Urogynecology, urinary and fecal incontinence

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Obstetric fistula, vesicovaginal fistula

Afghanistan

• International Health
  • Association between place of delivery, assistance during delivery and fistula occurrence in Afghanistan [2022]

Africa

• Frontiers in Global Women's Health
  • Successful surgical closure and continence rate of obstetric fistula in Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]

Bangladesh

• Lancet Global Health
  • Obstetric fistula in Bangladesh: estimates from a national survey with clinical validation correction [2022]

Burundi

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Obstetric Fistula in Burundi: a comprehensive approach to managing women with this neglected disease [2013]

• United Nations Population Fund
  • Management of Obstetric Fistula in Burundi [2016]

Central and East Africa

• BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Delivery mode for prolonged, obstructed labour resulting in obstetric fistula: a retrospective review of 4396 women in East and Central Africa [2020]

Democratic Republic of Congo

• BMC Women's Health
  • HEAL Africa score to predict failure of surgical repair of obstetric urethro-vaginal fistula in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [2024]

• Tropical Medicine & International Health
  • Factors associated with surgical repair success of female genital fistula in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Experiences of the Fistula Care Plus Project, 2017-2019 [2022]
  • Frequency and management of non-obstetric fistula in the Democratic Republic of Congo: experience from the Fistula Care Plus project [2020]

East Africa

• SAGE Open Medicine
  • Prevalence and associated risk factors for failed obstetric fistula repair in East African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]

Eritrea

• Patient Education and Counseling
  • The role of counseling for obstetric fistula patients: Lessons learned from Eritrea [2010]

Ethiopia

• African Health Sciences
  • Determinants of obstetric fistula in Ethiopia [2017]

• BMC Women's Health
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis on the recovery time of obstetric fistula in Ethiopia, 2023 [2024]

• Frontiers in Global Women's Health
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of women's awareness of obstetric fistula and its determinants in Ethiopia [2023]

• International Journal of Women's Health
  • Understanding Healthcare-Seeking Pathways and Dilemmas Among Women with Obstetric Fistulas in Ethiopia: A Qualitative Inquiry [2023]
  • Estimating the Prevalence and Risk Factors of Obstetric Fistula in Ethiopia: Results from Demographic and Health Survey [2021]

• Ministry of Health Ethiopia
  • National Strategic Plan for Elimination of Obstetric Fistula [2021]

• Reproductive Health
  • Factors associated with obstetric fistula among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: a community based case control study [2023]
  • A population based survey in Ethiopia using questionnaire as proxy to estimate obstetric fistula prevalence: results from demographic and health survey [2013]

Gambia

• BMC Public Health
  • Prevalence and factors associated with the awareness of obstetric fistula among women of reproductive age in The Gambia: a multilevel fixed effects analysis [2022]

• PLoS ONE
  • Awareness of obstetric fistula and its associated factors among reproductive-aged women: Demographic and health survey data from Gambia [2023]

India

• Facts, Views & Vision in ObGyn
  • Correlates of Occurrence of Obstetric Fistula among Women in Selected States of India: An Analysis of DLHS-3 Data [2011]

International

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Estimating the prevalence of obstetric fistula: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2013]

• Bulletin of the World Health Organization
  • Measuring the incidence and prevalence of obstetric fistula: approaches, needs and recommendations [2015]

• Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  • Obstetric Fistula e-Learning Course (2024 update) [2024]

• Indian Journal of Public Health
  • Obstetric fistula: A challenge to public health [2019]

• International Continence Society
  • An International Continence Society (ICS)/ International Urogynecological Association (IUGA) joint report on the terminology for the assessment and management of obstetric pelvic floor disorders [2023]

• International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • FIGO good practice recommendations to standardize the assessment of outcomes following vesicovaginal fistula surgery [2024]
  • FIGO Fistula Surgery Training Manual [2022]
  • Global competency-based fistula surgery training manual [2011]
  • Fistula Resource Hub

• International Urogynecology Journal
  • Risk factors for obstetric fistula: a clinical review [2011]

• Journal of International Humanitarian Action
  • Obstetric fistula-induced incontinence and WASH programming in humanitarian settings: agenda for research, innovation, and practice [2023]

• Lancet Global Health
  • Seizing the moment to end obstetric fistula [2014]

• PLOS Global Public Health
  • Interventions for treating obstetric fistula: An evidence gap map [2023]

• Tropical Medicine & International Health
  • The association between female genital fistula symptoms and gender-based violence: A multicountry secondary analysis of household survey data [2018]

• United Nations
  • UN resolution on fistula 2018 [2019]
  • UN report on obstetric fistula 2018 [2018]

• United Nations Population Fund
  • Obstetric Fistula & Other Forms of Female Genital Fistula [2021]
  • Obstetric fistula
  • End Fistula

• World Bank
  • Obstetric Fistula [2015]

