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A Chance at a New Beginning: Fistula Camp in CAR

March 4, 2011

Usually the result of complications during delivery, a fistula is an opening between the bladder and the vagina, or between the rectum and the vagina. Women become incontinent, and are often shunned from their societies and families as a result. They can also suffer additional medical consequences. In 2010, MSF teams operated on and treated about 1,000 women suffering from fistulas, in permanent structures and in "fistula camps." In November, MSF ran a fistula camp in Boguila, western Central African Republic.
 

 

 

Tags: Women's Health, Fistula, Central African Republic, Maternal Health, Ob/Gyn, Surgery

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