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End the Shame. End the Isolation. End Fistula!

End the Shame. End the Isolation. End Fistula!
End the Shame. End the Isolation. End Fistula!

Publisher

UNFPA Uganda

Author

UNFPA Uganda

Publications

End the Shame. End the Isolation. End Fistula!

Publication date

15 March 2017

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In Uganda, one in every four girls between the age of 15 and 19 is pregnant or has had a child already. Yet, studies have shown that a girl of this age group - 15 and 19 - is twice as likely to die or get complications during childbirth compared to a woman in her 20's. About 80 percent of the estimated cases of Ugandan women suffering from Obstetric Fistula are teenage girls who gave birth before the age of 19.