Health experts are calling for increased investment in maternal healthcare to end obstetric fistula, a preventable childbirth injury affecting thousands.

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 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…

Health experts are calling for increased investment in maternal healthcare to end obstetric fistula, a preventable childbirth injury affecting thousands.