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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Feb 2024

Publication

The Maternal Health and Newborn Thematic Fund 2022 Annual report

Catalyzing Action Amidst Global Challenges

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News

“I have my life back”: How one mother in Senegal is thriving after obstetric fistula

calendar_today31 January 2024

Women from the village of Fass Gounass band together to learn and spread the word about obstetric fistula among their community. © UNFPA Senegal/Ndeye Dieynaba Ndiaye
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News

“My life completely changed”: Treating bodies, minds and lives affected by obstetric fistula in Guinea-Bissau

calendar_today16 June 2023

Maria awaits treatment at Simão Mendes National Hospital in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. © UNFPA Guinea-Bissau/Aleke Ogbada Junior
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News

Restoring hope, rebuilding lives: A day in the life of a fistula surgeon in Zambia

calendar_today26 May 2023

Fistula surgeon Dr. Paul Musoba conducts a procedure at the Solwezi General Hospital in North-Western Province of Zambia. © UNFPA Zambia
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Updates

How 800 Nigerian women won the battle against obstetric fistula

calendar_today26 May 2023

Hafsatu Yunusa, a fistula survivor from Nigeria. © UNFPA Nigeria
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Publisher

UNFPA

Publication date

Sep 2022

Number of pages

55

Annual Report

2021 MHTF Annual Report: Strengthening Health System Resilience in the COVID-19 Era

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News

5 things you might not know about obstetric fistula

calendar_today16 May 2022

Skilled health professionals and timely, quality emergency obstetric care can help prevent the devastating childbirth injury of obstetric fistula. © UNFPA Mozambique
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Publication date

Dec 2020

Author

UN

Resources

UN resolution to end fistula 2020 (A/RES/75/159)

This 2020 UN Resolution on Fistula, adopted by Member States, calls on every fistula-affected nation to develop an inclusive, integrated, costed, time-bound national strategy and action plan to end fistula by 2030. This is a critical component of an overall strategy to ensure universal access to quality sexual and reproductive health and rights and is a key element of achieving the SDGs.

 

Updates

Iceland and UNFPA sign a $7 million agreement to help eliminate obstetric fistula in Sierra Leone

calendar_today05 January 2022

Nurses at Aberdeen Women’s Centre with a fistula patient, in the western region of Sierra Leone. Iceland will help the hospital build its capacity to eliminate fistula in Sierra Leone. © UNFPA Sierra Leone
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Statement

End gender inequality! End health inequities! End fistula now!

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