Impacts of Treatment Practices Among Vesicovaginal Fistula Patients and Practitioners in Nigeria: Fulbright Supported Study, March 2014 � December 2014

Impacts of Treatment Practices Among Vesicovaginal Fistula Patients and Practitioners in Nigeria: Fulbright Supported Study, March 2014 – December 2014

Nigeria has the sixth highest maternal morality ratio in the world. With every 100,000 live births in Nigeria, 630 Nigerian women die. For every Nigerian woman who dies due to a pregnancy or childbirth related cause, at least 20 others are injured or disabled. Notable among these pregnancy-related disabilities in Nigeria are the much stigmatized vesicovaginal fistulae (VVF) and rectovaginal fistulae (RVF).