Congrats 🎊 to the @FistulaCareInit on launching the Gen-M training program to equip young Nigerians with the skills to carry out maternal health and gender advocacy initiatives within their communities. @HaalaBeeba gave a session on maternal health advocacy. #endfistula
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Women's Health Organization International retweeted
@FfnFistula global commemoration of #IDEOF2025 in Gombe State
Creating awareness about #fistula and conducting free 10 days Fistula repair campaign targeting 100 women with economic empowerment for rehabilitated fistula survivors with support from @UNFPANigeria@NorwayMFA
With 90 FIGO Fellows (surgeons) now part of the vital programme: FIGO's Fistula Surgery Training Initiative (FSTI).
Hear some of the fellows insights on overcoming barriers to provide more treatment: ow.ly/FWwE50RRsNN#IDEOF2024@FistulaGillian
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Women's Health Organization International retweeted
🌟 Celebrating resilience and new beginnings this IDEOF! Our amazing fistula survivors have successfully completed their skill acquisition training. Ready to take on the world with their new skills! 🌟 #IDEOF2024#EmpowerWomen#EndFistula
A new dress symbolises a new start for our patients. free from fistula. Our patients are happy because they have received new gowns at our Fistula Care Centre in Madagascar before returning home. A joyful day. #fistulafree#maternalhealth#womenshealth#madagascar#charity
Plants to rid your home of toxins & xenoestrogens. Very important if you have children, or are trying to conceive. Xenoestrogen (synthetic hormone) exposure is prevalent in daily life. Air purifying plants are one way to reduce their harmful effects. Live a beautiful life 🌸
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Women's Health Organization International retweeted
Intl Working Group to end Obstetric Fistula, slide from Prof Serigne in Senegal. This is for West Africa, but same concept is true everywhere. We must combine prevention with repairs to end obstetric fistula. @FIGOHQ @UNFPA @WeFixFistulas @CaseUrology
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Women's Health Organization International retweeted
At #ISOFS22 the Int'l #ObstetricFistula Working Group #ISOFWG22 successfully met online, in person w/ #fistula advocates & Campaign partners in 🇲🇿 . Worldwide 95% of fistulas can be closed with surgery. Partnership & funding are critical to #endfistula
▶ unf.pa/cef
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Women's Health Organization International retweeted
On the occasion of the #IOFWG22 meeting, Global Coordinator of the Campaign to End Fistula, @bridget_asiamah made space to hear the powerful voices of #fistula survivors and activists from the Zambezia province.
#ISOFS22#endfistula
"I'd sit far from people due to the bad smell...travel with 3 capulanas in case one got soiled. Today, I'm a new person thanks to the doctors who helped me overcome this condition"
- Beatriz, a fistula survivor supported by @UNFPA, shares her powerful testimony during #ISOFS2022
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Women's Health Organization International retweeted
Amazing meeting of the minds this morning with FIGO’s Division of Benign Surgery Together with @FIGOHQ we are elevating the care of women around the world through the Minimal Access Surgery, Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Disorders, and Obstetric Fistula Committees! #FIGO2022
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Women's Health Organization International retweeted
shorturl.at/jlnOY "Health experts trace the relatively high rates of abortion among Black women to disparities in access to healthcare, including lack of health insurance and contraceptives in underserved communities." @globalnews#abortion#roevswade#women#reproduction
Her 17-year-old neighbor Waderi, who gave birth a few weeks ago, is back working in temperatures that can exceed 50 Celsius (122 Fahrenheit), with her newborn lying on a blanket in the shade nearby so she can feed him when he cries 2/8