The Medical Director of the newly established National Obstetric Fistula Centre, NOFIC, Benin City, Prof. Ileogben Sunday-Adeoye, has said Nigeria currently accounts for 40 per cent of the global burden of obstetric fistula.

Obstetric fistula, often referred to as a ‘childbirth injury,’ is an abnormal hole between the birth canal and the bladder or rectum, caused mainly by prolonged, obstructed labour…

The surgeon revealed that globally, more than two million women “are living with untreated obstetric fistula, while between 50,000 and 100,000 new cases occur annually.”

The Medical Director of the newly established National Obstetric Fistula Centre, NOFIC, Benin City, Prof. Ileogben Sunday-Adeoye, has said Nigeria currently accounts for 40 per…

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