Short Article, J Womens Health Issues Care Vol: 3 Issue: 4
Impacts of Treatment Practices Among Vesicovaginal Fistula Patients and Practitioners in Nigeria: Fulbright Supported Study, March 2014 � December 2014
| Beth Phillips* | |
| University of Uyo, Anthropology Department, Nigeria | |
| Corresponding author : Beth Phillips, MPH University of Uyo, Department of Sociology/Anthropology, Nigeria E mail: bphillips0282@gmail.com |
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| Received: March 03, 2014 Accepted: August 01, 2014 Published: August 06, 2014 | |
| Citation: Beth Phillips (2014) Impacts of Treatment Practices Among Vesicovaginal Fistula Patients and Practitioners in Nigeria: Fulbright Supported Study, March 2014 – December 2014. J Womens Health, Issues Care 3:4. doi:10.4172/2325-9795.1000156 |
Abstract
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).
