MMS

We Help Improve Maternal Health in Africa and the World

You can provide a woman with the treatment that will forever change her future. Help us raise for our next mission.

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Hope and dignity for Women in Africa

Our team of volunteer doctors and nurses makes three trips to Africa every year, providing treatment to women suffering from obstetric fistula. They also conduct follow-up exams for post-operative women and provide essential training to local healthcare professionals.

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OUR MISSION.

Bring the suffering caused by fistula to an end

Our mission is to decrease the incidence of obstetric fistula in Africa and the world by enhancing childbirth conditions, and through medical training. We also provide much needed surgical care for women affected by this condition, ensuring a safer and effective healing process.

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Jacques Corcos

President

1 000+

Women screened

400

Women operated

36

Missions since 2011

What We Do

Surgical Missions

Surgical Missions

Three times a year, a team of volunteer doctors and nurses travels to treat women suffering from fistula. Since the Foundation’s creation in 2011, more than 400 women have received care in Burkina Faso and Rwanda. These surgical missions are also an occasion for the MMS Foundation team and local personnel to share experiences and expertise. THANK YOU to all our volunteers! To see the complete list of the volunteers who took part in our surgical missions, click here.

Hospital Project

Anthropological Research​

The MMS Foundation conducted an anthropological study to examine the experience of women who have undergone fistula repair surgery, and the impact of the treatment on their social life. 40 women were interviewed in Burkina Faso, before the surgery and a year after the surgery, in their home villages. The results of the study were published in the International Urologynecology Journal and presented at several scientific conferences (click here to see our poster in French). The Foundation has recently started a similar study in Rwanda and Togo.

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Anthropological Research​

The MMS Foundation conducted an anthropological study to examine the experience of women who have undergone fistula repair surgery, and the impact of the treatment on their social life. 40 women were interviewed in Burkina Faso, before the surgery and a year after the surgery, in their home villages. The results of the study were published in the International Urologynecology Journal and presented at several scientific conferences (click here to see our poster in French). The Foundation has recently started a similar study in Rwanda.

You Can Easily Transform a Woman's Life

  • With only $25 you give a woman the essential goods for her hospital stay
  • With $50 you provide her transportation from her village to the hospital
  • With $75 you feed a patient for a week
  • With $150, you give a woman all the medication that she needs for her surgery and recovery
  • With $2500, you allow one of our volunteer doctors to travel to Africa for the next mission

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