The project manager of the USAID Fistula care plus project, Dr.
Habibu Sadauki, has disclosed that Kano State records over 12,000 cases
of fistula every year.
Dr. Sadauki told reporters in Kano on Thursday that over 5,000 cases
have been repaired while the fundamental cause of VVF is prolonged child
labour, early pregnancy and culture, poverty and illiteracy among the
communities and this is prevalent mostly in northern part of the
country.
According to him, in Kano state, 10 to 15 new cases are being
recorded every week in Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospitals in the
state, pointing out that fistula can be repaired and prevented if
parents educate their female children to patronise hospitals for proper
delivery in order to avoid any danger that may occur.
He said that under the fistula care, the Nigerian programme has
worked closely with partners at federal, state and community levels to
achieve the remarkable success in fistula service delivery which
includes prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, research and innovation.
Dr. Sadauki also explained that from 2007 to 2014, the Nigerian
programme has supported 9203 fistula repairs at ten facilities in
partnership with federal and state ministries of health as well as women
affairs ministries.
He said that another cause of VVF among young girls is attributed to
early marriage, prolonged labour and harmful traditional practices.
Sadauki said consequences of fistula are life shattering for the
women who experience it and it leaves them with chronic incontinence,
resulting in social isolation which makes them to contact ulcer and
infections or possible paralysis or death.
He therefore appealed to the media to engage in vigorous
enlightenment campaigns to the rural communities so as to sensitise them
on inherent dangers associated with Viscula Vigina fistula.
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