Press release

More Than 300 Women Treated in First Week of "Fistula Fortnight" in Nigeria

01 March 2005
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Evaluation of the Campaign to End Fistula Concludes More Support and Commitment Needed

31 May 2010
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Press release

Maternal Health Conference Examines Progress, Challenges; Pushes Donors Towards $12 Billion Funding Increase

07 June 2010
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UNFPA leads a coalition of organizations committed to the prevention and treatment of fistula, an isolating disability that results from unrelieved obstructed labour. This report, from the second meeting of the working group, documents the considerable progress that has been made in bringing fistula to wider attention, in collecting data about it, and in developing strategies to end fistula in the developing world, just as it has been virtually eliminated in industrialized countries.

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In 2003, UNFPA launched the Campaign to End Fistula in collaboration with a wide range of partners. The six sections of this report provide a comprehensive overview of the country and global level Campaign activities that occurred during the 2004 calendar year.