Women from Mulanje and surrounding districts have been accorded a life-changing opportunity to access obstetric fistula treatment through a Fistula Repair Camp the district hospital is currently ...

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 ...

Over 12,000 Fistula cases are recorded yearly. Many are wrongly repaired, leaving the patients in a lifelong trauma. But the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through its ...

Over 90 women flock to Bwaila Fistula Care Centre in Lilongwe for Obstetric Fistula operation as Fistula Camp begins at the hospital. Women at fistula repair services provided at the Bwaila Fistula ...

Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. Though there were several topics in this week’s episode to write about, I was so grateful that one issue in ...

Among the many dangers, miseries and horrors experienced by millions of women worldwide and highlighted in Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's new book, "Half the Sky," obstetric fistulas -- small ...

Every morning, Asma’u Muhammadu removes the wet sheets from her bed and sets them out to dry. She opens the door to let in the fresh breezes that will air out the smell of urine in the mud-walled room ...

What is a Vesicovaginal Fistula? A vesicovaginal fistula is an abnormal communication between the urinary bladder and the vagina in female patients that results in urine leaking out uncontrollably ...

Given that millions of women in the developing world suffer from obstetric fistula, this tremendous public health issue requires immediate attention. Increasing the resources and skilled staff ...