worker from Busenge, a small village located in Buchosa District, Mwanza north-western part of Tanzania. He is a dedicated person who has been helping the people of his village for years. However, his efforts came to the spotlight after he started working with women who were suffering from obstetric […]
1,900 To Benefit From Water and Development Alliance (WADA) project.
Female pupils at Mlanda Primary school hated going to the toilets whenever they were in their menstrual periods. The toilets were dark, smelly, and always overflowing. The children held their breath and hoped they wouldn’t bump into anything in the dim light. Worse still, there was no running water to clean up after using the […]
UNICEF & Amref, applauded for supporting Infection Prevention Control (IPC)
Emel Mbayela is a nurse at Njombe District hospital. As one of the medical staff, she always wished to provide the best healthcare possible but they needed an intervention. It is fortunate that the support from UNICEF through Amref Tanzania supported the construction of the triage building in Njombe Town Council. “We are so grateful […]
No more congestion! The whole OPD building is renovated: Dr. Ndunguru’s Appreciation
Dr. Costa Ndunguru is a doctor in charge of Magugu Hospital in Babati district. He is overwhelmly grateful for the efforts exhibited by the government through the Ministry of Health- Emergency Department in collaboration with Amref Tanzania with UNICEF support under the Continued Essential Services (CES) Project. “It was realized that our outpatient department (OPD) […]
Meet Mpejiwa, an 80- year-old fistula survivor.
Obstetric fistula is a devastating maternal injury caused by a tear between the birth canal, bladder, and/or rectum due to prolonged, obstructed labor without access to timely, high-quality medical treatment. Mpejiwa, an 80-year-old resident of Mahaha Village in the Mwanza Region of Tanzania, lived with fistula for 35 years. After difficult labor pains in 1988, […]
Nassor Said Abdallah: Methadone saved my life after becoming a drug addict
Nassor Said Abdallah, 41, formerly a drug addict, is one of the peer educators and a beneficiary of Amref’s Afya Kamilifu project on HIV/AIDS care and treatment services, being implemented in Zanzibar since 2019. He is currently attached to Kidongo Chekundu Hospital. Kidongo Chekundu is the only MAT hospital in Zanzibar. “My MAT number is […]
Amref’s Afya Kamilifu Project partners with religious leaders to tackle HIV/AIDS
Pastor Shukuru Steven Maloda, 52, a leading pastor of the KKKT Evangelical Lutheran Church of Tanzania (ELCT) for the entire diocese of the East Coast community in Zanzibar believes that through well-crafted religious messages, the war on HIV and AIDS can be won easily. It is for this reason that he has teamed up with […]