Fistula Care Project

The fistula care project is designed to: 1)Strengthen the environment for services in the public and private sectors through partnerships that enhance programmatic, institutional and financial sustainability. 2)Enhance community understanding and practices to prevent fistula, improve access to treatment, reduce stigma and support reintegration of women and girls with fistula, including those whose fistula is deemed incurable, and those whose fistula is the result of sexual violence. 3) Reduce transportation, communication and financial barriers to accessing preventive care, detection, treatment and reintegration support. 4) Strengthen provider, health facility and system capacity to provide and sustain quality services.

We will explore the feasibility of integrating genital prolapse prevention and treatment with fistula services.

Access to, and availability of, affordable, quality family planning services will remain a key component of our work. 5) Strengthen the evidence base to improve fistula care and scale up application of standard monitoring and evaluation and indicators for prevention and treatment.