Uganda: Survey reveals birth canal disease is common in Kasese women

A just-concluded research in Kasese district has revealed that hundreds of women and girls silently suffer a maternal health problem called obstetric fistula. Obstetric fistula is a hole that develops between the bladder and the birth canal or between the rectum and the birth canal or both, resulting in uncontrolled and continuous leakage of faeces and urine. The community-based research, was conducted by a Kasese-based NGO, God Hope Foundation for Rural Development in collaboration with Women's Dignity Project (WDP) of Tanzania. According to the research team leader, the condition was typical among the poor who cannot access emergency obstetric care.