Dr. Kees Waaldijk, chief surgeon of the Nigeria Fistula Project - Photo by Nina Alvarez / used with permission
22 doctors and 27 nurses were trained in the intensive obstetric fistula workshop under the direction of chief surgeon Dr Kees Waaldijk.
WAHA setting up tents in Rajo Camp
Over 470 ShelterBox were set up in camps and next to health centres.
Dr Eltayeb on a patient round
Patients coming from all over Sudan were treated from July to September 2011. The overall success rate of operations was of 86%.
Presentation of the initiative at the World Congress of Hospitals
This new initiative aims to increase access to maternal health care services for women in low income countries
Women collecting water from a well in Senegal
The walter filters will be given to women coming to the maternity and/or fistula repair, and to the communities they come from.
WAHA logistician in the maternity
WAHA International is working with the UAE Red Crescent to provide maternal care in Hanano Hospital for the displaced and resident population in Mogadishu.