UNFPA steps up efforts to support South Sudan's Fistula patients
May 23, 2016, 05:13 PM
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says two million women and girls worldwide suffer from obstetric fistula, an injury caused during childbirth due to prolonged, obstructed labour without treatment.
The UN Secretary-General, adds that there are an additional 50,000 to 100,000 new cases each year.
Ban Ki-moon warns that if this rate continues, most of these women will die without ever receiving treatment for the condition.
In South Sudan, Breakfast show host, Sebit Wiliam, sat down with Dr. Abraham Thubo, Fistula Analyst, UNFPA South Sudan Country Office, for a discussion on strategies being put in place to support women and girls with fistula.
Listen to the interview.