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Webinar: Integrating Physical Rehabilitation to Strengthen Fistula and Maternity Care

EngenderHealth’s USAID-funded Fistula Care Plus project, with partners Panzi Foundation and Mama, LLC, hosted a webinar to discuss the impact of integrating physical rehabilitation in fistula and maternity care. Maternal morbidities such as pelvic organ prolapse and obstetric fistula affect women’s ability to carry out daily tasks and participate fully in society. Surgical treatment is often […]

EngenderHealth and the West African College of Surgeons Mark the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula with Virtual Commemoration

Each year on 23 May, the global community commemorates the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (IDEOF). The day, set by the United Nations, aims to recognize the struggles of women living with fistula, a devastating health condition caused primarily by prolonged/obstructed labor and, increasingly, by unsafe obstetric or gynecological surgery. IDEOF also recognizes the […]

EngenderHealth and West African College of Surgeons to Host IDEOF Virtual Commemoration

Date and Time: Saturday, May 23, 2020 at 13:00 GMT To register, please email: [email protected] and you will receive a Zoom link. The West African College of Surgeons (WACS) and EngenderHealth’s Fistula Care Plus (FC+) project will be hosting a virtual panel in honor of International Day to End Obstetric Fistula (IDEOF). The theme for this […]

Virtual Panel – Innovative Solutions to Reduce Barriers to Fistula Care

EngenderHealth hosted a virtual panel on the USAID-funded Fistula Care Plus (FC+) project, with partners Population Council and Viamo, to discuss learnings from an intervention to improve access to fistula care in Nigeria and Uganda. Despite the expansion of fistula treatment programs in several affected countries, many women lack information about or access to fistula diagnosis and […]

Honoring Dr. Catherine Hamlin

The Fistula Care Plus team was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Catherine Hamlin, a pioneer fistula surgeon in Ethiopia and co-founder of Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia. When Dr. Hamlin first arrived in Addis Ababa over 60 years ago, obstetric fistula was associated with a lifetime of stigma and poor health. Through the […]