It is better to be blind than to suffer from obstetrical fistula.
(a woman from Pakistan living with the condition for over a decade)
Razia
Quotes and wishes: «Obstetrical fistula»
My own family abandoned me
… my own family abandoned me, repulsed by my disease and because they were fearful of contracting it themselves.
(a woman from Pakistan living with the condition for over a decade)
Razia
Quotes and wishes: «Obstetrical fistula»
Simply for trying to bring a child into the world
There are at least one million women with untreated fistula who are leading lives of depravation, misery and isolation simply for trying to bring a child into the world.
Kate Grant CEO, Fistula Foundation
Quotes and wishes: «Obstetrical fistula»
Think of what they’ve gone through
Think of what they’ve gone through: Extended labor, loss of a child, incontinence, and then usually having to go to a large city where they don’t live and maybe don’t know anyone to go through surgery for treatment. And yet they bounce back. It’s incredible.