Safe Births and Healthy Futures

Meet Massiamy

In a rural village in Guinea, Massiamy went into labor with her second child. Hours passed. Then a full day. With no skilled provider nearby and no way to reach a hospital, Massiamy endured an obstructed labor that claimed her baby’s life, and left her with a debilitating injury called obstetric fistula. She was devastated, isolated, and in pain.

But that’s not where her story ends.

Thanks to a local hospital supported by EngenderHealth, Massiamy received free, life-changing surgery to repair her injury. She also received counseling and skills training to rebuild her confidence and rejoin her community. Today, Massiamy is healthy, hopeful, and thriving with her family.

What is the Global Impact of Maternal Health Risks?

More than 700 women die every day from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth—most of them preventable. For every woman who dies, many more face injuries, trauma, and long-term health issues like obstetric fistula. These tragedies impact not only individuals but also families, communities, and future generations.

EngenderHealth works to change this.

What Your Support Makes Possible

Your donation helps EngenderHealth partner with governments, hospitals, and communities to:

• Train health workers to provide safe, respectful, and timely maternal care
• Improve hospitals and clinics with the tools and systems they need to handle childbirth emergencies
• Prevent and treat obstetric fistula, a condition caused by prolonged labor with devastating physical and social consequences
• Support women’s recovery and reintegration, so they can reclaim their dignity, livelihoods, and lives
• Reach remote communities with health information and services that save lives

In the past year alone, EngenderHealth’s work helped prevent more than 2,000 maternal deaths and 30,000 child deaths across 16 countries in Africa and Asia.

You Can Be Part of the Change

When you give to EngenderHealth, you are doing more than supporting maternal health programs—you’re investing in a future where women like Binta not only survive childbirth, but have the chance to thrive.

Together, we can create a world where every pregnancy is safe, every birth is celebrated, and every woman is valued.

Learn more about our maternal health work.