Sawazisha MedTech Labs · Waridi™
No Tear, No Tear! Viva la Vulva.
A maternal health device designed to reduce perineal trauma during childbirth.
Building for women, with women. Waridi™ is a perineal protection device, co-designed with a diversified clinical advisory group of midwives from Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda — taking birth safety from a game of chance to a choice.
We are using what is already known to work, but building on exactly where it fails.
We recognise that not all women give birth, and not all people who give birth identify as women. We use gender-inclusive language where appropriate.
Designed
with Empathy
Backed by & built with
Stanford Mussallem Center for Biodesign
Biodesign Methodology
UGHE
IP Licence Partner
University of Rwanda
Research Partner
Delft University of Technology
Biomechanics & Materials
UNDP timbuktoo
HealthTech Accelerator
East African Biodesign
Regional Innovation Hub
Field Research Participant · East Africa 2025
Across Africa and the world, birth should not break women.
In Sub-Saharan Africa alone, 38 million vaginal births take place every year.1 Despite decades of progress, perineal trauma remains a silent epidemic — often masked by the routine overuse of episiotomies.
0%
Episiotomy Rate in Africa
vs. WHO-recommended 10%.2
>0%
Tearing Risk
Risk of perineal injury, vaginal birth.3
Equalizing Care.
The Swahili word Sawazisha — to make fair — is our guiding principle and our promise. We believe in medical technology that bridges gaps rather than creating them.
Clinical Advisory
We work with a diversified clinical advisory group of midwives from Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda whose daily realities shape every design decision.
Evidence Based
We are using what is already known to work — warm compresses and manual support — but building on exactly where they fail: consistency, reproducibility, and hands-free delivery.
Affordable & Global
We build medical technology that is affordable enough for Kigali and precise enough for London. Equity and excellence are not opposites.
$0
Cost of Prevention
vs $33 for repair
0M
Births/yr in SSA
Sub-Saharan Africa
$0K
Raised to Date
of $250K goal
0
Field Research Year
Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya
Every mother deserves to feel whole.
Prevention costs $5. Repair costs $33. Trauma costs a lifetime. Your donation funds the clinical work that bridges the gap.
Life should be vibrant.
We don't just build for health — we build for the moments that health makes possible. The songs, the laughter, and the community.
Voice of the Community
Future of Excellence
Peace & Preservation
Clinical Study · RFDA Rwanda
Ready to redefine
birth outcomes?
We are currently manufacturing our first prototypes for a clinical study toward RFDA approval in Rwanda. Looking for partners who share our vision.