Jiawen Lin

Reinventing Maternity Facilities in Rural Tanzania

Tanzania is one of the world’s poorest countries, with 75 per cent of its population living in rural areas and health care facilities often located far from local communities. This makes it extremely difficult for pregnant women and those with complications associated with childbirth to gain access to skilled health care. This project will look closely into the physical condition of the country’s current maternal care facilities and the conflicts between patients and care providers in the institutional care environment. A new maternity care facility typology will be developed to improve the efficiency and quality of the maternity care system, taking into consideration the local culture.

Advisor: Stephen Verderber Winter 2021