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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid renewed the pledge to end Obstetric Fistula from Punjab through a special focus on mother and child health. In her message on the ‘International Day to ...

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 ...

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 ...