Document Type
Case Study
Publication Date
2004
Abstract
This edition of Quality/Calidad/Qualité describes a partnership formed to combat obstetric fistula in Tanzania. The Bugando Medical Center, the Women’s Dignity Project, the Tanzania Midwives Association, and the government cooperated on an extensive program for surgical repair, prevention, and policy research and activities. Lessons learned: 1) Fistula programs need to address social as well as medical issues. 2) Most repairs are successful, making an enormous difference in women’s lives. 3) Relatively little funding is necessary to start up a fistula program. 4) Fistula programs are vehicles for broader conversations about gender and poverty.
DOI
10.31899/pgy2.1001
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Obaid, Thoraya Ahmed and Erica Chong. 2004. "Healing wounds, instilling hope: The Tanzanian partnership against obstetric fistula," Quality/Calidad/Qualité no. 16. New York: Population Council.
Project
Adolescent Girls' Programming: Community of Practice
Included in
International Public Health Commons, Maternal and Child Health Commons, Obstetrics and Gynecology Commons, Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons, Women's Health Commons
Comments
Issue no. 16 of Quality/Calidad/Qualité, a series of case studies of high-quality, innovative programs in sexual and reproductive health.