Publication

The Maternal Health and Newborn Thematic Fund 2022 Annual report

Catalyzing Action Amidst Global Challenges

Publication date: 02 Feb 2024

Publisher: UNFPA

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News

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

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
  • 31 January 2024
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News

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

Maria awaits treatment at Simão Mendes National Hospital in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. © UNFPA Guinea-Bissau/Aleke Ogbada Junior
  • 16 June 2023
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News

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

Fistula surgeon Dr. Paul Musoba conducts a procedure at the Solwezi General Hospital in North-Western Province of Zambia. © UNFPA Zambia
  • 26 May 2023
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Updates

How 800 Nigerian women won the battle against obstetric fistula

26 May 2023

Hafsatu Yunusa, a fistula survivor from Nigeria. © UNFPA Nigeria
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Annual Report

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

Number of pages: 55

Publication date: 30 Sep 2022

Publisher: UNFPA

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News

5 things you might not know about obstetric fistula

Skilled health professionals and timely, quality emergency obstetric care can help prevent the devastating childbirth injury of obstetric fistula. © UNFPA Mozambique
  • 16 May 2022
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Resources

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

Resource date: Dec 2020

Author: UN

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

05 Jan 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!

23 May 2020

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