West Africa Fistula Foundation

West Africa Fistula Foundation Enhancing access to quality healthcare for all women in Sierra Leone It's estimated that 2 - 3 million women in Africa suffer from (VVF).

Sierra Leone has become the worlds poorest country due to the havoc and devastation caused by over 10 years of civil war. The lack and inadequacy of their ability to provide obstetric, gynecological care and services have resulted in a extremely high number of obstetric fistula cases, commonly known and referred to as Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF). This an abnormal connection between the bladder

and the va**na caused by obstructed labor during child birth. These women can spend from 2 to 15 days of labor, as there is not a choice for a Cesarean childbirth in most third world countries. The main goal and objective at West Africa Fistula Foundation is to provide not only badly needed medical treatment, but also a working staff built upon from with-in the country itself, to establish proper care and treatment for this terrible condition that these women must endure day in and day out. They are often ostracized by the communities that they live in and their husbands usually abandon them to fend for themselves. Many die in labor, thereby creating the worlds highest documented maternal mortality rate among the nations of the world.

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3621 Pottsboro Road, # 150
Denison, TX
75020

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(903) 463-9400

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