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Obstetric fistulas are quite common in Africa. Here is a description of the problem, its prevalence, and what some people are doing about it.
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Published: Friday, May 16, 2003
We in journalism tend to write about scoundrels, but today let me instead hail a saint for our age.
Dr. Catherine Hamlin, 79, is an Australian gynecologist who has spent the last 44 years in Addis Ababa, quietly toiling in impossible conditions to achieve the
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Founded out of concern for the many thousands of women in the developing world who suffer from injuries or death related to labor and delivery. Provides or supports education, advocacy, awareness, medical care, and research. Has a number of articles about the problem in pdf format.
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The Worldwide Fistula Fund
Perhaps you are encountering the fistula
problem for the first time .
Perhaps you are looking for a way to help .
fistula affects women not only in Ethiopia, but across the
poorest parts of the globe. For over 15 years, the
Worldwide Fistula Fund has been fighting
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perfected his technique of repairing fistulas on American slave women in the 1840s. This story is about his efforts and how he's viewed by historians.
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Scholars Argue Over Legacy of Surgeon Who Was Lionized, Then Vilified
Published: Tuesday, October 28, 2003
One would be hard pressed to find a more controversial figure in the history of medicine than J. Marion Sims. Originally lionized as the "father of gynecology," Sims was later reviled by a
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Basic information about a rare but serious complication of child birth. Includes description, cause, symptoms, repair options, advice, research links and support.
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This site is devoted to basic information on recto vaginal fistulas including a description, causes, symptoms, repair, advice, emotional support.
? Info on Recto Vaginal Fistulas This site is dedicated to anyone who has suffered a recto-vaginal fistula that is the result of childbirth.? I hope my experience can be of use to you, so that you don't feel so alone and disheartened.? Recto vaginal fistulae are embarrassing, frustrating,
? Info on Recto Vaginal Fistulas This site is dedicated to anyone who has suffered a recto-vaginal fistula that is the result of childbirth.? I hope my experience can be of use to you, so that you don't feel so alone and disheartened.? Recto vaginal fistulae are embarrassing, frustrating,
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Companion site to a documentary film spotlighting women in Niger, West Africa suffering from obstetric fistula. Copies available for a fee for community based screenings and fundraisers.
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Lisa Russell begins new film blog.
New film on obstetric and traumatic fistula in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in collaboration with UNFPA coming soon.
for ZAP MAMA Collaboration on
Every woman has a right to a safe delivery.
Yet statistics state that 40% of all pregnancies experience
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UN agency defines the problem and how it intends to address it.
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For questions about supporting the Campaign, email us at
UNFPA: The Fistula Campaign
Resource Mobilization Branch
For queries on U.S. tax-deductible donations, please email Americans
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Offering treatment and prevention through support of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia, as well as programs across the country. Includes details of the hospital, and information about the fundraising and educational work of the organization.
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The Fistula Foundation is dedicated to restoring health and dignity to women injured in childbirth through support of the programs of the Hamlin Fistula Hospitals in Ethiopia, both now and in the future. The principal objectives of the Fistula Foundation are funding treatment and prevention of obstetric fistula and raising awareness of this devastating childbirth injury.
Foundation meets best practice standards: Professor Peter Singer – Copyright © 2009 The Fistula Foundation Read the latest issue of our engaging and informative news publication, Foundation's work sited in Rutgers University blog: Read an enlightening article by Susan Wilson, founder
Foundation meets best practice standards: Professor Peter Singer – Copyright © 2009 The Fistula Foundation Read the latest issue of our engaging and informative news publication, Foundation's work sited in Rutgers University blog: Read an enlightening article by Susan Wilson, founder
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Complications during delivery are a leading cause of death for women giving birth in developing countries. At Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia, some women are getting a chance at treatment. [8:49 streaming audio broadcast]
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Complications during delivery are a leading cause of death for women giving birth in developing countries. In remote areas, women sometimes languish for days in labor. But at a fistula hospital in Ethiopia, some women are getting a chance at treatment.
| Share this page using one of the following services: Hospital Gives Ethiopian Women a Chance at Care by Brenda Wilson, NPR Young girls sit on the veranda at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia, wrapped in shawls that are given to them when they are admitted. Brenda Wilson, NPR Dr.
| Share this page using one of the following services: Hospital Gives Ethiopian Women a Chance at Care by Brenda Wilson, NPR Young girls sit on the veranda at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia, wrapped in shawls that are given to them when they are admitted. Brenda Wilson, NPR Dr.
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Very long essay with many statistics.
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Life Shattering But Preventable
By Jessica Bankes Beattie
Patients Raibe Adumu, Bunta Usuman, Maria Adumu and Hapsa Bala at the Kwalli Rehabilitation Centre in Kano, Nigeria. These Women are recovering from fistula surgery and are waiting to be reintegrated into their communities. The centre tries
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Organization engaging the public and providing financial support to those who treat and prevent fistula in the developing world.
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fistula, a devastating childbirth
injury caused by unrelieved obstructed
labor, affects women and girls
living in poverty in the developing
a result of their injuries, women with fistula leak urine, and sometimes feces, causing others to shun them. Most are relegated to the edges of society,
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