Africa: USAID Announces New Award to Prevent and Repair Obstetric Fistula

[USAID]Washington, D.c. -Taking one more step toward improving maternal health globally, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announces the award of the Fistula Care Plus Project to EngenderHealth and its institutional partner, the Population Council. Obstetric fistula, a hole that develops between the birth canal and one or more of a woman's internal organs, is caused by obstructed labor without access to timely and skilled medical care, such as cesarean section. Delaying the age of first pregnancy and increasing
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - Category: OBGYN Source Type: news