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From Isolation to ‘Slaying’: Young Mother Reclaims Her Life After Fistula Surgery
Kuda Pembere in Gweru At just 22, Rangarirai (not her real name) says she is finally ready to step back into the world and “slay” again. For many young Zimbabweans born in the 2000s, often called Ama2Ks or Gen Z, the slang means showing up confidently, looking good, dressing well and embracing life with pride.
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One Stitch at a Time: Zimbabwe’s Fight to End Obstetric Fistula
By Michael Gwarisa in Bikita, Mashoko In rural and underserved parts of Zimbabwe, a silent but devastating condition continues to rob women of their dignity, health, and hope: obstetric fistula. Often caused by prolonged, obstructed labour without timely medical intervention, this childbirth injury leaves women incontinent and frequently ostracised by their communities. But today, a
Read More37 Years A Slave To Obstetric Fistula: Gogo Nyazvigo Finally Gets Repaired
By Patricia Mashiri At age 13 In 1987, a few years after Zimbabwe had attained her independence, Gogo Memory Nyazvigo now 50, from Mudzi, Nyamapanda went to the health facility expecting to deliver her first child. Unfortunately, she lost the baby during childbirth as he came head first and got stuck in the birth canal,
Read MoreWoman Relives 12 Year Ordeal With Obstetric Fistula
AS an orphan and at age 14, Tendai Chimana (now 40), got into an early child marriage. This occurred after she had dropped out of school in Grade 7 and started working as a house help in Harare since she had relocated from her rural home in Birchenough Bridge, Manicaland. By Michael Gwarisa Some months
Read MoreOver 700 Obstetric Fistula Repairs Conducted In Zimbabwe Since 2015
THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), have since the year 2015 conducted over 700 Obstetric Fistula (OF) repairs in women and girls. By Michael Gwarisa Obstetric fistula is a tear that occurs between the birth canal with the bladder and or rectum that leaves
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Isolated And Frowned Upon: The Plight Of Zim Women With Obstetric Fistula
UNFPA Says there is need for post-surgery psycho-social support for survivors MEMORY (50) (real name protected) from Bikita, Masvingo experienced Obstetric Fistula for the first time on October, 27, 1995 when she had her second child. At first, she didn’t even know what was happening to her, she thought it was just a minor tearing
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Obstetric Fistula: New Amnesty International Report Reveals How Barriers To Accessing Public Health Facilities Expose Zim Women And Girls To Life-changing Childbirth Related Injuries
PREGNANT women and girls in Zimbabwe are at risk of life changing childbirth-related injuries, including obstetric fistula, as many shun public healthcare facilities in favour of home-based deliveries due to inadequate health infrastructure, cultural practices and high hospital costs, Amnesty International said today in a new report. HealthTimes Reporter The report, “I never thought I
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