We have not been able to visit our hardworking matrones since 2023, but the local team keeps the project going. I was able to have a FaceTime call with them in November. We all were crying. I miss them. The reports from 61 matrones revealed only one maternal mortality in 612 deliveries.
Prenatal care
Tamesna training 2022
In June, through the generosity of John Massey, we expanded our reach among the nomadic women to six new trainees at Tamesna. We included two of the previously trained who could help out. Rabi, formerly our nurse at the Tamesna clinic and now the director of our traditional birth attendant program conducted the training. She is […]
Dr. Becky’s report of mission 2017
I departed the US on October 3 and up until that date, was repeatedly required to explain the location and importance of Niger to anyone I could engage about my mission. Forty-eight hours later, when I arrived in Agadez, Niger had catapulted into American consciousness with the tragic loss of US special forces agents and […]
Young mothers
Today we had several extraordinary and disturbing cases. The first was a girl of 12 years old who is pregnant. The second was a girl of thirteen years old who is pregnant and has already had one child, born prematurely who died at birth. Taking blood count in a 12 year old pregnant girl. The […]
