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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

 
Yemen

MSF hospital destroyed by airstrikes

Press Release 27 Oct 2015
 
Childbirth on board of Dignity I
Mediterranean migration

Childbirth in the Mediterranean

Voices from the Field 20 Oct 2015
 
Degahbour hospital, Somali region, eEhiopia
Ethiopia

"I don’t want to go without my baby!"

Voices from the Field 16 Oct 2015
 
Refugees In Bapska, Serbia
Mediterranean migration

“The determination of the refugees to reach their destination is shocking.”

Voices from the Field 15 Oct 2015
 
 MSF Mobile Clinics In Bapska, Serbia
Mediterranean migration

Thousands crossing the Balkans exposed to unnecessary suffering

Project Update 15 Oct 2015
 
Nigeria, VVS patients, sept dec 2012.
Nigeria

“Providing a safe childbirth to Nigerian mothers”

Voices from the Field 30 Sep 2015
 
Yemen

“The majority of our patients suffered from war injuries.”

Voices from the Field 14 Sep 2015
 
Hungary

MSF providing medical care to refugees on the Serbia-Hungary border

Voices from the Field 11 Sep 2015
 
MSF Boat Ambulances in Old Fangak
South Sudan

Boat ambulance reaches patients in remote communities into northern Jonglei State

Voices from the Field 25 Aug 2015
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)