Job Aid: Diagnosis of Obstetric Fistula Poster
This poster tool is a visual job aid can be used by healthcare practitioners to help diagnose obstetric fistula in women who are presenting with leakage of urine at a primary health center.
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This poster tool is a visual job aid can be used by healthcare practitioners to help diagnose obstetric fistula in women who are presenting with leakage of urine at a primary health center.
This tool can be used by healthcare practitioners to diagnose obstetric fistula in women who are presenting with leakage of urine at a primary health center.
The goal of this curriculum is to prepare service providers at all levels to provide information and counseling to fistula clients, including referral for treatment and recovery services and counseling for related issues outside their usual scope of work.
Presentation at the Global Maternal Newborn Health Conference, October 20, 2015 Background: A 2003 situation analysis of female genital fistula in Bangladesh estimated a case load of 71000 – 100, 000 for the population of 160 million people. Historically, obstructed labor has been the predominant cause of fistula, and all such cases have been term … Continue reading “Female Genital Fistula: Changing Etiologic Landscape and Policy Implications for Bangladesh”
This picture book is designed to support health service providers and field-level workers in raising awareness among local leaders and the general population about obstetric fistula and engaging these audiences in the effort to prevent obstetric fistula and improve maternal health in their communities. (French)
The Aberdeen Women’s Centre was built to continue providing obstetric fistula repairs in Freetown, Sierra Leone, following the departure of a Mercy Ships hospital ship in 2004. First known as the Aberdeen West Africa Fistula Centre and operated by Mercy Ships, the private center is now known as the Aberdeen Women’s Centre (AWC) and is … Continue reading “Integrating Fistula Treatment and Prevention: The Launch of a Maternity Unit in Sierra Leone”
This facilitator’s guide is designed to help those who wish to have conversations about fistula and to educate groups such as health care providers, women with fistula, community members, and policy makers. Specifically, this is a guide to facilitating discussions about digital stories made about 11 women with fistula in which they share how fistula has affected their lives. They recount hardships and … Continue reading “Témoignages sur la Fistule Obstétricale: Guide du Facilitateur”