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Obstetric fistula
DR. BABATUNDE OSOTIMEHIN, UNITED NATIONS UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL AND
UNFPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
23 MAY 2013
An estimated 2 to 3 million women and girls in developing countries are living with obstetric fistula, a condition that has been virtually eliminated in industrialized nations.
Obstetric fistula is preventable and in most cases treatable, and yet more than 50,000 new cases develop each year.
Statement on the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula by
Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund
New York, 23 May 2014
Significant gains have been made in improving sexual and reproductive health and advancing reproductive rights since the 1994 Cairo International Conference on Population and Development. But many people, especially the poor and vulnerable, still lack access to quality sexual and reproductive health services, including life-saving emergency obstetric care. Women and girls living with fistula are among the most marginalized and neglected, and the persistence of fistula is a grave illustration of serious inequalities and the denial of rights and dignity.
Year after year, women of greater Darfur have been receiving the much needed Fistula treatment from UNFPA and partners through the annual Fistula campaigns.
Khartoum May 10, 2010. Year after year, women of greater Darfur have been receiving the much needed Fistula treatment from UNFPA and partners through the annual Fistula campaigns.
An estimated 2 to 3 million women and girls in developing countries are living with obstetric fistula, a condition that has been virtually eliminated in industrialized nations.
Obstetric fistula is preventable and in most cases treatable, and yet more than 50,000 new cases develop each year.
We are here today to talk about something which is difficult to talk about. An injury of childbirth which many people have never even heard about. An injury that is embarrassing to discuss. And yet, over two million women and girls throughout the world are suffering with this condition every day.
