Wfmic.org
Title
The Worldwide Fistula Fund
Description
The Worldwide Fistula Fund (an Illinois not-for-profit corporation) is a public charity organized for the purpose of supporting international medical education and research on the problem of obstetrical trauma in the developing world. The Worldwide Fistula Fund is a tax-exempt charity under section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. The Worldwide Fistula Fund was originally organized as The Worldwide Fund for Mothers Injured in Childbirth in 1995, and was subsequently reorganized under its new name as the Worldwide Fistula Fund in 2003.
The most serious form of childbirth trauma in developing countries is obstructed labor, which in turn leads to the development of obstetric fistulas. Obstructed labor occurs when the mother’s pelvis is too small to permit the fetus to pass through during childbirth. This problem cannot be resolved without a surgical operation (Cesarean section), which is unavailable in many parts of the world, especially in Africa. Because most pregnant women in these countries cannot get emergency obstetric care, they may be in labor for days, only to a deliver a stillborn infant at the end of their travail.
Prolonged obstructed labor results in severe damage to the soft tissues of the mother’s pelvis from the unrelenting pressure of the fetal head which has been impacted against them during labor. This process cuts off the blood supply to large parts of the mother’s vagina, bladder and rectum and results in the death of these tissues. This in turn creates large holes (fistulas) between these organs and leads to constant, uncontrollable loss of urine and stool through the vagina.
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