Fistula Care In The News

Readers' Comments: The World Capital of Killing
New York Times, February 6, 2010
Bethany Cole commented on Nicholas Kristof's article on eastern Congo and Panzi Hospital. Ms. Cole explains how EngenderHealth and Fistula Care support Panzi Hospital and HEAL Africa and the importance of prevention as a part of Fistula Care.

VVF: Fighting the Debilitating Condition
This Day Online, December 27, 2009
Carrie Ngongo’s visit to Nigeria with EngenderHealth President Ana Langer and Board Chair Brenda Drake was covered in several Nigerian news publications. This article explains the causes and consequences of obstetric fistula in more detail, and quotes Ms. Langer and Mr. Iyeme Efem to express the importance of addressing VVF.

ZMSG, USAID to partner on maternal, child healthcare
The Sunday Triumph, December 20, 2009
This article outlines the problem of obstetric fistula in Nigeria and discusses the government’s plans to improve maternal and child health in Zamfara State.

Medical Experts Meet to Address Obstetric Fistula
The New Times, December 8, 2009
Fistula Care’s Family Planning Integration Meeting in Rwanda is featured in this article, which gives an overview of obstetric fistula and the situation in Rwanda.

How improved care is taming VVF in Nigeria
Daily Trust, October 13, 2009
Program Manager Iyeme Efem is interviewed and the article describes Fistula Care Project and states the total number of repairs done by the project in Nigeria.

Nicholas Kristof's "Half the Sky" Contest
New York Times, October 2, 2009
Carrie Ngongo won an honorable mention for Nicholas Kristof’s “Half the Sky” Contest in The New York Times, in which readers were asked to contribute personal stories about their work with women’s issues worldwide. Ms. Ngongo reflected on her own experience as a first-time mother in contrast with the reality faced by fistula survivors in Niger.

Mothers of Ethiopia Part III: Battling Pregnancy Complications
Huffington Post, October 1, 2009
Karen Beattie sheds light on the physical and social causes and consequences of obstetric fistula to help tell the story of a fistula survivor at the USAID-supported Mekelle branch of the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia.

Helping Women: Eliminating Obstetric Fistula Worldwide
Huffington Post, July 28, 2009
EngenderHealth President Ana Langer is quoted throughout the article to describe the work of EngenderHealth and the need for fistula prevention and repairs.

A Preventable Trauma
New York Times, March 2, 2009
Karen Beattie published a letter to the editor of the New York Times in response to a Science Times article describing AMREF’s work on fistula in Tanzania. Her letter emphasizes the critical importance of prevention.