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Stigma, Rejection: Inside the lives of Nigerian women suffering vesicovaginal fistula (VVF)

According to UNICEF, between 400,000 and 800,000 Nigerian women live with obstetric fistula. Maryam Abubakar had been in labour for days. She had endured the pains but there was no childbirth facility in her neighbourhood. The 26-year-old mother of two dreaded the interstate trip to a health facility because it would intensify her pain. But

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