ELDORET, Kenya -- In 1997, I was a new medical resident working in West Pokot County, an underserved, rural region in northwestern Kenya. One morning, a woman came forward with a condition I had never ...

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 ...

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 ...

An obstetric fistula is a childbirth injury in which a hole develops between the vagina (Vesicovaginal Fistula (VVF)) and the bladder or rectum (Rectovaginal Fistula (RVF)). It is the most frequent ...

A medical aid group says many pregnant African women suffer needlessly from complicated or prolonged labor. As a result, they’re forced to live with obstetric fistula – a condition that scars them ...

Today, the 23 rd May 2017, is the fourth International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. The day was first observed by the UN in 2013, but fistula has been a silent death for generations for millions of ...

The world observed the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula on May 23. It is crucial to spotlight the plight of countless women who suffer in silence due to this devastating condition. Globally, ...

Today marks the United Nations International Day to End Obstetric Fistula. How many of us have heard of obstetric fistula, let alone begin to imagine the pain and indignity of those impacted by it? In ...

Imagine a world free from obstetric fistula. Seven years from now, in 2030, that is what is going to happen in countries which will have complied. The UNAIDS global target is to end obstetric fistula ...

Obstetric fistula disables millions of women and girls in developing countries, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) recently launched a global ...