2012
25 July
Melodika.net
Expanded fistula program to help hundreds more women
23 July
Liberian Daily Observer
16 fistula survivors get life skills
23 July
The Guardian Newspaper Nigeria
12000 Nigerian women develop VVF yearly'
23 July
MarketWatch
Expanded Fistula Program to Help Hundreds More Women.
20 July
Awareness Times
In Sierra Leone, Family Planning Week launched in Kailahun
19 July
The Maravi Post and Nyasa Times
Joyce Banda: Stop stigmatizing women with fistula
19 July
AllAfrica.com
The Plight of VVF Patients
18 July
Nyasa Times
260 Malawi women treated from fistula since 2008
18 July
Jollof News
Gambia observes world population day
17July
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Obstetric fistula 'can lead to loss of status and dignity'
15 July
The Punch
800 pregnant women die annually
12 July
PolicyMic
The newest epidemic in Africa: Obstetric fistula
6 July
Rotary International
Rotarian Action Group expands maternal health project in Nigeria
5 July
The Express Tribune
Koohi Goth Hospital, a ray of hope for women with obstetric fistula
30 June
RedOrbit
Universal steel buildings pays it forward to honor company
29 June
THISDAY Live
Giving new lease of life
28 June
Slate Afrique and Youphil
Le médecin qui reconstruit le vagin des femmes
27 June
Women News Network
Doctors Without Borders give life back to mothers with fistula
27 June
Voice of America
Fistula surgery changes Nigerian women's lives
22 June
Ke Alakai (blog)
IDS 210 class presented the NOVA documentary, “A Walk to Beautiful”
21 June
The Yemen Times
Dr. Geert Morren trains Yemeni doctors and nurses
19 June
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Tanzanian women 'not receiving obstetric fistula treatment'
16 June
The Citizen Daily
First Lady: Only a third of fistula patients seek medical treatment
15 June
IPPmedia
First Lady Salma Kikwete pushes for fistula eradication
14 June
International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Yemeni women 'need greater access to fistula care'
14 June
The Nation Newspaper
Are TBAs still relevant in health care?
14 June
MidEastPosts
Child Brides: Action Is Being Taken At Last
13 June
Yemen Observer
Fistula in Yemen
11 June
The Yemen Times
A women's worst nightmare: Diagnosed with an obstetric fistula
7 June
Forbes
New research: Annual maternal mortality worldwide declines 47%
5 June
The Times Group (blog)
British charity pledges fight against fistula in Malawi
1 June
ithaca.com
Local women gather to raise funds for women's health in Ghana
30 May
The Guardian
Liberia: maternal roulette
30 May
AllAfrica
Deliveries At Home Account for Obstetric Fistulas
28 May
The Standard
Freeing women from Fistula through charity
26 May
AllAfrica
Kilimo's Health Tip to Women
23 May
FIGO
Nigeria needs to expand its fistula care projects
22 May
AllAfrica
18 Women Get Fistula Repair in Cross River
22 May
Santa Barbara Independent
Money, Attention Raised for Obstetric Fistula Treatment
22 May
FIGO
Lack of doctors hampering fistula care in Rwanda
22 May
Port Lincoln Times
Walk and support women and children in need
20 May
AllAfrica
Giving Hope to Women With Fistula
19 May
News Medical
Loss of U.S. funding for UNFPA 'would be devastating'
19 May
AllAfrica
30-Bed VVF Centre Inaugurated in Ogoja
18 May
SpyGhana
Nigeria records 12000 VVF annually, medical experts reveal
17 May
Huffington Post
Another Blow Against Women
13 May
The New York Times
Those moms who need a boost on Mother's Day
12 May
Huffington Post
Enabling Anyone, Anywhere to Help Mothers Globally With Samahope
10 May
The Sudbury Star
Mercy for Mothers in May
10 May
FIGO
UN adopts young persons' sexual health resolution
9 May
First Coast News
Farhiya's Story: Free from the Shame of Fistula
8 May
Liberian Daily Observer
Invest in midwifery: UNFPA official urges Gov't
8 May
AllAfrica
129 VVF Patients Treated At Ogoja
6 May
SOS Children's Villages
Teen pregnancies carry risks in Madagascar
5 May
Oman Daily Observer
A salute to midwives
4 May
IRIN
Madagascar: Peer pressure to stop teen pregnancy
3 May
The Yemen Times
UNFPA representative discusses fistula in the country
26 April
Sidwaya
National programme against fistula in Burkina
25 April
IRIN
Ethiopia: Still too many deaths in childbirth
21 April
Voice of America
Physicians say emergency care crucial in complicated deliveries
18 April
Huffington Post
Don't forget the girls
17 April
Awoko
Miss Sierra Leone on fistula & maternal morbidity campaign
17 April
TrustLaw
Pakistani cleric and wife preach against child marriage
14 April
Inter Press
Fistula Turns Women Into Outcasts
13 April
Inter Press
Another Blight on the Child Bride
12 April
Sierra Express
Suffering in silence
9 April
Women Deliver
Mobile technology joins the fight against fistula
7 April
The Republic and The Boston Herald
American woman shares her nursing talent
29 March
Awoko
Haikal foundation holds conference on obstetric fistula
28 March
AllAfrica
Gombe First Lady offers free VVF surgery to women
26 March
Awareness Times
National conference on obstetric fistula
25 March
Royal Oak Daily Tribune
Ferndale nurse returns from health mission in Nigeria
24 March
The Sudbury Star
Mercy for mothers in May!
