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 ...

First lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called for urgent action to end child marriage as part of efforts to stop obstetric ...

Women and girls in Nepal are still suffering from obstetric fistula, a health condition that is preventable and in most cases treatable, said the UNFPA Nepal today. Obstetric fistula, a hole in the ...

Yet for fragile and conflict-affected countries such as South Sudan, these commemorations risk becoming symbolic rituals ...

Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to end child marriage, warning that the practice remains a major ...

The international medical organization Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said over two million women and girls live with obstetric fistula worldwide. MSF Vesicovaginal Fistula ...

JUBA, South Sudan - Married and pregnant as a teenager, she lost three babies in childbirth and suffered the horrific indignity of an obstetric fistula, a hole in the birth canal caused by the ...

Bridget Asiamah is Technical Specialist, Fistula, Sexual and Reproductive Health Branch, Technical Division, United Nations Population Fund; and Coordinator, Global Campaign to End Fistula. 22 May ...

On this International Day to End Obstetric Fistula commemorated on May 23 each year, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called for greater support for the Campaign to End Fistula in ...

Obstetric fistula, often referred to as a 'childbirth injury,' is an abnormal hole between the birth canal and the bladder or rectum, caused mainly by prolonged, obstructed labour without access to ...

The Flying Doctors’ Society of Africa (FDSA) will today launch a two-week-long fistula screening and surgical free medical camp at the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital (KTRH). The camp, dubbed ‘No ...

The economic argument for closing that gap is real: untreated fistula costs the global economy an estimated $691 million ...