Tag Archives: fistula

Kole, Uganda | URN | In the quiet village of Alelibanya in Kole District, Eunice Aceng spent three years living a life defined by pain, isolation, and stigma. “I had a disease called fistula. I leaked urine for three years,” she recalls. Her condition, Obstetric fistula, left her constantly wet, …

Katakwi, Uganda | URN | Women in Katakwi district have raised concern of health threatening complications of Fistula that severely  affected many women who become socially stigmatized, depressed, suffer chronic pain and isolation. A vaginal fistula is an abnormal opening between the vagina and another organ (bladder, colon, or rectum), causing symptoms like involuntary …

ARUA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of people walked through the streets of Arua City to create awareness on the need to end Fistula and appeal for the establishment of a Rehabilitation centre in the region. Obstetric fistula is a medical condition in which a hole develops in the …

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gynecologists say reliance on traditional birth attendants is contributing to the high number of obstetric fistula in Busoga. An obstetric fistula is an abnormal opening between a woman’s genital tract and her urinary tract or rectum.The condition is caused by prolonged, obstructed labor which often leaves …

Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Masaka Regional Referral Hospital has moved to integrate fistula repairs on the list of their daily operations following increased demand for the services. Until now, only the Catholic Missionary hospital Joseph Kitovu, in Masaka has been offering fistula repairs through three annual camps. Now, Dr …

  Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gynecologists have warned that cases of obstetric fistula among women are likely to increase as the country experience rampant teenage pregnancies as the COVID-19 pandemic keeps students out of school. In the Luwero district alone, at least 16,163 teenage pregnancies were reported in …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | There are plans to set up a specialized hospital in Uganda to treat the increasing number of women who succumb to fistula. The Terrewode Hospital & Rehabilitation Center will also serve as a centre of excellence and a demonstration facility for surgical training programmes that …

By Miriam Mukama When a woman gives birth, usually it is joy. The newly born baby makes the mother a heroine of sorts and, she is thanked, given gifts and praised even in the humblest of communities where life hardships are too many. But Catherine Namukasa, 22, despite giving birth …