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Women's health

An estimated 99 per cent of women who die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications live in developing countries. Most of these deaths are preventable.

Be it in conflict, in a natural disaster, a disease outbreak, or in an HIV programme - women are in need of specific care. Reproductive healthcare is an integral part of the medical care we provide, including in emergencies. In areas where maternal death is high, such as in Afghanistan or the Central African Republic, we've opened specific projects to provide care to women. The five main causes of maternal death are haemorrhage, sepsis, unsafe abortion, complications linked to high blood pressure, and obstructed labour.

For information on safe abortion care, please visit our dedicated page.

Women's Health

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Survivors of sexual violence at MSF clinic in Bulengo
Democratic Republic of Congo

MSF has and continues to treat more than two victims of sexual violence per hour in DRC

Press Release 30 Sep 2024
 
Maternity in South Darfur
Conflict in Sudan

Pregnant women and children dying in shocking numbers in South Darfur

Press Release 25 Sep 2024
 
Challenges in Accessing Mother and Child HealthCare, Baidoa- Somalia
Somalia

Barriers to care have deadly consequences for women and children in Baidoa

Project Update 8 Aug 2024
 
GAZA: Al Nasser Hospital. Pedriatric and Maternity
Gaza-Israel war

Living conditions threaten the lives of pregnant women and newborns in Gaza

Project Update 18 Jul 2024
 
Assisting Survivors of Sexual Violence in Kanyaruchinya
Women's health

Women on the frontline: Defying the consequences of conflict to care for each other

Project Update 8 Mar 2024
 
Women's health in Jahun, Jigawa State - Nigeria
Nigeria

An arduous journey for pregnant women to access healthcare in northwest Nigeria

Project Update 7 Mar 2024
 
Umdawanban hospital OCG
Conflict in Sudan

Addressing myriad medical needs amidst conflict in Sudan

Voices from the Field 15 Feb 2024
 
MSF speed boat delivers hepatitis E vaccines
South Sudan

MSF launches mass vaccination campaign amid deadly hepatitis E outbreak in South Sudan

Press Release 30 Jan 2024
 
The Emirati hospital, Rafah, Gaza: Displaced, pregnant, and living in a tent.
Gaza-Israel war

Displaced pregnant women at high risk amid dire conditions in Rafah

Project Update 29 Jan 2024
5000 Children of Adele (EN)
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5000 Children of Adele (EN)

The 5000 children of Adele

Adele is a Central African midwife in the country's biggest maternity ward in Bangui.

This is the story of what it's like to help deliver babies under gunshots, but also what it means to be a woman in a country with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world.

fieldresearch.msf.org

We produce important research based on our field experience. So far, we have published articles in over 100 peer-reviewed journals. These articles have often changed clinical practice and have been used for humanitarian advocacy. Read all our Women's Health-related articles on our dedicated Field Research website.

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Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF)