By Kayla McGowan, Project Coordinator, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Originally posted on the MHTF Blog by Kayla McGowan, Project Coordinator, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health The majority of discussion, research and interventions related to genital fistula have focused on obstetric fistula, an abnormal opening […]
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A Call to Action to End Iatrogenic Fistula
Please join EngenderHealth on Wednesday, August 17, 2016, at 9:30 am Eastern Daylight Time for a webinar discussion on iatrogenic fistula. Evidence is emerging that iatrogenic causes contribute significantly to the burden of genital fistula in low-income countries. Given the preventability and severity of fistula, data on iatrogenic fistula indicate the urgency of improving surgical […]
Wilson Center Event: After Copenhagen, What Next for Women and Girls?
This post originally appeared on the Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF) blog. We are excited to announce the upcoming policy dialogue, After Copenhagen, What Next for Women and Girls? The event will take place in Washington, D.C. at The Wilson Center (andonline!) on Monday, July 18, 2016. This dialogue is part of the Maternal […]
Building Awareness of the Link between Fistula and Gender-Based Violence
Original post on The DHS Program Blog. Genital fistula, an abnormal hole between the vagina and rectum or bladder that causes urinary or fecal incontinence, is a devastating, preventable condition that no woman should have to endure. It usually results from inadequately managed, prolonged or obstructed labor, surgical error, or trauma [1, 2]. Although […]
“I am Happy Once Again”: Maryam’s Story
By Ibrahim Haruna, Community Mobilization Associate at EngenderHealth Nigeria “After a week of recovery at the hospital, I stood up from the bed, tried to move around, and then I realized I was wet and I could not understand what it was. Realized that I was leaking urine, I started crying, I cried all day […]