Africa Media Network reporter Ouma Wanzala writes that 7,000 new cases of obstetric fistula occur each year in Kenya alone. Dr. Hillary Mabeya, one of the country’s few specialists in obstetric fistula, explains that only 400 of these women receive treatment for the severe medical condition that often emerges after traumatic or failed childbirth. In order to avoid recurrence, all women who have experienced obstetric fistula in the past should…
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