Un Réseau de Collaboration Pour Améliorer l’Accès au Traitement de la Fistule au Nigéria

Simply training surgeons in fistula repair is necessary but not sufficient to ensure that such services are provided within a health system. Thus, Fistula Care/Nigeria facilitated the formation of a clinical peer-support network to increase women’s access to repair services and standardize and improve the quality of services across facilities. This provider network is supported by two complementary strategies: periodic pooled repair efforts, and quarterly professional retreats to discuss clinical issues. This brief focuses on the pooled effort strategy.