21 March
Market Watch
CBM'S fistula campaign aims to give women back their dignity
21 March
Perthshire Advertiser
Ann Gloag honoured by Royal College of Surgeons
20 and 21 March
IRIN News, AllAfrica and Gant Daily
Mali: Unrest hinders fight against fistula
18 March
Buxton Advertiser
How a cuppa could help mums in Africa
8 March
Youphil
Les survivantes
Sierra Leone: Women's obstetric health highlighted
Eritrea: Fistula treatment witness to the investment made
7 March
IBN Live
Child marriage a scourge for millions of girls
2 March
Awareness Times
In Sierra Leone, over 2000 fistula patients treated at Aberdeen Clinic
1 March
AllAfrica
Addressing Reproductive Behaviour Issues Among Local Youth
1 March
Women News Network
Pregnant women ignored amid rapid urbanization
29 February
Cameroon Radio Television
Obstetric fistula treatment campaign launched in Yaounde
29 February
Voice of America
Surgeons volunteer to improve Liberian health care
28 February
Trust Law, Digital Journal, UN Radio and Santa Barbara Independent (29 Feb)
First global fistula map shows one in 50 get help
27 February
Awoko
PMC team up with Hollywood actress to train local actors
27 February
BBC News
Sierra Leone: All boom but no progress?
23 February
AllAfrica
Web discussion exposes dangerous health trend
19 February
AllAfrica
Divorcing fistula victims inhuman, says Kikwete
16 February
AllAfrica
Swiss medics wind up fistula operations in Ruhengeri
14 February
Patch
Spring Valley NHS to host fistula fundraiser
9 February
Market Watch
The Worldwide Fistula Fund to open new fistula care facility
7 February
AllAfrica
Obstetric fistula fact sheet
6 February
Telecompaper
Vodacom Tanzania to raise TZS 1 bln for fistula patients
6 February
AllAfrica
Campaign against fistula gets boost
3 February
Women News Network
Blood donations in South Sudan in critical shortage
3 February
The Star
Free clinic for Migori women
2 February
The Valley Chronicle
Film festival directed at women
30 January
WHO Bulletin
Fixing fistula
18 January
The Hunffington Post
A Commitment to Caring for Women and Children
A Healthy World Starts With Healthy Mothers
11 January
Deutsche Welle World
Fighting fistula: one woman's campaign to break the taboo
5 January
Deutsche Welle World
Helping African Women who suffer from Fistula
4 January
The Hunffington Post
The Wednesday before Christmas
4 January
All Africa
Nigeria: Not Just in the North, VVF Also Occurs in South
2011
30 December
Leadership Newspapers
Agony Of Jigawa's VVF Teenage Mothers
22 and 23 December
The New York Times and other news
Louis CK Special Cross $1 Million Mark [and donates to fistula]
18 December
All Africa
Rwanda: 136 Fistula Patients to Get Free Surgery
18 December
The Nation
Elechi's wife empowers 330
16 December
CNN International
'Dead women walking' find hope
13 December
Ms. Magazine
Hotline in Sierra Leone for Fistula Treatment
11 December
The Nation
UNFPA Malawi conducts fistula camp at Thyolo Hospital
6 December
Capital FM Kenya
Kenyan MPs focus on better health for women
5 December
PBS
Natalie Imbruglia talks about her cause
1 December
Deutsche Welle
Working one by one to eradicate obstetric fistula
30 November
BusinessGhana
UNFPA trains midwives to adopt best practices
22 November
IRIN News
SIERRA LEONE: Fistula hotline launched
18 November
The Southern Times
Malawi's child-bride problem
10 November
Ghana Business News
First lady Naadu Mills urges assemblies to mobilize resources
6 November
THISDAY Live
FG to Establish More Varsities
4 November
The Nation
Fistula camp moves to Thyolo
3 November
Awoko
Radio dramas on women's health
2 November
The Observer
Fistula thrives amid poverty
2 November
The African Press Agency
Partnering for women’s health
31 October
Leader News
