Namibia: The Waiting Game – How a Maternity Home in Namibia Is Offering Women and Newborns a Better Chance At Surviving – and Thriving

Kunene Region, Namibia — Kuliua Maundu, 26, remembers the night seven years ago like it was yesterday. “I was at home when the pain started,” she said. “I thought it was just labour, so I tried to sleep, thinking I’d go to the hospital in the morning.”

But by the time she got there the next day, it was too late. Her baby had died from umbilical cord strangulation, a tragic complication that with the care of a skilled midwife could have been averted.

“I regret it every day”

“If only I had gone to…