Medical Aid Films is a pioneering charity dedicated to saving lives by improving the medical training of frontline medical care providers through the medium of film.

“Medical Aid Films would love you to join us in the world’s biggest marathon and help raise money to help communities build sustainable health care for the long term.

All our runners receive a Medical Aid Films running vest. We will be there with on the Big Day to cheer you on towards the Finish Line.”

MAF was created to deliver high quality medical teaching to the areas of greatest need through the medium of film.

By educating local traditional birth assistants, nurses, midwives, clinical officers and doctors, MAF supports local communities seeking to help themselves.

By harnessing the power of the digital revolution, MAF brings global best practice to communities around the world facing a crisis in infant and maternal health.

3.4 Million newborn babies die in childbirth every year and more than half a million women die in pregnancy every year according to the UN.

75% of these deaths are preventable by simple, proven interventions which can be taught by MAF films.

Complex medical stories can be described with short films. The format of a film can educate in ways that a text book can not. Recent breakthroughs in technology mean the latest medical knowledge can reach the most remote places in the world.

A woman dies in childbirth every 40 seconds. Simple medical training of local health care workers can make a huge difference to mothers and newborn children.