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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 business - a shop that they built together. Joyce was left with nothing and without means to support herself or her children. She was ostracized by her community and had nowher
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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 ostracized by her community.
One day, upon a visit by fistula ambassador, the suffering became historical, Gaudensia heard about Amref Fistula project from a Fistula ambassador and decided to give it a tr
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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 fistula.
Obstetric fistula is a medical condition that affects women who have complications during childbirth. It causes a hole in the birth canal and bladder/urinary tract and/or rectu
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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 facilities.
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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 to Amref Tanzania and UNICEF for improving services in the emergency ward to higher quality and standards,” she says, before adding: “ They have also provided us with variety of equipment that assist in the emergency and in infections
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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) section had no triage area and that our emergence section was not up to standards,” he says. Based on the feedback report, they realized the needed
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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, she went to a local dispensary where they detected n
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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 82 among 1,357 people who are now living without using methadone,” says Nassor, commonly known as Kolo, before emphasizing: “Many people know me by the name of Kolo.” MAT
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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 Amref, through its flagship project, Afya Kamilifu.
A pastor of Mwanakerekwe, and the leader of Zanzibar missionary, Pastor Shukuru first came to know about Afya Kamilifu in 2020. “We were infor
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Barkary: “We’re now aware of the menstrual hygiene”
Barkary Mohamed is a Form Two student at Chongoleani Secondary school in Tanga.
He is one among the boys in Chongoleani secondary school educated about menstrual hygiene. This has since changed his outlook, regarding menstrual periods for girls.
“Many of the boys in my school are now aware of the menstrual hygiene. This has made girls stop fearing when they are in their menstrual circles,” he says. According to Barkary, with the provision of sanitary pads to th
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