Freedom from fistula
In Bangladesh and across the developing world, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund supports efforts to repair obstetric fistula, a serious and tragic complication related to childbirth.
In Bangladesh and across the developing world, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund supports efforts to repair obstetric fistula, a serious and tragic complication related to childbirth.
DHAKA, Bangladesh – For women suffering from obstetric fistula, a traumatic and debilitating childbirth injury, the effects are much more than physical. The condition often leaves them stigmatized by their communities, abandoned by their families and unable to work. And treatment alone does not end this ordeal. After years of isolation, they have to learn to rebuild their lives.
A rehabilitation centre in Bangladesh is helping fistula survivors do just that.