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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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Psychosocial care for survivors of sexual violence
Honduras

International Women's Day: “It is terrible to see a patient—a 12 year-old girl—who has been abused by five or six m

Project Update 5 Mar 2015
 
Haiti - Leogane container hospital
Women's health

International Women's Day: Early pregnancy poses risks for mother and baby

Project Update 4 Mar 2015
 
Nigeria

International Women's Day: Delivering comprehensive obstetric care for young mothers in Nigeria

Project Update 4 Mar 2015
 
Kenya

International Women's Day: “If he asks me to get pregnant again, I will advise him to wait until our baby is two or three years old.”

Voices from the Field 3 Mar 2015
 
Family Planning
Kenya

International Women's Day: Negotiating family planning during the teenage years

Project Update 3 Mar 2015
 
Dr Tane Luna Ramirez
International Women's Day

Why adolescent health?

Project Update 2 Mar 2015
 
Peshawar, gynecology and obstetrics hospital
Pakistan

Six months at Peshawar’s neonatal unit

Voices from the Field 9 Feb 2015
 
Sierra Leone

Adama - a mother saved against all odds

Voices from the Field 29 Jan 2015
 
Pregnancy and Ebola in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: "This has been the hardest but also the best thing that I have done"

Voices from the Field 29 Jan 2015
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)