The assistant commissioner of clinical services in the ministry of health, Dr Alex Wasomoka, has raised concern over the increasing backlog of fistula cases in Uganda.He told a media breakfast meeting ...

Padma and Seema's stories echo the impact of the debilitating nature of obstetric fistula on women in low-resource settings, ...

Secondary aortoenteric fistula (SAF) is an uncommon but very important complication of abdominal aortic reconstruction. The complication often occurs months to years after aortic surgery.

We had a patient, 13-years-old patient. I sent you his video. He had shrapnels behind the knee, and he developed a fistula ...

Despite Uganda registering about 1,900 new cases of obstetric fistula every year, the Ministry of Health says there is still a shortage of experts to perform surgeries to correct the damage.

Seema's battle with fistula unveils the tragedy of early marriage, urging society to confront the intertwined dangers of ...

The ministry of women affairs has inaugurated a vesico vaginal fistula (VVF) treatment centre at the Gwarimpa General ...

Could we capture the harsh reality these voiceless women experience? I first visited the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in the spring of 2004. The idea for a film about the hospital and women with ...

Given that the average length of labor for patients at the fistula hospital in Addis Ababa is 3.9 days, with some labors lasting as long as 6 days, [16] it is not surprising that fistulas result.

Anastasia Majasho's journey with obstetric fistula began during her second pregnancy. Prolonged labor led to complications, and despite a previous cesarean scar, a vaginal delivery was attempted.

How a team of nurses from the UK and Uganda introduced a training package to care for women undergoing obstetric fistula surgery Obstetric fistula is a condition with severe personal and social ...

Married at the tender age of 13 and diagnosed with vaginal fistula when she was 16 years old, Seema’s existence has since become synonymous with agony. Every villager, out of pity for her ...