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Reuters: As surgeries triple, Kenya aims to end shame of fistula

Reuters reports on Kenya’s aim to end the shame of obstetric fistula nationwide, tripling treatment surgeries and increasing capacity through opening treatment centers and training surgeons.

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As surgeries triple, Kenya aims to end shame of fistula

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kenya’s hopes of ending incontinence caused by fistula, one of the most serious childbirth injuries, are rising as more women are receiving surgery, more local surgeons are being trained and awareness of the stigmatizing condition grows.

 

Publish on: May 25, 2017