A ground-breaking new intervention developed by HDI and the Niger Ministry of Health has more than halved the number of women who bleed to death after giving birth in health facilities across Niger, with results sustained for six years. This easily replicable...
Preventing Women From Bleeding to Death at Childbirth and Preventing Obstetric Fistula. Success in Niger! The Government of Niger and HDI continue to achieve major advances in our efforts to prevent the horrors of obstetric fistula. With one exception in April 2012,...
Results of HDI’s work to prevent obstetric fistula were published in the December 2014 issue of an internationally respected medical journal. Results include 73% fewer maternal deaths, 63.5% fewer babies born dead or dying within three days, and obstetric...