A new public service announcement stresses the importance of ensuring access to emergency obstetric care & skilled health professionals—especially midwives—to all women to prevent and help ensure treatment for obstetric fistula.

Every year, some 1,000 women are diagnosed with obstetric fistula in Burundi. Sylvie Harerimana was living with the condition for eight years

Part of the film series "Culturally Sensitive Approaches to Women's Health"

Every minute of every day, a woman is dying simply by having a baby. Yet, maternal health still receives little attention, funding and political will.  Video is produced by students from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena

This Slide Show was exhibited at the UNFPA Booth during the Women Deliver Conference, held June 7-9th in Washington, DC.

A documentary about five Ethiopian women whose lives have been devastated by obstetric fistula and the difficult journey they undertake.

A group of young Mauritanians called Khoudeija, Aisha, Goundou, Aissata, and Coumbis suffer from a condition known as Obstetric Fistula, which severely affects their lives.

When Mother Died, the Family Fell Apart

Ma Houay Kout village is in a particularly remote area in Attapeu Province in southern Laos. Once every three months, a health team will spend two days in each village and provide a range of services and information.