Local MSF aid worker Durell Hiller will discuss the challenges that keep women in developing countries from getting the health care they urgently need.

Because Tomorrow Needs Her is an urgent call to all involved and all who care that more needs to be done to address the specific medical needs of women and girls around the world. We know how to save their lives, yet 800 women die every day from pregnancy-related causes. We know how to ease their suffering, yet many victims of sexual violence go without any medical or psychological care. Millions of newborns die in the first weeks of life from preventable causes. And while we know how to keep HIV-positive mothers from passing the virus to their babies, every day 700 children come into the world with HIV. The project includes photos and videos by award-winning photographers.

Durell will give a multimedia presentation about these issues and others, and also share his experiences treating women and children as OBGYN for MSF in South Sudan and Nigeria.

A Q&A will follow.

This is a FREE event, but seating is limited so please register in advance!
You may cancel your reservation if you are no longer able to attend.

About the presenter:

Durell A. Hiller, III graduated from the Louisiana State University, Shreveport, Medical School and completed an obstetrical/gynecological residency in Denver, Colorado. He was active duty military with the U.S. Army Medical Corps and participated in Operation Desert Storm. Following nearly three decades of practice with a private firm, Durell retired in 2010 and lives in northeast Tennessee.

For more information about Because Tomorrow Needs Her, visit womenshealth.msf.org