VOA News: U.S. Foundation Supports Fistula Treatment in Africa
“For hundreds of thousands of women in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia, obstructed childbirth leads to a life of pain and, in many cases, public shame and isolation. … For the half-million women now suffering obstetric fistula, surgery can address the physical damage…” (Lewis, 3/12).

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