A group of fistula patients wait eagerly for their repair surgeries in the hallway of Kano's Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital during the Feb. 2005 "Fistula Fortnight."
Social workers at Kano's Zoo Road VVF Centre complete patients' social history questionnaires, which will contribute to valuable socio-economic data on women with fistula in northern Nigeria.
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