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Where urology and obstetrics meet: the Campaign to End Fistula
Author(s) -
Ramsey Kate,
Pinel Arletty
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of urological nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1749-771X
pISSN - 1749-7701
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-771x.2007.00009.x
Subject(s) - medicine , childbirth , caesarean section , fistula , injustice , obstetrics , health care , maternal morbidity , obstructed labour , general surgery , nursing , pregnancy , surgery , genetics , political science , law , economics , biology , economic growth
That obstetric fistula, one of the most devastating childbirth morbidities, exists in the 21 st century is unconscionable when the means to prevent and treat obstetric fistula are known. Where it persists, it is a startling reminder of the vast disparities in maternal health care. Inequities in access to skilled care at delivery and caesarean section and lack of available and affordable treatment care mean that tens of thousands of new cases occur and the backlog of cases grows each year. Nurses and midwives have a key role in preventing and treating obstetric fistula. A global Campaign to End Fistula is now bringing actors together to address the neglected condition of obstetric fistula. Nurses and midwives should be engaged in the fight to end this injustice.