Measuring the incidence and prevalence of obstetric fistula: approaches, needs and recommendations

Affiliations

¹ Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland .
² Fistula Care Plus, EngenderHealth, New York, United States of America (USA).
³ Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA .

Özge Tunçalp et al. Bull World Health Organ. 2015.

. 2015 Jan 1;93(1):60-2.

doi: 10.2471/BLT.14.141473. Epub 2014 Dec 1.

¹ Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland .
² Fistula Care Plus, EngenderHealth, New York, United States of America (USA).
³ Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, USA .

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