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Treatment for traumatic childbirth injury gives new hope to women in Afghanistan

Treatment for traumatic childbirth injury gives new hope to women in Afghanistan

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Treatment for traumatic childbirth injury gives new hope to women in Afghanistan

calendar_today 23 May 2019

Farah* recently received surgical treatment for obstetric fistula. She says she can now "live a normal life." © UNFPA Afghanistan
Farah* recently received surgical treatment for obstetric fistula. She says she can now "live a normal life." © UNFPA Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan – “I saw myself as the living dead,” 50-year-old Laila told UNFPA. She suffered terribly while giving birth in Pakistan 27 years ago. The prolonged, obstructed labour left her with an obstetric fistula – one of the most serious injuries that can occur during childbirth. read more