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UNFPA News and Features Archive
The following articles and press releases provide additional perspectives and details about fistula and UNFPA's work to address it. Feel free to download and share any of this information for educational purposes.
News Features
- 22 December 2009
Documentary leads debate about fistula and child marriage - 10 December 2009
ELLE Magazine supports global Campaign to End Fistula on 6th anniversary - 29 July 2009
Fistula Centre commissioned in Tamale - 28 July 2009
Jim Luce: Helping Women: Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in Developing World - 18 July 2009
Helping in Pakistan - 18 July 2009
His Maternal Instinct - 6 July 2009
Advocates Rally World Support to End Fistula - 6 July 2009
Women with obstetric fistula treated and given financial support - 30 June 2009
Fistula Sufferers Left To Their Fate - 29 May 2009
"Africa's Forgotten Tragedy - A Cursed Woman" by Heidi Kingstone on The Huffington Post - 29 May 2009
Halliwell tells politicians to 'make their mothers proud'" The Herald, - 26 February 2009
Fistula Survivors Ready to Return to Their Communities - 11 March 2009
Executive Director Thoraya Obaid on America's Restored Funding to UNFPA - 23 February 2009
After a Devastating Birth Injury, Hope - 13 October 2008
Campaign to End Fistula Quadruples in Size, Reaching Over 45 Countries - 30 May 2008
Long Distance Cyclers Helping to End Fistula - 22 May 2008
Fistula Advocates visit Capitol Hill: Maternal Mortality Resolution Passes House - 2 April 2008
Award Winning Film Captures the Agony and Endurance of Fistula Survivors - 2 January 2008
A Loyal Husband Eases the Ordeal of Fistula in Darfur - 12 June 2007
Sudan: UN Aims to Curb Injuries Suffered by Women Enduring Prolonged Labour - 1 September 2006
Victims of Easily Treatable Obstetric Fistula Shunned - 31 January 2006
UNFPA Launches National Campaign to End Fistula in Pakistan - 17 November 2005
Sudan: Fighting Fistula in Khartoum - October 2005
Obstetric Fistula: Life Shattering but Preventable - October 2005
Star Power Sheds Light on Devastating Condition - 9 September 2005
Preventing and Treating Fistula in Chad - 30 May 2005
Seattle Volunteers Raise Funds for Fistula - 13 May 2005
UNHCR, UNFPA Fund Surgery for Refugee and Local Women in Chad - February 2005
Stories from the "Fistula Fortnight" - 21 February 2005
Healing Wounds, Restoring Hope in Nigeria - January 2005
Natalie Imbruglia Visits Ethiopia, Pledges to Help Fistula Sufferers - 19 October 2004
Enduring and Overcoming the Ordeal of Fistula - 5 February 2004
New Route to Safer Childbirth in Senegal - 30 December 2003
UNFPA Raises Awareness of Fistula in Sudan - 10 May 2002
Suffering in Silence - 1 April 2001
Epilogue to Childhood Encounter
Press Releases
- 8 April 2008
Fistula Surgery Camp Offers Treatment and Training - 26 April 2007
Celebrity Gathering Spotlights "End Fistula" Campaign - 25 April 2007
Women's Well-Being Key to Afghanistan's Future, UNFPA Leader Stresses - 4 November 2004
Young and Rubicam Takes on UK Campaign to End Fistula - 12 October 2004
Campaign to End Fistula Now Active in 30 Countries - 13 February 2004
Campaign Launched in Uganda - 12 December 2003
Fistula a Widespread Problem in South Asia - 18 June 2003
New Report Maps Fistula in Africa
Journalists can contact Etienne Franca, franca@unfpa.org, for more information.
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