By Elly Arnoff, Program Associate – Evaluation & Research, EngenderHealth Women with fistula are often among the most impoverished and marginalized members of society. Obstetric fistula is a rupture between the vagina and bladder and/or rectum that occurs when a woman has a prolonged labor or obstructed delivery, and does not access emergency obstetric […]
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Putting The Lancet Maternal Health Series Into Action: Five Next Steps
This post originally appeared on the Maternal Health Task Force blog. By: Kayla McGowan, Project Coordinator, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Last week, experts in maternal health convened at the Wilson Center to mark the recent launch of The Lancet Maternal Health Series, discuss its implications and brainstorm how to translate […]
Men as Partners in the Fight to End Fistula in Nigeria
By: Eberechukwu Diokpo, Project Officer at EngenderHealth Nigeria and Nafisa Murtala Ahmed, Presenter at Express Radio Kano For Rukayya, a young fistula client, a phone-in radio program was life changing. The live radio program was hosted on Express FM in Kano and focused on fistula prevention and treatment. Dr. Habib Sadauki, the Country Project Manager […]
MHTF Blog: A Call to Action to Address Iatrogenic Fistula
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 […]
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 […]