For two decades, the UK-based Better Lives Foundation has run a free hospital in rural Sierra Leone, training local staff, expanding into maternal care and dentistry, and treating thousands of patients each year, at no cost to those who walk through its doors.
Save the Children has opened the first hospital dedicated to maternal and newborn care inside the world’s largest refugee camp, bringing round-the-clock emergency obstetric services to more than one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Staff at Hospitalito Atitlán prevent maternal deaths, provide specialty surgery, and offer primary care at local clinics, supported by more than $7 million in aid from Direct Relief.
Pothawira and Area 25 Community Hospital, bolstered by Direct Relief’s support, have built out surgical capacity, referral services, medical infrastructure, and even a maternal waiting home.
Across Gaza, Yemen, South Sudan and Ukraine, International Medical Corps is providing cutting-edge technology, training and lifesaving interventions to keep mothers and newborns safe.