Kasungu Maternity Waiting Village
Against the backdrop of a brush-covered hilltop in central Malawi, women in brightly colored clothing gather to cook, chat, or simply rest amid a cluster of small buildings that rises from the sparsely vegetated landscape. Boston-based MASS Design Group’s latest project—a “maternity waiting village” near the Kasungu District Hospital—aims to address high infant and maternal mortality rates by placing high-risk expectant mothers in close proximity to medical professionals during the final weeks of pregnancy.