In 2014, CCBRT was officially accredited by the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) as an international training centre for fistula surgeons. Since then, we’ve trained 18 FIGO fellows and other...

“My interest is in helping women give birth - I love what I’m doing,” says Dr Timothy.

In honour of World Breastfeeding Week, starting today, we’ll share maternal health news throughout the month of August.

In May, we introduced you to our fistula awareness raising team, who believe that “if you don’t know that treatment exists, you can’t access it.”

The opening of CCBRT’s new Private Clinic this month is a major step forward in the organisation’s new mission.

To conclude our month-long series on CCBRT’s obstetric fistula programme, we sat down with the hospital’s two FIGO-accredited fistula surgeons.

This month, we’ve told you about the causes and treatment of obstetric fistula; about how we work with our partner facilities across Tanzania to provide fistula treatment for women like Shangwe; and about how we’re raising...

“Fistula inatibika,” read the matching shirts proudly worn by CCBRT staff and obstetric fistula patients throughout our Dar es Salaam hospital yesterday. In English: “Fistula is treatable.”

Why the coordinated attire?...