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I traveled in Ethiopia in a group of four women with an average age of 35. We traveled in a region in Ethiopia where our contemporaries might each have five children, and have given birth to the first when they were as young as twelve. We saw young mothers everywhere, and we also saw curious young girls who came to watch us climb.
Before I went to Ethiopia I had never heard of a Fistula, and I had no idea of the impact of Fistula on the health of the women in this nation. A Fistula is a hole, and an obstetric fistula is a hole between a woman's birth passage and one or more of her internal organs. Left untreated, a Fistula can lead to death. In Ethiopia, alone, there are an estimated 100,000 women suffering with untreated fistula, and another 9,000 women who develop fistula each year. The Fistula Foundation has hospitals around Ethiopia devoted to treating these women and to preventing Fistula with education and birth training.
Learn more about the Fistula Foundation at http://www.fistulafoundation.org/aboutfistula/faqs.html