Imagine a World…Where the nearest health facility is a two-day walk away.
mWhere the risk of dying from pregnancy or childbirth is 1 in 16. This is the world where
millions of women live – a world where childbirth injuries are far too common.
Childbirth injuries like obstetric fistula are a result of prolonged obstructed
labor where C-section delivery is not possible. Often, women are in labor for days and the
babies are stillborn.These grieving mothers are left with internal damage that causes them to
leak urine or feces, or both, uncontrollably. In many cases, they are rejected by their
communities and left to live in isolation.
But these injuries are preventable and treatable.The Holistic Model of Care Our vision is
a world without childbirth injuries. Maternal Health Fund supports world-renowned
doctors, researchers, hospitals that treat women with cutting-edge, compassionate care and rural
healthcare clinics to ensure all mothers can have safe births.