What is an Anal Fistula? An anal fistula is an abnormal tunnel that connects the inside of the anal canal to the skin around the anus. These tracts are usually the result of infections in small ...

Over 200,000 Ghanaian women suffer obstetric fistula, which causes uncontrollable leakage of urine or faeces, resulting from a hole between the birth canal and bladder or rectum. The initiative ...

As the 2025 World Obstetric Fistula Day approaches, health experts in Northeast Nigeria are calling for increased awareness and action to address this preventable yet devastating condition. Dr ...

Ghana’s maternal mortality rate stands at approximately 310 deaths per 100,000 live births, and for every death, about 20 women suffer serious complications many of which are preventable, like ...

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An anal fistula is a tunnel that develops from the inside of the anus to the skin outside. It usually starts near blocked or infected anal glands and forms an abscess (a pus-filled pocket).

These emerged on Thursday in Abuja during the Steering Committee meeting of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Fistula-Free Programme, chaired by the Coordinating Minister of Health ...

The Fistula Foundation is one of the nonprofits in my 2024 holiday giving guide, and I’m grateful to readers for donating more than $3 million in the last few weeks to the groups I suggested ...

Endoscopic full-thickness plication (EFTP), which improves the valvular mechanism of the gastroesophageal junction, is efficacious for managing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) symptoms ...

“Losing a child is devastating, but being diagnosed with fistula is a different kind of pain.” Naomi George, fistula patient, Liberia A few weeks later, George was diagnosed with obstetric fistula, a ...

Cases of obstetric fistula among mothers in Busoga Sub-region are “very high,” according to health professionals at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital. Dr Angela Namala, an obstetrician ...