Hajiya Zainab Maina who was the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development in 2013,said Nigeria had been identified as the country with the highest prevalence of Vesico Vaginal Fistula in the world, accounting for about 0.4 million to 0.8 million out of the 2 million cases recorded globally.
In Nigeria, VVF has social, economic and religious implications. Many women with VVF are regarded as outcasts and marriages have been dissolved as a result of this. Many girls between the ages of 11 and 15 in Nigeria become mothers either through early marriage or unwanted pregnancies. They experience obstructed labour even as some unskilled birth attendants simply cut through the vagina to create passage for the baby, that eventually results in VVF, the leakage of urine and faeces through the vagina.
The putrid nature of the condition makes women with VVF become outcast in the society.
The putrid nature of the condition makes women with VVF become outcast in the society.
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