The baby died, and she ended up with a fistula.

And the most devastating injury is obstetric fistula.

62 138. Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula

In February 2005, Virgin Unite and UNFPA, along with several other partners, collaborated in organizing a fistula fortnight a two week fistula advocacy, training and treatment event in Nigeria.

One of the consequences of such traditional practices, particularly early marriage, is obstetric fistula.

12. Invites Member States to contribute to efforts to end obstetric fistula, including, in particular, the United Nations Population Fund global Campaign to End Fistula, with the goal of eliminating obstetric fistula by 2015, in line with the targets of the millennium development goal of improving maternal health

Another preventable, treatable medical condition was fistula, which had been referred to as the nightmare for African women .

9. Encourages communication and networking among existing fistula centres to facilitate training, research, advocacy and fund raising and the development and application of relevant standards, including Obstetric Fistula Guiding Principles for Clinical Management and Programme Development, published by the World Health Organization, which provides background information along with principles for developing fistula prevention and treatment strategies and programmes

(d) To develop a national strategy of prevention and treatment to effectively address the condition of obstetric fistula and to further develop a multisectoral, comprehensive and integrated approach to bring about lasting solutions and a meaningful response to the problem of obstetric fistula and related morbidities

(c) In the tenth preambular paragraph the word rape was inserted after the words female infanticide , and the words incidence of fistula were replaced by the words forced marriage

8. Calls upon the international community to support the activities of the United Nations Population Fund and other partners in the global Campaign to End Fistula, including the World Health Organization, in establishing and financing regional fistula treatment and training centres through identifying and supporting health facilities that have the potential to serve as centres for treatment, training and convalescent care

The foreign missionary opened the door, knew exactly what had happened, took her to a nearby fistula hospital in Addis Ababa, and she was repaired with a 350 dollar operation.

Deeply concerned that early childbearing, malnutrition and limited access to sexual and reproductive health as well as emergency obstetric care causes high levels of fistula and maternal mortality and morbidity,

(e) To mobilize funding to provide free or subsidized fistula repairs, including through encouraging more networking among providers and the sharing of new treatment techniques and protocols

Deeply concerned that early child bearing and limited access to sexual and reproductive health care, including in the area of emergency obstetric care, causes high levels of fistula and maternal mortality and morbidity,

Delegations commended UNFPA work in the area of South South cooperation, its success with the obstetric fistula campaign, and the youth advisory programme.

There are thousands of these stories, and many of the women had holes in their bodies holes, fistula that were the violation of war holes in the fabric of their souls.

Deeply concerned that early childbearing and limited access to sexual and reproductive health care, including in the area of emergency obstetric care, causes high levels of fistula and maternal mortality and morbidity,

She observed that there were over 1,000 applicants for internships in the Fund's special youth programme, and mentioned successful private sector partnerships for the fistula campaign.

(b) To strengthen the capacity of health systems to provide the essential services needed to prevent obstetric fistula and to treat those cases that do occur by providing the continuum of services, including family planning, prenatal care, skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric care and post partum care, to young women and girls, including those living in poverty and in underserved rural areas where obstetric fistula is most common

Deeply concerned that early childbearing and limited access to sexual and reproductive health care, including in the area of emergency obstetric care, causes high levels of obstetric fistula and maternal mortality and morbidity,

Welcoming the contribution by Member States, the international community and civil society to the global Campaign to End Fistula, bearing in mind that a people centred approach to social and economic development is fundamental to protecting and empowering individuals and communities,

(i) To develop means of transportation and financing that enable women and girls to access obstetric care and treatment, and provide incentives and other means to secure the presence in rural areas of qualified health professionals who are able to perform interventions to prevent obstetric fistula

To date, UNFPA has launched 10 knowledge assets on topics of corporate priority, including sector wide approaches, obstetric fistulas, the quality of sexual and reproductive health care, population and housing censuses, and reproductive health commodity security.

2. Stresses the need to address the social issues that contribute to the problem of obstetric fistula, such as early marriage of the girl child, early pregnancy, lack of access to sexual and reproductive health, lack of or inadequate education of girls, poverty and low status of women and girls

10. Urges the international community to address the shortages of doctors, nurses and other health workers trained in lifesaving obstetric care, and of space and supplies, which limit the capacity of most of the fistula centres

Stressing the interlinkages between poverty, malnutrition, lack of or inadequate or inaccessible health services, early childbearing, early marriage of the girl child, violence against young women and girls and gender discrimination as root causes of obstetric fistula, and that poverty remains the main social risk factor,

25. Requests the Secretary General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixty second session on the implementation of the present resolution, including an emphasis on fistula, using information provided by Member States, the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and non governmental organizations, with a view to assessing the impact of the present resolution on the well being of the girl child.

Requests the Secretary General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixty second session on the implementation of the present resolution, including an emphasis on fistula, using information provided by Member States, the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and non governmental organizations, with a view to assessing the impact of the present resolution on the well being of the girl child.

Requests the Secretary General to provide a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including an emphasis on fistula, at its sixty second session, using information provided by Member States, the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and non governmental organizations with a view to assessing its impact on the well being of the girl child.

In the context of its global campaign to end fistula, launched in 2003, UNFPA developed innovative partnerships with the private sector, including with Virgin Unite, the charitable arm of the Virgin Group of companies, and with Rainey Kelly Campbell and Roalfe Young and Rubicam, a leading advertising agency.

During the UN Speaks portion of our programming, Ms. Kate Ramsey, Coordinator UNFPA Global Campaign to End Fistula, presented a compelling view of the issue, and Dr. Susan Stukes, NGO representative for the Links organization, introduced the group to a safe birth initiative called the Maama Kit Initiative.

(g) To bring obstetric fistula to the attention of policymakers and communities, thereby reducing the stigma and discrimination associated with it and helping women and girls suffering from obstetric fistula so that they can overcome abandonment and social exclusion together with the psychosocial implications thereof, inter alia, through support of social reintegration projects

UNFPA efforts in South South cooperation have provided training opportunities in one country for technical staff from another country on issues such as obstetric fistulas, improving access to reproductive health services, and curricula development at tertiary and secondary levels, including the training of subregional teams for reproductive health.

Recognizing also that early pregnancy and early childbearing entail complications during pregnancy and delivery and a much higher risk of maternal mortality and morbidity, and deeply concerned that early childbearing and limited access to the highest attainable standard of health, including sexual and reproductive health, including in the area of emergency obstetric care, cause high levels of obstetric fistula and other maternal morbidities as well as maternal mortality,

1. Recognizes the interlinkages between poverty, malnutrition, lack of or inadequate or inaccessible health services, early childbearing, early marriage of the girl child and gender discrimination as root causes of obstetric fistula, that poverty remains the main social risk factor, that the eradication of poverty is critical to meeting the needs and protecting and promoting the rights of girls and that continued urgent national and international action is required to eliminate it