CHADIK works in collaboration with Gertrude's Children’s hospital to bring expert care and treatment through mobile clinics to mothers and children living in hard to reach areas of the Laikipia East District.
Obstetric Fistula Repair and Care Project
Obstetric Fistula Repair and Care Project
Not-for-profit
Year launched: 2005Existing or expanding (post-pilot)
Target geography
Target Population
Target income level
- Bottom 20%
Health focus
- Maternal, newborn and child health
- Primary care
- Rehabilitative care
Summary
The project aims at reversing poor levels of Obstetric Fistula in which a girl or woman ends up with an abnormal opening between the vagina and bladder (Vesico-Vaginal Fistula) and/or rectum (Recto-Vaginal Fistula)during child birth.Program goals
Reversing poor levels of Obstetric Fistula in which a girl or woman ends up with an abnormal opening between the vagina and bladder (Vesico-Vaginal Fistula) and/or rectum (Recto-Vaginal Fistula)during child birth. The project equally aims at building capacities for ongoing Obstetric Fistula repair, collecting data on Obstetric Fistula/ maternal health indicators and mapping the extent of the problem in Nyanza.
Key program components
Most women do not go to hospital for delivery causing obstructed or prolonged labor without prompt and skilled medical care. OGRA foundation through, Direct Relief International, is funding Obstetric Fistula repairs at Nyanza Provincial General Hospital. The hospital is a referral and training center in Nyanza Province which is well placed to take a lead in expanding the availability of Obstetric Fistula repair services while providing quality treatment management among health providers. The abnormal opening (Fistula) of these women/girls is repaired surgically by the available trained team of staff, appropriate equipment and supplies and a dedicated theatre. Medical Camps are done every 3 to 6 month by OGRA Foundation in partnership with Direct Relief International and Nyanza Provincial General Hospital, which is implementing existing efforts and planning to carry out its camps so as to reach more women who may miss the ‘Camp’ repair opportunities, through routine repair services where patients are referred from the peripheral district hospital for repair on a continuous basis.
Financials
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