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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

Quick Facts

 
Samos island, Greece
Greece

Refugees arrive often cold, scared, unsure, confused and in distress

Voices from the Field 15 Jun 2016
 
Aweil Hospital, South Sudan
South Sudan

Paediatric care and treating malnutrition in Aweil

Project Update 9 Jun 2016
 
Greece: MSF mobile clinics with midwifes and psychlogist in Elliniko camp (Athens)
Greece

Anxiety and depression in Elliniko sports stadium

Project Update 25 May 2016
 
Emergency intervention in Bambouti (CAR)
Central African Republic

Thousands of South Sudanese refugees living in deplorable conditions

Project Update 11 May 2016
 
 Healthcare in Boguila, Central African Republic
Central African Republic

Humanitarians need to go where no one else wants to

Voices from the Field 11 May 2016
 
Koutiala comprehensive paediatric project
Child health

A day in one of our largest paediatric programmes

Voices from the Field 11 May 2016
 
HIV in DRC, Philomene and Elise
HIV/AIDS

HIV in children is a symptom of the failures of the AIDS response

Report 10 May 2016
 
Zwara, Libya
Libya

Hospitals closed or operating on a reduced schedule

Interview 27 Apr 2016
 
Dasht-e-Barchi public district hospital in Kabul
Photo Story

Maternity service in the district public hospital of Dasht-e-Barchi

26 Apr 2016
Photo Story
5000 Children of Adele (EN)
video

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)