Community-based screening for obstetric fistula in Nigeria: a novel approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obstetric fistula continues to have devastating effects on the physical, social, and economic lives of thousands of women in many low-resource settings. Governments require credible estimates of the backlog of existing cases requiring care to effectively plan for the treatment of fistula cases. Our study aims to quantify the backlog of obstetric fistula cases within two states via community-based screenings and to assess the questions in the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) fistula module.

Methods

The screening sites, all lower level health facilities, were selected based on their geographic coverage, prior relationships with the communities and availability of fistula surgery facilities in the state. This cross-sectional study included women who presented for fist

SUBMITTER: Tuncalp O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3905156 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature