News from HDI
Maternal Deaths Due to Bleeding More than Halved Across Niger
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...
Continuing work against maternal mortality
The Kavli Trust has for many years been supporting HDIs work to reduce maternal mortality and obstetric fistula at birth in Niger. Now a new grant will make further development and strengthened evaluation possible in two of these projects.
Success in Niger
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,...
The Country Doctor
Work to improve the public’s health in the countryside of Norway and Niger is not as different as one would think, according to physician Anders Seim. For the seventh year in a row he is receiving support from The Kavli Trust to prevent the consequences of blocked childbirth in Niger.
HDI proposes an additional paradigm for public health in The WHO Bulletin
In its May 2005 issue, The WHO Bulletin presented a new, additional paradigm of public health in an article written by HDI’s executive director: Bulletin of the World Health Organization; May 2005. 83(91) 392-5.
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December 2017
A new and more inexpensive approach to prevent obstetric fistula and maternal mortality will be tested in large populations in Niger – Spreading of the program into other countries like Togo – WHO declares Togo free of lymfatic filariasis.
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December 2016
Promising results so far in Niger to prevent excessive bleeding after giving birth – HDI’s Obstetric fistula and bleeding prevention program will be started up in Nigeria by own funding; HDI helping with planning.
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December 2015
Continued success of the world’s first obstetric fistula prevention program – Preventing women who give birth bleeding to death – Continuing supporting Guinea Worm Eradication – Helping Togo control and eliminate diseases that cause blindness, cancer, increased HIV-risk in women and intellectual impairment in children.
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Spring/Summer 2011
Rapid Prevention of Maternal Death and Obstetric Fistula—Important Meeting in Atlanta, Over 1.2 Million People in Togo Treated for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Mothers and Babies Surviving and Obstetric Fistulas Rapidly Prevented, Pro Victimis Foundation in Geneva.
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January 2010
Guinea Worm Eradication, Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) Elimination, The World’s First Rapid Obstetric Fistula Prevention Project.
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December 2008
Success at World’s First Rapid Obstetric Fistula Prevention Project.
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May 2008
Obstetric fistula prevention off to a good start!
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December 2007
Saving Lives During Childbirth: The Time is Now!
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February 2007
Saving Lives During Childbirth: The Time is Now!
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August 2006
Small Organization doing BIG THINGS; 15 years in the service of health, development, and human dignity.
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