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In Nigeria, health care professionals formerly believed that obstetric fistula primarily occurred in the northern part of the country. However, field experience and recent findings from the Demographic and Health Survey have shown otherwise: In the 2008…

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…

The city of Kissidougou, located in the eastern forest region of central Guinea close to Sierra Leone and Liberia, has a population of approximately 137,000 people. Kissidougou District Hospital, the referral institution in the area, provides a variety…

The city of Kissidougou, located in the eastern forest region of central Guinea close to Sierra Leone and Liberia, has a population of approximately 137,000 people. Kissidougou District Hospital, the referral institution in the area, provides a variety…

In 2008, the Ad-din Hospital recognized that many women in Dhaka were failing to access emergency obstetric care and established a low-cost ambulance service. Using mobile phones and global positioning system (GPS) tracking, Ad-din manages a fleet of 66…

Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a major cause of mortality, morbidity and long term disability related to pregnancy and childbirth. Effective interventions to prevent and treat PPH exist and can largely reduce the burden of this life-threatening…