Obstetric fistula happens when women go through prolonged labor without medical care, and a hole develops between the birth canal and either the bladder or the rectum.

Prevention of Obstetric Fistulas. Fistula prevention involves strategies to educate communities about the cultural, social, and physiologic factors that increase the risk for fistula.

A gynaecologist in the Department of Obstetrics at Modibbo Adamawa University Teaching Hospital, Dr Sunday Pius, says obstetric fistula, a tragic condition affecting young women in Adamawa, is ...

In Nigeria, the battle against obstetric fistula, a painful and debilitating condition caused by prolonged and obstructed labour, has seen promising strides.The progress so far is attributable to ...

Obstetric fistula affects 500,000 women – UN Women This year’s theme, “Her Health, Her Right: Shaping a Future without Fistula” seek to make progress toward the goal of eliminating fistula ...

While obstetric fistula can occur in any part of the world, it disproportionately affects women in sub-Saharan Africa. Factors contributing to this higher prevalence include limited access to quality ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Fistula Foundation is one of the nonprofits in my 2024 holiday giving guide, and I’m grateful to readers for donating more than $3 million in the last few weeks to the groups I suggested ...

Obstetric fistula is not merely a health issue, it is a painful symptom of deeply entrenched social, economic, and cultural inequalities therefore making it a human rights issue.

Obstetric fistula is a devastating condition affecting an estimated 2 million young women in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa (World Health Organization (WHO), 2018). Most obstetric fistula are caused by ...