Race to treat mothers
31 October
Les Depeches de Brazzaville
Pour aider les personnes vulnérables de la région de Pointe-Noire
31 October
Lewiston Sun Journal
On a medical mission in Sierra Leone
29 October
Nigerian Tribune
'Nigeria has highest VVF prevalence rate in the world'
27 October
The Daily News Online
Zonta Club offers grant opportunity
26 October
DFID Blog
What care will the mother of the seven billionth baby receive?
19 October
Star Africa
African Parliaments Endorse Resolution on Increased Budgetary Support to Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
18 October
The Independent
Obstetric Fistula: Worldwide inequalities in maternal health
18 October
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Midwife initiative saves mothers lives in Ethiopia
From fistula survivor to campaigner
18 October
New Jersey News Room
Protecting African women from sexual violence
17 October
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Campaign to End Fistula Gets Underway
17 October
Forbes
Combating Violence Against Women, From The US To Uganda
13 October
Voice of America
Doença tabú das mulheres é finalmente falada em público
12 October
AllAfrica
Nigeria: Tackling Infant, Maternal Mortality
12 October
Les Depeches de Brazzaville
Santé publique : lancement d'une campagne intensive de réparation des fistules obstétricales à Brazzaville
10 October
AllAfrica
Rwanda: Ministry of Health, UNFPA Step Up Campaign to End Fistula
6 October
Ms. Magazine
House Foreign Affairs Committee Votes to Defund UNFPA
6 October
Hunffington Post
House Advances Bill To Stop Funding UN Women's Health Program
29 September
Daily Mail
Keeping her LA figure: Natalia Imbruglia takes a break from song writing
27 September
Inter Press Service
Hard to Save All Women Suffering from Fistula
18 September
Agence France Press
Natalie Imbruglia rocks to new passion
15 September
Pulitzer Center
World population and women's rights
15 September
Stephanie Foster Blog
7 Billion and counting
9 September
The Patriotic Vanguard
New York: UN meeting on reproductive health ends
6 September
Cocorioko
Sierra Leone First Lady addresses UNFPA High-Level Meeting
5 September
Le Faso
Projet "lutte contre les fistules obstétricales dans le Sahel": 89% de taux de succès, des indicateurs au vert
31 August
The New Times
MoH And UN in Campaign to End Fistula
19 August
The Express Tribune
99.9% of fistula-stricken women are poor and under-age
18 August
Dawn
Fistula and the loss of dignity
18 August
Dawn
Fistula and the loss of dignity
16 August
AllAfrica
Nigeria: still a long way to go
4 August
Montreal Gazette, Health News, Trust Law, Reuters, Yahoo News
Teenage brides suffer pain and shame of fistula
2 August
AllAfrica
Nigeria: UNFPA improves lives of 100 obstetric fistula victims in Kano
1 August
AllAfrica
Zambia: Challenges of maternal fistula
30 July
Dawn
Country needs trained midwives and nurses
29 July
Ms. Magazine
7 Billion Reasons
18 July
Nation Online
Story of women who suffer in silence
14 July
Les Depeches de Brazzaville
Du matériel de traitement de la fistule obstétricale offert à l'hôpital général Adolphe Sicé de Pointe-Noire
11July
Diário de Moçambique
Cirurgia devolve mulheres ao convívio com a sociedade
6 July
AllAfrica
Nigeria: infant, maternal mortality rates
4July
EKantipur
A hidden affliction
3July
The Observer (Uganda)
War might be gone but fistula is not
29 June
Al Thawra
Yemeni Family Care Association organizes workshop
25 June
Yo Dona
La tragedia de las parias de la tierra
24 June
The Huffington Post
Blog posts by Christy Turlington Burns on her trip to Bangladesh
21 June
Ghana Business News
Tamale Nurses Community School graduates lack knowledge
17 June
Concord Times
MOHS to help reduce fistula complications
7 June
