Original blog post can be found on the Medical Aid Films website. Obstetric fistula is one of the most devastating and serious injuries that can occur during childbirth. It affects between 50,000 and 100,000 women each year, mainly in low-income countries, and it is estimated that more than 2 million women live with untreated fistula […]
Year: 2017
Nigeria Launches Guidelines on Catheterization for Prevention and Management of Obstetric Fistula
Since 2012, Fistula Care Plus (FC+) and the prior Fistula Care Project have worked with the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) to develop a national policy and guidance on the use of urethral catheterization, or the placing of a tube into the body to drain urine from the bladder, to prevent and conservatively treat […]
EngenderHealth Hosts Media Round Table on Fistula Prevention in Nigeria
PRESS RELEASE, January 31, 2017: EngenderHealth Hosts Media Round Table on Fistula Prevention in Nigeria It is estimated that about 150,000 women in Nigeria are suffering from fistula. According to the Federal Ministry of Health, this figure is only an estimate of the exact number. However, health experts agree that about 12,000 new cases of […]