Document Type

Brief

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

A formative research study was conducted in Nigeria to better understand the barriers and enabling factors for fistula repair care delivery and access. This brief presents results from a literature review conducted to identify and understand the delays in accessing and receiving treatment and corresponding barriers, to document interventions that help to overcome barriers, and to specify gaps in the literature that require further research. The report concludes that women’s concern over healing and reintegration reflects their expectation that the holistic approach of hospitals will bring them back to normal life incorporating physical, sexual, psychosocial, and economic rehabilitation. Awareness, financial, and transport issues consistently emerge as areas to target for policy and programming.

DOI

10.31899/rh8.1042

Language

English

Project

Reducing Barriers to Fistula Care

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