The results are presented below in two sections: the socio-demographic characteristics and the women's experiences of living with a genital fistula. Women's experiences are presented according to ...

This most likely will require influencing community values concerning the role of women in society. Prevention of obstructed labor and fistula should begin very early in each girl's life.

Two million women worldwide live with fistula, a devastating childbirth injury caused by prolonged labour. Tissue dies due to pressure from the baby’s head and a hole forms through which urine ...

Two million women worldwide live with fistula, a devastating childbirth injury caused by prolonged labour. Tissue dies due to pressure from the baby’s head and a hole forms through which urine ...

Obstetric fistula is a hole between the birth canal and bladder or rectum, caused by prolonged, obstructed labour without access to timely, high-quality medical treatment. It leaves women and ...

The Bashir Foundation for Fistula and Women’s Health (BFFWH) has announced a collaborative initiative with the Fistula Foundation to provide critical medical interventions for women living with ...

Fidelity Bank, Ghana's largest privately-owned indigenous bank, has partnered with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) ...

Both mothers now advocate for hospital births. The United Nations estimates two million women live with fistula in developing countries, with 50,000 to 100,000 new cases annually. Uganda's ...

The Bashir Foundation for Fistula and Women’s Health (BFFWH) has collaborated with an initiative funded by Fistula Foundation to provide critical medical interventions for women living with ...

Fidelity Bank has partnered the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on a campaign to end obstetric fistula in Ghana ...