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CRR communities sensitised on Obstetric Fistula

Thursday, January 22, 2009

The National Reproductive & Child Health Programe Unit, under the Department of State for Health and Social Welfare, in collaboration with UNFPA and...

Facts on Obstetric Fistula

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Gambian Journalists were recently sensitised regarding obstetric fistula. The following is some of the key information revealed to them by Mrs. Ramou...

BURKINA FASO: Fistula in Sahel region highlighted

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Monday, December 01, 2008

OUAGADOUGOU Monday, July 28, 2008 (IRIN) - Doctors in Burkina Faso say fistula is being under-reported, and are launching a new project to offer free...

BURKINA FASO: Fistula in Sahel region highlighted

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Doctors in Burkina Faso say fistula is being under-reported, and are launching a new project to offer free surgery to some of the affected women. ...

MAURITANIA: Fistula - a medical and cultural problem

IRIN

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Efforts to reduce cases of obstetric fistula in Mauritania have been slowed by local customs and beliefs. “Fistula is seen as a punishment,”...

NIGER: Botched birth survivors battle fistula

IRIN

Monday, December 24, 2007

Niger is one of the most dangerous places in the world to give birth. Thirty women lolling on mats outside a non-governmental organisation (NGO)...

MALI: Child marriage a neglected problem

IRIN

Sunday, September 02, 2007

Two years ago, in the western Malian village of Korera-Kore, a 13-year-old girl was forced into marriage during her school summer holiday. She died...