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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Preventing and addressing stillbirths along the continuum of care: A global advocacy and implementation guide

Publisher

UNFPA, UNICEF, USAID, International Stillbirth Alliance, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Publication date

May 2023

Number of pages

86

Publication

Preventing and addressing stillbirths along the continuum of care: A global advocacy and implementation guide

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News

Prevention, treatment, reintegration and advocacy: How UNFPA and partners work to end obstetric fistula

calendar_today22 May 2023

Pastor Kouakou Adou Kouamé advises newlyweds to take precautions against obstetric fistula. © UNFPA Côte d’Ivoire
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Publisher

Office of the UN Secretary General

Publication date

Jul 2022

Resources

Intensifying efforts to end obstetric fistula within a decade: Report of the Secretary-General (A/77/229)

The UN Secretary-2022 General's report brings to the General Assembly's attention existing and new challenges to ending obstetric fistula within a decade, including climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, which have exacerbated the root causes of this devastating childbirth injury. The report outlines efforts made at the global, regional, and national levels and makes recommendations to intensify these efforts to end fistula by 2030, using human rights-based and gender transformative approaches.

News

Three women, three stories: Picking up the pieces of lives broken by obstetric fistula

calendar_today18 May 2022

Pemba (in yellow top) and other patients with senior surgeon Dr. Lucien Wasingya Kasereka of FisPro DRC, a UNFPA partner that treats women with obstetric fistula. © FisPro DRC
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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

2011

Publication

Preventing Harm and Healing Wounds

Publication date

2011

Resources

Mending Torn Lives

Mending Torn Lives

Publication date

2011

Resources

The Tanzanian Partnership Against Obstetric Fistula

The Tanzanian Partnership Against Obstetric Fistula

Publication date

2010

Resources

UN resolution supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula 2010

Resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 21 December 2010