No less than 38 women have been treated of Vesicovaginal Fistula in Adamawa State by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in partnership with the Fistula Foundation Nigeria.
The Director of the FFN, Musa Isa, said the surgery was conducted at the Specialist Hospital, Yola recently.
According to him, the disease is an abnormal opening between the bladder and the vagina that results in continuous and unremitting urinary incontinence.
“Women and girls with this ailment are often abandoned by their spouses and isolated due to offensive odour and associated shame of urine leakage. This has been of concern to UNFPA which provided funding for FFN, in carrying out corrective surgery for the patients,” he said.
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A surgeon, Dr. Sa’ad Idris, advised VVF patients to adhere strictly to medical advice to improve their health status.
He urged husbands to support their wives during pregnancy and childbirth to avoid complications.
The beneficiaries commended the foundation and the UNFPA for the free exercise and called on other stakeholders to emulate them.
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