We celebrated Mother’s Day by asking mothers from our partner countries to share about their experiences on motherhood. Check out the responses below from Tanzania, Uganda and Canada! Thank you to all the mamas and mtotos that participated!
While experts in many countries such as Canada are cautioning against the rising caesarean (C-section) delivery rate, increasing the rate of caesarean delivery remains a priority in Africa. Two-thirds of all global maternal deaths in 2015 occurred in sub-Saharan Africa, so efforts to improve the safety of childbirth are urgently […]
Last month, a baby was successfully delivered via caesarean section at the Mbarika Health Centre, marking the opening of centre’s new operating theatre and its very first operation. Discussions for a new operating theatre (or operating room) in the village of Mbarika started back in 2016, when Mama na Mtoto […]
In January 2019, a team of pediatric nephrologists from the Alberta Children’s Hospital completed their second visit to Ibadan, Nigeria, where they facilitated a 3-day workshop on pediatrics haemodialysis, kidney transplantation, research and general nephrology along with their counterparts at the University of Ibadan. Trainees from various institutions in the […]