Nation Online
Expert says education key to combating fistula
30 May
Himalayan Times
Obstetric fistula
27 May
Council on Foreign Relations
M-health developments
15 May
Today's Zaman
Doctors Worldwide started out to give but ended up receiving too
12 May
The Huffington Post
Tale of two mothers
13 April
Sunatimes
Abode of hope for Somali women
8 April
Daily Nation
New lease of life for child sex workers
8 April
Nigerian Observer
FEC upgrades Ebonyi VVF Centre to National Research Centre
7 April
AllAfrica
Nigeria: FG takes over Ebonyi VVF Centre
6 April
ChristianityToday
Tough calling in Africa
4 April
Talk Radio News Service
A great American humanitarian
4 April
Awoko
Total freedom from fistula
3 April
Cumberland Courier Newspapers
Hope behind the red door at Summer Hill
30 March
BlogHer
What I want you to know: the fistula epidemic
29 March
TODAY Newspaper
ECOWAS women seek 'strategic' approach' to mandate
26 March
The News International
Wives of eight envoys raise funds for fistula sufferers
25 March
New Vision
Health ministry officials get death threats
11 Mar
TrustLaw
Groups urge African governments to address problem of fistula
7 March
AlJazeera
Special series - Birthrights
8 March
Huffington Post
Fistula: a horrifying condition affecting women worldwide
RH Reality Check
Why the US should address obstetric fistula and how
AllAfrica
Zimbabwe: Women's Day - take up the gauntlet
Nigerian Tribune
Zonta: Advancing women's status
5 March
The News International
A unique performance to raise awareness
4 March
The Express Tribune
Obstetric fistula: some call for exorcism for this condition
RH Reality Check
Transforming women's lives: synergies for success in treating fistula
The News International
Regional fistula conference from today
3 March
The Express Tribune
Combating fistula: restoring 'dignity' to affected women
21 February
The Nation
VVF: Developing a national framework is strategic
17 February
TsehaiNY
Catherine Hamlin: caring for Ethiopia's poorest daughters
8 February
Tadias Magazine
A Conversation With Samuel Gebru
3 February
Liberian Daily Observer
Several girls fall victims to fistula
IPS
Meeting a world of 7 billion with optimism
Cameroon Tribune
Le Cameroun actualise ses chiffres
2 February
The Globe Online
Wrapped in hope
1 February
RH Reality Check
No more suffering in silence
31 January
ReliefWeb
Urban refufees learn about issues affecting women in developing countries
31 January
RH Reality Check
Back to life: my journey from suffering
9 January
Walf Fadjri
Maintien des jeunes filles dans le système scolaire
2010
23 December
Minute Buzz
Supermodel/DJ fight against fistula
21 December
All Africa
Back to life, to save lives
15 December
Journal de Brazza
Campagne nationale contre les fistules
10 December
National Council of Churches
D.C. women gather to celebrate Circles of Names
7 December
Voice of America
More training needed for doctors to treat childbirth disorder
3 December
The Nation
Fistula patient despises marriage
19 November
The Guardian
Roads to rehabilitation
3 November
ReliefWeb
Liberia: UNFPA completes fistula campaign
1 November
Deutsche Welle Radio
Programme Afrique Francophone
30 October
The Zimbabwean
A neglected disease causing misery among women
28 October
New American
Fistulas frustrate thousands of females in Kenya
21 October
AllAfrica
Over 600 women benefit from fistula project: Princess Mathilde inspects center in Bomi
14 October
The Citizen
Fistula: many still ignorant
11 October
UN News Center
UN calls for $750 million to treat women with fistula by 2015
24 September
Ghana News Agency
Fistula survivors undergo skills training
22 September
IPS
40 billion for women and children
22 September
The Huffington Post
UNGA week in NY: What will it bring for women?
