From October 15-19, the FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fistula Care Plus is actively participating, with a pre-formed panel as well as 15 free communication session (FCS) presentations. Join us on October 19 for a panel on Cesarean section safety in low-resource settings: Ensuring quality in […]
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The Hidden Costs of Fistula Repair Surgery
Originally authored by Bianca Devoto for the USAID Impact Blog. A few months after becoming pregnant with her first child, Edisa’s husband unexpectedly passed away. In need of transportation to reach the closest health facility, and without family nearby, Edisa went into labor at home. Friends and neighbors contributed money for her transportation to a local hospital, […]
WHO Releases new Guidelines on Short-Duration Catheterization Following Simple Fistula Surgery
New WHO Guidelines on Short-duration Catheterization Following Simple Obstetric Fistula Surgery In April of 2015, WHO and the USAID-funded Fistula Care Plus project at EngenderHealth published results in The Lancet from a randomized controlled trial (RCT) on short-duration catheterization following fistula repair. The large-scale study demonstrated that short-duration bladder catheterization of 7 days post-repair was both […]