Low and middle income countries

• International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • The economic consequences of obstetric fistula: A systematic search and narrative review [2024]

• International Urogynecology Journal
  • Demand and capacity to integrate pelvic organ prolapse and genital fistula services in low-resource settings [2018]

• PLoS ONE
  • Proportions and determinants of successful surgical repair of obstetric fistula in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]

Low-income countries

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Overcoming phase 1 delays: the critical component of obstetric fistula prevention programs in resource-poor countries [2012]

• Tropical Medicine & International Health
  • Barriers to obstetric fistula treatment in low-income countries: a systematic review [2017]

Nepal

• Ministry of Health and Population
  • Management of Obstetric Fistula for Health Care Providers - On-the-Job Training [2014]

Nigeria

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Obstetric fistula policy in Nigeria: a critical discourse analysis [2018]
  • Community-based screening for obstetric fistula in Nigeria: a novel approach [2014]

• BMC Women's Health
  • The psycho-social impact of obstetric fistula and available support for women residing in Nigeria: a systematic review [2023]

• Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
  • Guidelines on urethral catheterization for prevention and management of obstetric fistula in Nigeria [2016]

• Pan African Medical Journal
  • Nigeria, a high burden state of obstetric fistula: a contextual analysis of key drivers [2020]

Republic of Guinea

• Reproductive Health
  • Factors associated with the failure of obstetric fistula repair in Guinea: implications for practice [2016]

Sierra Leone

• United Nations Population Fund
  • UNFPA Sierra Leone | Obstetric fistula

South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Obstetric fistula in low-resource countries: an under-valued and under-studied problem – systematic review of its incidence, prevalence, and association with stillbirth [2015]

South Sudan

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Obstetric fistula in Southern Sudan: situational analysis and Key Informant Method to estimate prevalence [2013]

South-East Asia

• Indian Journal of Public Health
  • Burden and management of obstetric fistula in South-East Asian region countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2020]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Sub-Saharan African women’s views and experiences of risk factors for obstetric fistula: a qualitative systematic review [2022]
  • Iatrogenic genito-urinary fistula following cesarean birth in nine sub-Saharan African countries: a retrospective review [2022]
  • A retrospective review of genital fistula occurrence in nine African countries [2022]
  • Barriers and facilitators to preventive interventions for the development of obstetric fistulas among women in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review [2018]
  • Risk factors for vaginal fistula symptoms in Sub-Saharan Africa: a pooled analysis of national household survey data [2016]

• BMC Women's Health
  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of urinary incontinence following successful obstetric fistula repair: findings from five countries in sub-Saharan Africa [2025]
  • Rare causes of genital fistula in nine African countries: a retrospective review [2022]

• BMJ Global Health
  • Living with obstetric fistula: learnings from nine African countries [2023]

• BMJ Open
  • Factors associated with marital status of women with genital fistula after childbirth: a retrospective review in nine African countries [2022]

• Heliyon
  • Variability and awareness of obstetric fistula among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2023]

• International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  • Rehabilitation and reintegration programming adjunct to female genital fistula surgery: A systematic scoping review [2020]
  • Systematic review of shorter versus longer duration of bladder catheterization after surgical repair of urinary obstetric fistula [2018]

• Lancet Global Health
  • Double burden of tragedy: stillbirth and obstetric fistula [2016]
  • Prevalence of symptoms of vaginal fistula in 19 sub-Saharan Africa countries: a meta-analysis of national household survey data [2015]

• PLoS ONE
  • Obstetric fistula repair failure and its associated factors among women who underwent repair in sub-Saharan Africa. A systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]
  • Treatment-seeking for vaginal fistula in sub-Saharan Africa [2019]

• Tropical Medicine & International Health
  • Rehabilitation experiences after obstetric fistula repair: systematic review of qualitative studies [2015]

Uganda

• Anthropologies of Global Maternal and Reproductive Health
  • The Promise and Neglect of Follow-up Care in Obstetric Fistula Treatment in Uganda [2022]

• BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
  • Obstetric fistulas in Uganda: scoping review using a determinant of health approach to provide a framework for health policy improvement [2020]

• Health Policy and Planning
  • Estimating the cost and cost-effectiveness for obstetric fistula repair in hospitals in Uganda: a low income country [2018]

• Ministry of Health Uganda
  • National training guidelines and standards for treatment of female genital fistula [2012]

• Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
  • Experiences with Obstetric Fistula in Rural Uganda [2009]

United Kingdom

• NHS England
  • Specialised complex gynaecology/female urology: Genito-urinary tract fistulae (girls and women aged 16 years and above) [2020]

WHO

• World Health Organization
  • WHO recommendation on duration of bladder catheterization after surgical repair of simple obstetric urinary fistula [2018]
  • Obstetric fistula: guiding principles for clinical management and programme development [2006]

Zambia

• Ministry of Health Zambia
  • Obstetric Fistula Strategic Plan 2022 - 2026 [2023]

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