For Most Vulnerable Nigerian Women, High Rates of Traumatic Birth Injury
November 17, 2017
November 17, 2017
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Nov. 17 -- The United Nations Population Fund issued the following news:
"One week after I delivered my second child, I realized that there was an issue," Aisha told UNFPA from her hospital bed in Maiduguri, in north-east Nigeria. She had developed an obstetric fistula, a devastating childbirth injury that can derail a woman's whole life.
Obstetric fistula occurs during prolonged, obstructed labour. The obstruction can create a hole between . . .
"One week after I delivered my second child, I realized that there was an issue," Aisha told UNFPA from her hospital bed in Maiduguri, in north-east Nigeria. She had developed an obstetric fistula, a devastating childbirth injury that can derail a woman's whole life.
Obstetric fistula occurs during prolonged, obstructed labour. The obstruction can create a hole between . . .