The hospital’s holistic approach ensures women not only recover physically but are also reintegrated socially and ...

Sisters Sabina Mwikali (left) and Regina Kilaka recover in hospital after fistula surgery with Dr Norris Onzere. [Photo: Benjamin Obegi/Standard] Kenya: Every woman who suffers from obstetric fistula ...

Each afternoon—after neighbors in her village compound in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in Nigeria’s coastal region, had gone out for the day—Imaobong Dickson would sneak out of her home to wash pieces of ...

The Flying Doctors’ Society of Africa (FDSA) will today launch a two-week-long fistula screening and surgical free medical camp at the Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital (KTRH). The camp, dubbed ‘No ...

When Faisa Idow went into labour with her first child, she sensed something was terribly wrong. The 23-year-old from a rural village in Somalia's Bay region endured several agonising days of ...

The Bashir Foundation for Fistula and Women’s Health (BFFWH) has announced a collaborative initiative with the Fistula Foundation to provide critical medical interventions for women living with ...

Twenty-two-year-old Naomi George is visibly shaken as she fights back the tears, recalling the night her life changed forever. In 2019, the heavily pregnant Liberian endured a harrowing ordeal when ...

The equivalent of five jumbo jets’ worth of women die in childbirth each day worldwide, but this issue is almost never covered. It is estimated about 536,000 women die in pregnancy and childbirth a ...

Obstetric fistula continues to affect women in Bukedi despite awareness efforts. Thank you for reading Nation.Africa Show plans Obstetric fistula remains one of the most devastating yet preventable ...

It took some time, but Esther Edet finally received the health care she needed. She credits the Medical Missionaries of Mary who run the Family Life Center in Mbribit Itam, where women experiencing a ...

The surgeries will take place in the Makueni Mother and Child Hospital and will benefit women from Makueni and neighboring counties. The county has a trained and competent surgical team to offer the ...