21 September
Xinhua
UN official urges increased state funding for reproductive health
20 September
The Guardian
United Nations MDG summit begins
15 September
All Africa
Eritrea launches CARMMA
15 September
All Africa
Why must they die?
9 September
The Associated Press
J&J giving $200 million for health of women
1 September
Nigerian Compass
Fighting fistula
24 August
Relief Web
Momentum building for maternal health in Republic of Congo
18 August
Guttmacher Policy Review
Preempting the Need to Repair: Toward a Comprehensive U.S. Policy on Obstetric Fistula
17 August
VOA News
Watch the video: Fighting maternal mortality in the DRC (English)
16 August
AllAfrica
Nigeria: Stephanie Okereke And the VVF Challenge
16 August
Reuters
Ethiopia: Tackling the perils of pregnancy
2 August
The Citizen
Migiro urges stakeholders to improve women's health
1 August
The East African
18 per cent of national budgets to go to health
31 July
Daily Monitor
Why maternal deaths have persisted
22 July
Sierra Express Media
Pregnant with possibility
19 July
IRIN News
Kenya: Focus on fistula
15 July
Reuters
Living death for poor women sufferers
13 July
Afrik-News
A preventable childbirth injury that ruins lives
12 July
CBS News Canada
Saving Africa's Mothers
12 July
FabSugar
Sweet charity
6 July
Stonnington-leader
Korowa students help change lives in Ethiopia
3 July
Mercury News
G8 nations need to stem the vast tide of deaths in childbirth
28 June
Daily Observer
Students and fistula survivors sign up to end fistula in Liberia
24 June
The Huffington Post
A tragedy that doesn't have to happen
22 June
Saba'a
Yemen: Introductory workshop on fistula in Ibb Governorate
(Arabic)
14 June
The Guardian
Safer motherhood, safer world?
12 June
Congo-Site
Launch of the national campaign to fight fistula
(French)
10 June
DW Radio
"I wish I could die"
8 June
The Globe and Mail
Making the G8 maternal health campaign meaningful, focus on Campaign to End Fistula
7 June
Danish National TV2 - Timeslot 9.30
Danish Crown Princess meets fistula survivor Sarah Omega
5 June
The Huffington Post
Fistula: An American rarity, an African reality
28 May
The Punch
UNFPA to equip 360 hospitals across Nigeria
28 May
Reuters
Madagascar: "May you have seven sons and seven daughters"
18 May
IRIN Africa
Kenya: fighting the misery of fistula
6 May
UN News Center and Spero News
Midwives needed now more than ever
1 May
Sudan Vision Daily
North Darfur Health Minister inspects fistula treatment camp
30 April
Maxims News
Investing in reproductive health and rights to achieve MDG5
26 April
Shiny Style
Watch the video
Natalie raises money for fistula
Celebrities raise money for charity by running in the 2010 Virgin London Marathon
19 April
Daily Observer
UNFPA promises more support for fistula project in Liberia
9 April
All Africa
Uggly sides of forced, early marriage
7 April
The Transcript
Women's month spreads awareness and wnowledge through film
6 April
This Day
Tackling VVF: Need for multidimensional approach
1 April
M&C
Idol Gives Back take David Cook to Ethiopia
24 March
The News
Saving lives by changing perceptions
8 March
The Huffington Post
The enormous benefits of investing in family planning and pregnancy related care
8 March
Yahoo PR Newswire
Improving Global Health Efforts around Maternal Mortality
5 March
Un Chronicle
At what point does one lose one's humanity?
1 March
This Day Online
A novel strategy in halting maternal deaths
26 February
Daily News
CCBRT joins health facilities in providing fistula surgery
23 February
Congo Site Portail (French)
UNFPA Representative meets Defense Minister on HIV/AIDS, SGBV and Maternal Health
18 February
Les Depeches de Brazzaville (French)
Government supports Information Campaign on Fistula
18 February
Jambo Blog Network
UNFPA backs CCBRT in efforts to treat more women with fistula
2 February
Joy Online - Ghana News
Tamale Fistula Centre faces problems
28 January
Daily Observer
Nordic Republics to step up Aid to Liberia
19 January
UN Foundation
Campaign to End Fistula: Caroline's Story
