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20 June, 2016
Headlands, Zimbabwe – A year ago, Tuwede Adam (36) was sitting in her home dejected and sad having suffered from fistula for 19 years. In 1996, while giving birth at home during an agonizing 4 day labour at the age of 16, Adam suffered this birth injury that left her incontinent. Since this injury...
23 May, 2016
Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
United Nations, New York, 23 May 2016
Obstetric fistula is almost exclusively a condition of the...
23 May, 2016
The United Nations Secretary-General's message on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
23 May 2016
During my recent visit to Mauritania, I had the opportunity to visit fistula patients at a hospital in Nouakchott. I was moved and impressed by their courage and resilience. It pains me...
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Suffering in silence: Obstetric fistula in Asia