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Important, Yet Overlooked: Maternity Waiting Homes in Eritrea

June 21, 2022TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

Maternity Waiting Homes are residential facilities where women living remotely stays before giving birth at health facilities. BY FIKREJESUS AMHAZION (Ph.D) | SHABAIT Eritrea is one of the few countries that entered the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) period having achieved most of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to health. Since the […]

Success Story: Reducing Maternal Death in Eritrea

April 3, 2013December 9, 2014TesfaNews5 Comments

By UNDP, In the market town of Senafe, in southern Eritrea, Fethawi Berhane has just undergone three days of painful labor and complications during childbirth that resulted in the death of her baby, despite the best efforts of a traditional birth attendant. Fethawi herself is lucky to have survived, given the unhygienic and poorly equipped medical conditions […]