Maternity ward by Architecture for Humanity

Last Update: January 11, 2013

The Ipuli maternity ward designed by Architecture for Humanity in Tanzania is linked to a school and innovative training spaces. Tanzania has only one physician for every 20,511 people, and women in labor must travel an average of 60 kilometers through rough terrain to reach the nearest clinic. As a result, many die. The community needed a medical center to serve the entire population of Ipuli while focusing on the health needs of women of reproductive age and children under the age of five.