Having a baby can be one of the most joyous events in a woman's life. Yet for the millions of young women in the developing world who develop severe injuries called fistulas from obstructed labor, ...

Having a baby can be one of the most joyous events in a woman's life. Yet for the millions of young women in the developing world who suffer severe injuries called fistulas from obstructed labor, it's ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2005;50(4):286-294. If a woman with a fistula manages to get to the hospital while still in labor, and the hospital has trained personnel, it is possible to encourage the ...

Fistula affects millions of women and girls worldwide, thousands in Ethiopia alone. It is an unpleasant and painful condition caused by complications in childbirth that leads to the death of the child ...

Complications during delivery are a leading cause of death for women giving birth in developing countries. In remote areas, women sometimes languish in labor for days. Those who survive the ordeal ...

Each afternoon—after neighbors in her village compound in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in Nigeria’s coastal region, had gone out for the day—Imaobong Dickson would sneak out of her home to wash pieces of ...