The government has raised concern over the low number of women seeking treatment for obstetric fistula, despite thousands developing the condition during childbirth every year in Tanzania.
By
The Citizen Reporter
Media/news company
Mwananchi Communications Limited
Tabora. The government has raised concern over the low number of women seeking treatment for obstetric fistula, despite thousands developing the condition during childbirth every year in Tanzania.
Nigeria’s First Lady seeks an end to child marriage and obstetric fistula
Zaria Fistula Centre repairs over 2,000 cases, flags rising medical quackery
Nigeria accounts for 40% global fistula burden — Expert
FG Offers Free Corrective Surgery for Obstetric Fistula Patients in Edo
Oluremi Tinubu Demands Urgent Action Against Child Marriage to End Obstetric Fistula
Group seeks action on period stigma, poor menstrual access affecting girls’ education
Senator raises concerns overshortage of family planning commodities
Oluremi Tinubu urges end to child marriage, better maternal care
Renewed push to curb FGM in Isiolo County amid new steering committee effort
How families secretly remove infant genitals despite FGM ban
Obstetric fistula, often referred to as a ‘childbirth injury,’ is an abnormal hole between the birth canal and the bladder or…
The surgeon revealed that globally, more than two million women “are living with untreated obstetric fistula, while between…
The Medical Director of the newly established National Obstetric Fistula Centre, NOFIC, Benin City, Prof. Ileogben Sunday-Adeoye,…
A recent investigation by The Citizen has uncovered the growing scale of Tanzania’s underground unsafe abortion network, exposing…
FG Offers Free Corrective Surgery for Obstetric Fistula Patients in Edo
•Says education, quality healthcare key to protecting women and girls
