Meritorious Service Cross

• Awarded on: September 29, 2015
• Invested on: June 23, 2016

Jacques Corcos, M.S.C.
Montréal, Quebec

Montréal-based urologist Dr. Jacques Corcos established Fondation Mères du Monde en Santé to reduce the rates of maternal mortality and post-delivery obstetric fistula in Africa. Twice a year, he organizes medical missions to Burkina Faso to perform surgical procedures on young women—often teenage mothers—who have suffered severe trauma during childbirth. He also trains local midwives and doctors.