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By: Vandana Tripathi, Deputy Director, Fistula Care Plus, EngenderHealth EngenderHealth, which leads the USAID-supported Fistula Care Plus (FC+) project, and the Maternal Health Task Force recently co-convened two meetings on obstetric fistula in Boston,…

By: Mary Nell Wegner, Executive Director, Maternal Health Task Force, Women and Health Initiative On July 8-11, the MHTF had the privilege of co-hosting two meetings with the Fistula Care Plus project, led by EngenderHealth. It was a terrific opportunity…

This comprehensive curriculum addresses several critical areas: preventive care, surgical treatment and postoperative recovery, information, education, family and community involvement, counselling, and data collection and use. It also presents learning…

This training is intended for health care workers (health officers, midwives, clinical nurses, maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) officers, managers and supervisors at woreda health office and health center levels) to build their knowledge base…

This training is intended for health care workers (health officers, midwives, clinical nurses, maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH) officers, managers and supervisors at woreda health office and health center levels) to build their knowledge base…

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…

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…

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…

A collection of real-life obstetric fistula patient stories, plus interviews with fistula service providers.

Few studies have examined what the social consequences are for women with fistula or how the broader social structure in which these women live affects the way they are treated. In this regard, qualitative research was carried out in the countries…