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Fistula patients face lifelong incontinence, chronic pain, and social ostracism.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: #DearJohn, Does Banning Abortion Trump Job Growth? The Media Consortium 2011
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Fistula patients face lifelong incontinence, chronic pain, and social ostracism.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: #DearJohn, Does Banning Abortion Trump Job Growth? The Media Consortium 2011
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Fistula exists in Nepal, but a more common problem seems to be uterine prolapse, which is when the uterus descends through the genitals.
Anna Tomasulo: From Poverty To Matrimony: Early Marriage In Rural Nepal Anna Tomasulo 2011
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Fistula is a devastating complication of unrelieved obstructed labor in which the baby's head gets stuck in the birth canal and presses against the soft tissues of the pelvis.
The Media Consortium: Weekly Pulse: #DearJohn, Does Banning Abortion Trump Job Growth? The Media Consortium 2011
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Fistula is just a symptom of a much bigger problem.
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The National Fistula Center, established in 2003, provides surgeries to women who need it free of charge and can then refer them to the rehabilitation center to get re-acclimated to living in their communities once rehabilitated.
Christy Turlington: Back to Bangladesh - Day 3 Christy Turlington 2011
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Kate Grant is the executive director of the Fistula Foundation www.fistulafoundation.org, the largest U.S. based nonprofit focused exclusively on fighting the childbirth injury obstetric fistula globally.
Kate Grant: Tale Of Two Mothers Kate Grant 2011
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Kate Grant is the executive director of the Fistula Foundation www.fistulafoundation.org, the largest U.S. based nonprofit focused exclusively on fighting the childbirth injury obstetric fistula globally.
Kate Grant: Tale Of Two Mothers Kate Grant 2011
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The National Fistula Center, established in 2003, provides surgeries to women who need it free of charge and can then refer them to the rehabilitation center to get re-acclimated to living in their communities once rehabilitated.
Christy Turlington: Back to Bangladesh - Day 3 Christy Turlington 2011
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The charities to which C.K. is donating over a quarter of his earnings are the Fistula Foundation which helps women, Charity: Water, which provides clean drinking water; Green Chimneys and the Pablove Foundation which help children in need and Kiva, an organization that offers "microfunds" or small loans to people around the world.
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