One of the least recognized and most pervasive health crises affecting maternal health in developing countries is fistula. Ending Fistula in Developing Nations Most of these fistulas arise from prolonged and obstructed labour and bring about physical and emotional suffering that traps the affected women socially and economically. While breast cancer is completely curable and preventable, millions of women in low income areas remain helpless and virtually invisible, as they lack proper health care and resources. This article describes the painful on obstetric fistula and measures being taken to eradicate it and why the world is committed to try and better maternal health of women in areas where the silent horror is still very much a reality. Obstetric fistula effects social and emotional lives of the women as well as the physical well-being of those that develop this medical condition. This condition which normally occurs in women after prolonged period of labour without inte...
Obstetric fistula could be considered one of the worst, though still poorly recognized, consequences of inadequate maternal health insurance in the third world. Mental Health First Aid, It develops after abnormal or difficult labour and designs an abnormal passage in the area between the vulva and the anus or between the bladder and rectum. Moreover, the following article will look at the following areas including What is Obstetric Fistula? Its effects, How to address and prevent Obstetric Fistula aiming at abolishing the vice, and finally the importance of adding to the Maternal Health structures across the globe to avoid further Disaster. The effects of this condition to the women are huge, they are separated from family and friends, rejected and have no access to anything. But there is a slow transition now through awareness programs, availability of inexpensive and advanced health facilities and treatments all over the world. From this article the reader will find out mo...