At times, SAFE has helped to provide interim coverage of maternity services for small health facilities serving rural populations that have a gap in care. We particularly focus on locations where there is a short-term lapse in coverage and a high risk for maternal deaths. This makes care more accessible, and allows us to also address quality of care by hiring the best midwives and ensuring that they have regular continuing education, adequate supplies, and referral mechanisms in place.
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SAFE's support of these facilities often means hiring not only midwives or nurses, but often security guards, porters to help carry patients, and groundskeepers for maintenance of the facility. In turn, these people help support the provision of safe, timely care to pregnant and birthing women, newborns, children, and all members of the community.

Examples of situations in which SAFE performs this support include places where a midwife will be on her own maternity leave, a rural place where recruitment of a midwife is taking longer than expected, and more.