Florence Chemomenyu Justus is a 55 years old Fistula survivor from Cheptais, Bungoma County, Kenya. She is a mother of nine children and is blessed with four grandchildren. She is a successful farmer and community health advocate. Florence lived with obstetric fistula, a hole in the birth canal often caused by prolonged or and obstructed…
Worldwide, there are 430 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births. In developing countries like Kenya, the figure is 480 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births; The care that can reduce maternal deaths and improve women’s health is also crucial for newborns’ survival and health. (WHO) The risks that women face in bringing life into…
Let’s End Fistula Initiative’s Founder and Executive Director, Sarah Omega, began carrying out grassroots community outreach in 2007. A fistula survivor herself who had lived with this devastating condition for twelve years before receiving treatment, Sarah had a personal mission to find other women who were suffering in silence and connect them with treatment services….
What is Obstetric Fistula Obstetric fistula is a reproductive health challenge, a maternal health complication which is considered a basic women right violation when a woman in labor is unable to access timely, high-quality, and life-saving maternal health care that she so desperately needs and deserve (emergency obstetric care) to deliver her baby safely. Obstetric…
