Q: Which doctor should I consult for obstetric fistula? A: An obstetrician and gynecologist can be consulted for obstetric fistula. A surgeon can help repair the fistula surgically. A: Obstetric ...

Fistula prevention involves strategies to educate communities about the cultural, social, and physiologic factors that increase the risk for fistula. On the basis of physiologic immaturity, ...

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The hospital’s holistic approach ensures women not only recover physically but are also reintegrated socially and ...

An Ethiopian woman sits on her bed inside a clinic for obstetric fistula in Bahir Dar on March 10, 2007. The clinic, a branch of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, has performed more than 32,000 free ...

In a bid to address the immediate healthcare needs of women with obstetric fistula and long-term access to care, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has launched the Fistula Free ...

As the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula approaches Tuesday, scores of women who have been treated for the medical condition are encouraging their peers in northern Cameroon to get help. Many ...

Mwendwa P. was 16 when she became pregnant for the first time. When she went into labor, she did not want to go to the hospital near her town in Kenya because, as she told me, "I had heard that nurses ...

Zimbabwe's government has given in to pressure from rights groups and is now providing free treatment to women with obstetric fistula, a condition that makes it hard for mothers who went through ...

Shame, stigma and smell because of Obstetric fistula make me ah no fit go waka, no fit feel free but ah get big smile now afta deh operate me. Melissa Epie tori BBC Pidgin how e live wit fistula for ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2005;50(4):286-294. If a woman with a fistula manages to get to the hospital while still in labor, and the hospital has trained personnel, it is possible to encourage the ...