Document Type

Report

Publication Date

2016

Abstract

This formative research builds upon the results of a systematic review by the Population Council for better understanding of the barriers and enabling factors for fistula repair care and access in Uganda. The study focuses on Fistula Care Plus project-supported treatment facilities where fistula camps are routinely held. Results reveal the nuances of women’s experiences, along with the additional perspectives of their spouses, family members, community stakeholders, and fistula camp care providers including nurses/counselors, surgeons, and facility and district managers. Barriers and enablers to fistula repair care are clustered around the following factors: psychosocial, cultural, social, financial, transportation, facility shortages, quality of care, awareness, policy and political environments, and healing and reintegration. The report includes recommendations for policy and practice that reinforce the need for targeted programming strategies to increase access for obstetric fistula repair.

DOI

10.31899/rh8.1045

Language

English

Project

Reducing Barriers to Fistula Care

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