Hope’s maternity ward opened in October, 2023. There are ten midwives who received additional training. They are doing a wonderful job. Many babies have been delivered, including sets of twins. Some deliveries have been natural, and at times C-sections have been required. Sadly, though, in some situations, babies have not survived.
One of the most dangerous places for a pregnant woman to give birth is West Africa. Guinea is #173 out of #183 countries in the world for the highest death rate for women giving birth. I was in Africa two weeks when I had my first encounter with babies and mother’s dying needlessly. Almost weekly we hear of another death. My take on these statistics is they are too low. I think there are many, many more women who die in villages under the poor care of untrained midwives. The midwives are often illiterate and never give statistics of how many women die yearly under their care.
We continue to look for staff and equipment to operate the maternity services at Hope Clinic. Please see the videos and pictures below.
Information on the site of Cama Zending
Hope Medical Center Guinea 
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