Notagain Campaign
About
150,000 women suffering from obstetrics fistula are awaiting surgical
operations, the Engender Health, a nongovern-mental organization, has
disclosed.
The country programme manager, Fistula Care Plus project, Dr Habib Sadauki disclosed this yesterday in Abuja during the launch of the project.
Fistula is the occurrence of an abnormal hole between the bladder or rectum and the vagina characterized by continuous and uncontrollable leakage of urine and/or faeces following childbirth.
“We are at a critical time in Nigeria where we can make even greater impact so that more women living with fistula can be treated. We have an estimated number of 150,000 cases of fistula in the country still waiting to be repaired and on annual basis, we see about 12,000 new cases in the country.
“We also want to encourage mothers to prepare for their birth and deliver in health facilities where a professional will take their delivery and they will not go into obstruction, that way you can prevent fistula from happening. What we are doing is a collaboration and minimal support from USAID“, he said.
Earlier, the director of the Family Health Department, Federal Ministry of Health, Wapada Balami, said through renewed efforts by government and partners to address the reproductive and maternal health, the incidence of fistula had reduced.
The country programme manager, Fistula Care Plus project, Dr Habib Sadauki disclosed this yesterday in Abuja during the launch of the project.
Fistula is the occurrence of an abnormal hole between the bladder or rectum and the vagina characterized by continuous and uncontrollable leakage of urine and/or faeces following childbirth.
“We are at a critical time in Nigeria where we can make even greater impact so that more women living with fistula can be treated. We have an estimated number of 150,000 cases of fistula in the country still waiting to be repaired and on annual basis, we see about 12,000 new cases in the country.
“We also want to encourage mothers to prepare for their birth and deliver in health facilities where a professional will take their delivery and they will not go into obstruction, that way you can prevent fistula from happening. What we are doing is a collaboration and minimal support from USAID“, he said.
Earlier, the director of the Family Health Department, Federal Ministry of Health, Wapada Balami, said through renewed efforts by government and partners to address the reproductive and maternal health, the incidence of fistula had reduced.
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