Why We Work in Angola
Angola was devastated by a decades-long civil war that ended in 2002. The country’s peace contributed to its own “baby boom,” but Angola’s health infrastructure has not been able to keep up with the needs of its burgeoning population. Despite the country’s wealth in natural resources, health indicators are grim: Angola has one of the world’s highest fertility rates and lowest life expectancy.
While the country has been striving to reduce maternal mortality, it still lacks adequate maternal health services and emergency obstetric care for women. Today less than half of women give birth with a skilled medical professional present, putting women at significant risk for childbirth injury such as obstetric fistula should complications arise.
What You Help Us Do
We are investing in the following areas to build Angola’s in-country medical services and provide life-transforming surgery to as many women as possible:
Meet Our Partners
We are currently partnering with Centro Evangélico de Medicina do Lubango, Unidade Fistula Obstetrica and Kalukembe Hospital to deliver fistula treatment to women in Angola.
Centro Evangélico de Medicina do Lubango
Centro Evangélico de Medicina do Lubango (CEML) was established in 2006 to address the critical need for maternal health services in Angola. Since its inception, the hospital has been offering the local population year-round, centrally-located fistula care services including transportation, surgery, housing and nutrition assistance.
Unidade Fistula Obstetrica
Fistula Foundation began working with Unidade Fistula Obstetrica (UFO) in 2013. Today UFO oversees the fistula repair unit at Lucrecia Paim Maternity, a large maternity hospital in the capital city of Luanda, where local surgeons provide treatment year-round. Surgeries are provided once a year in Damba by visiting surgeons.
Kalukembe Hospital
Kalukembe Hospital is a large, 100-year-old district hospital established by Swiss missionaries. It has been without a full-time physician for more than 20 years, with nurses managing the many aspects of patient care. Through the Christian Health Service Corps, Dr. Daniel Cummings and Dr. Priscilla Cummings are returning to Angola to serve the people of this rural area.
Unidade Fistula Obstetrica
- $90,000 in FY2019
- $104,100 in FY2018
- $104,000 in FY2017
- $109,850 in FY2016
- $109,800 in FY2015
- $25,000 in FY2013
CEML
- $100,000 in FY2018
- $150,000 in FY2017
- $100,000 in FY2015
- $100,000 in FY2014
- $100,000 in FY2013
- $100,000 in FY2012
- $131,704 in FY2011
- $100,000 in FY2010
- $50,000 in FY2009
Kalukembe Hospital
- $20,000 in FY2018
- $72,500 in FY2017
- $55,000 in FY2016
