Obstetric Fistula Complications Pregnancy and Birth Reproductive Health


Obstetric fistulas are quite common in Africa. Here is a description of the problem, its prevalence, and what some people are doing about it.








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Obstetric Fistula

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  • One By One - Organization engaging the public and providing financial support obstetric fistula to complications those who treat and prevent fistula in obstetric fistula the developing complications world.
  • The Trauma of Childbirth - Website to accompany a radio story (available in pregnancy and birth pregnancy and birth Realaudio format) by Radio Netherlands about obstetric fistulas pregnancy and birth pregnancy and birth and their treatment in Nigeria. Includes details pregnancy and birth pregnancy and birth about the history of this complication and the pregnancy and birth pregnancy and birth money and resources needed to adequately trea
  • UNFPA.org - Campaign to End Fistula - UN agency defines the problem and how it complications intends to address it.
  • Rectovaginal Fistula Information - Basic information about a rare but serious complication of child obstetric fistula birth. Includes description, cause, symptoms, repair options, advice, research obstetric fistula links and support.
  • NPR : Hospital Gives Ethiopian Women a Chance at Care - Complications during delivery are a leading cause of death for women giving birth in developing countries. At Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia, some women are getting a chance at treatment. [8:49 streaming audio broadcast]
  • WHO - Obstetric fistula: guiding principles for clinical management and programme development - 81-page document in pdf format.
  • VOA News - Two Million Women and Girls Affected by Obstetric Fistula - Article and mp3-format interviews on the occasion of the 2006 UN report on the Global Campaign to End Fistula.
  • NYTimes.com - Alone and Ashamed - Obstetric fistulas are quite common in Africa. Here obstetric fistula is pregnancy and birth a description of the problem, its prevalence, obstetric fistula and what pregnancy and birth some people are doing about it.
  • Love, Labor, Loss - A Documentary Film - Companion site to a documentary film spotlighting women in Niger, West Africa suffering from obstetric fistula. Copies available for a fee for community based screenings and fundraisers.
  • UN Chronicle - Obstetric Fistula: Life Shattering But Preventable - Very long essay with many statistics.
  • NYTimes.com - After a Devastating Birth Injury, Hope - Article discussing fistula-reversal operations in Tanzania paid for by a charitable group, Amref, the African Medical and Research Foundation.
  • NYTimes.com - Scholars Argue Over Legacy of Surgeon Who Was Lionized, Then Vilified - J. Marion Sims, called by some the "Father complications of Gynecology" obstetric fistula perfected his technique of repairing fistulas complications on American slave women obstetric fistula in the 1840s. complications This story is about his efforts obstetric fistula and how complications he's viewed by historians.
  • The Worldwide Fund for Mothers Injured in Childbirth - Founded out of concern for the many thousands of women in the developing world who suffer from injuries or death related to labor and delivery. Provides or supports education, advocacy, awareness, medical care, and research. Has a number of articles abo
  • The Fistula Foundation - Offering treatment and prevention through support of the complications Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia, as well complications as programs across the country. Includes details of complications the hospital, and information about the fundraising and complications educational work of the organization.


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