Fistula Care

EngenderHealth is leading the largest global project ever to focus on treatment and prevention of fistula. With support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and known as Fistula Care, the five-year effort will implement a full range of efforts to provide a better life for women with fistula, and to address the causes of obstetric fistula so that other women may be spared the condition.

Fistula Care is managed and implemented by EngenderHealth, in partnership with a host of international and national partners, including IntraHealth, CARE, Meridian Group International, and public, private, nongovernmental, and faith-based institutions in Africa and Asia.

The goals of the Fistula Care Project are to:

• Train doctors in fistula repair surgery and strengthen the capacity of hospitals to provide fistula care;
• Improve the quality of existing fistula services;
• Raise awareness in communities and hospitals about both fistula prevention and the availability of care and repair for affected women;
• Support women as they reenter family and community life.