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

• 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

• 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 Saira Stewart, sstewart@unfpa.org, for more information.

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