From Uchenna Inya, AbakalikiThe Medical Director of the National Obstetric Fistula Centre (NOFIC), Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Professor Johnson Obuna, has revealed that 67% of the fistula cases in the ...

Introduction The UN General Assembly in 2018 passed a resolution to eliminate obstetric fistula within a decade. Because the ...

Gobindaganj upazila of the district has been declared an obstetric fistula-free upazila today following coordinated efforts ...

At fourteen, Janette Ahmed was married, pregnant, and expected to endure childbirth alone in a rural Nigerian village. After ...

FRIDAY, Jan. 3, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- For pediatric patients with Crohn disease, early anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha (anti-TNFα) therapy is beneficial in preventing the development of perianal ...

Ghana is experiencing a concerning decline in maternal and child health outcomes, despite an increase in trained health workers. According to Dr Kennedy Brightson, Director for Public Health at the ...

Imagine giving birth, only to be left incontinent, rejected, and silenced by shame. This is the reality for thousands of Nigerian women living with Vesicovaginal Fistula. A simple act of bringing ...

ODM leader Raila Odinga's wife Ida Odinga and Homa Bay Woman Rep Joyce Osogo were speaking at Ratang'a trading center in Ndhiwa Constituency. [File, Standard] ODM leader Raila Odinga's wife Ida Odinga ...

USAID cuts hit health services in aid-dependent Malawi Progress on maternal health, including fistula, threatened Donors, including UNFPA, support lone fistula clinic The USAID flag flies outside the ...

A rectovaginal fistula develops when an abnormal tunnel forms between the vagina and rectum inside a woman’s body. This opening allows waste material and gas to pass from the rectum into the vagina, ...

Carotid cavernous fistula is a condition that affects your eye. It can come on suddenly after a head injury or slowly over time. Direct. This type is sometimes also called trauma carotid cavernous ...