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💚 “Her Health is a Right: Invest in Ending Fistula and Childbirth Injuries.”
Every woman deserves a safe pregnancy, safe delivery, and dignified maternal care. Yet thousands of women and girls continue to suffer from obstetric fistula, one of the most devastating but preventable childbirth injuries.
🔎 What is Obstetric Fistula?
Obstetric fistula is an abnormal opening between the birth canal and bladder or rectum, usually caused by prolonged obstructed labour without timely medical intervention. It can lead to continuous leakage of urine or stool, infections, pain, emotional trauma, and social isolation.
⚠️ Main Causes
▪️ Prolonged obstructed labour
▪️ Delayed access to emergency obstetric care
▪️ Lack of skilled birth attendants
▪️ Early pregnancy and childbirth
▪️ Poor maternal healthcare services
🚨 Risk Factors
▪️ Teenage pregnancy
▪️ Poverty and poor nutrition
▪️ Home delivery without skilled care
▪️ Long distance to health facilities
▪️ Limited access to Caesarean section services
According to WHO and UNFPA:
🔹 Hundreds of thousands of women globally are living with untreated fistula.
🔹 Most cases occur in low-resource settings where access to quality maternal healthcare remains limited.
🔹 Obstetric fistula is almost entirely preventable through timely and quality obstetric care.
This day reminds the world that:
✅ No woman should suffer while giving life
✅ Maternal healthcare is a human right
✅ Investment in safe motherhood saves lives
✅ Survivors deserve treatment, dignity, and support
📢 Call to Action
Let us strengthen:
💚 Safe motherhood initiatives
💚 Skilled birth attendance
💚 Emergency obstetric services
💚 Community awareness and education
💚 Support and reintegration for fistula survivors
Together, we can prevent fistula, restore dignity, and protect the health and future of women and girls everywhere.
#EndFistula
#WorldFistulaDay
#SafeMotherhood
#MaternalHealth
#HerHealthHerRight
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