Background: To date, obstetric fistula is one of the major public health challenges among the poorest, young women and girls in rural communities in low and middle-income countries. There is scarce information on the ...

Introduction: Obstetric fistula is highly debilitating with effects acknowledged as beyond treatment thus, it requires physical and social rehabilitation. The study described the extent to which obstetric fistula patients ...

Background: Obstetric fistula poses a great physical, psychosocial and economic burden to girls and women in low and middle-income countries. About 53% of the obstetric fistula patients may live with untreated fistula for ...

The physical and psychosocial problems associated with obstetric fistula affect the patients’ efficacy to function within specific realms of life and affect their quality of life. This study documented the obstetric fistula ...