Waiting for attention and care: birthing accounts of women in rural Tanzania who developed obstetric fistula as an outcome of labour
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Obstetric fistula is a physically and socially disabling obstetric complication that affects about 3,000 women in Tanzania every year. The fistula, an opening that forms between the vagina and the bladder and/or the rectum, is most f...
Main Authors: | Mselle Lilian T, Kohi Thecla W, Mvungi Abu, Evjen-Olsen Bjørg, Moland Karen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2011-10-01
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Series: | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth |
Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/11/75 |
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