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HOPE Foundation - Obstetric Fistula Program

The HOPE Foundation for Women and Children of Bangladesh aims to provide treatment for obstetric fistula and raise awareness for prevention. The program includes a trained team, outreach activities, and workshops to address the challenges faced by women and girls in Bangladesh. Help us support this important cause.

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HOPE Foundation - Obstetric Fistula Program

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  1. HOPE Foundation for Women and Children of BangladeshObstetric Fistula Team Featured program for May 2014

  2. What are we supporting? The $45,000 2-year grant pays for: • First year salaries for a team of physician, nurse, social worker, and outreach coordinator. • The cost of essential equipment, workshops and workshop materials • Outreach coordinator networking travel (24 trips to rural villages by rickshaw) • Donations to help run Mother's Club's workshops which provide local support in the villages. “When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.” Kofi Annan The HOPE Foundation for Women and Children of Bangladesh will train a team to provide year-round treatment for obstetric fistula and an outreach program for fistula awareness and prevention in southeastern Bangladesh.

  3. Life Challenges of Women and Girls • Lack of information about sexual and maternal health • Open discussion of sexual and maternal health issues is taboo across all of Bangladesh • Local tradition of home birth • 90% of rural women in Bangladesh give birth at home with no trained personnel present • Early pregnancy • Pregnancy under the age of 18 is dangerous because a girl’s pelvis may not be sufficiently developed for safe birth • No awareness of fistula prevention or repair • Women suffer needlessly from difficult births and fistula because they don’t know how to prevent them and don’t know that fistulas can be repaired 3 Obstetric fistulas exist in underdeveloped countries where many women give birth at home with an untrained birth attendant.

  4. The Program • Obstetric Fistula Team • Physician • Nurse • Social worker • Outreach coordinator • Responsibilities • Support fistula surgeons at HOPE Hospital • Identify and schedule surgery for fistula sufferers • Work with Mothers’ Clubs to conduct workshops and disseminate sexual and maternal health information • Travel to remote areas to network, inform, and identify untreated fistula sufferers Create a trained Obstetric Fistula team to support the Fistula Program at HOPE hospital

  5. ProgramBudget DFW’s grant to HOPE Foundation is $45,000 over a two year period.

  6. Why we Love this Program • The outreach program identifies women who would benefit from the surgery. • The awareness and prevention program helps educate women and birth attendants about safer pregnancy and birth. • The women in the program can become advocates, sources of information, and role models for the women in their community. • Successful advocates have the opportunity for training to become future members of the Obstetric Fistula Team. • The program brings hope and new life to ostracized and abandoned women. Because this surgery can restore a woman’s life, her role in her family, and her relationship with the community.

  7. Evidence of Success Success is measured by increasing: • Average number of fistula surgeries annually compared with fistula surgeries in the district and in the country • Number of fistula camps and service provided at the regional medical centers. • Number of women receiving sexual and reproductive health information • Number of women who join the Mothers’ Clubs and help promote HOPE as a resource for safer pregnancies and births. • “Success is the increase in the number of fistula survivors who become representatives for HOPE in the fight against obstetric fistula.” The HOPE Foundation Every woman treated for obstetric fistula is a success story.

  8. About the Organization • The sandy beaches of Cox’s Bazar attract tourists, the chief industry of the region. But outside of the cities, the area is impoverished, lacking good transportation and adequate healthcare. • HOPE was founded in 1999 by Dr. IftikherMahmood, a native of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. • The Foundation set up a hospital and 8 medical clinics in rural areas of Bangladesh to provide primary and specialized healthcare to the poor. • HOPE partners with the Fistula Foundation to find, treat, and prevent obstetric fistula. HOPE Hospital HOPE Foundation was created to provide medical care to the most neglected mothers and children in Bangladesh

  9. Questions for Discussion Care to share your thoughts? • Obstetricfistula is a widespread problem among the poor of Bangladesh. What are the issues that perpetuate the problem? • What are the elements of the Obstetric Fistula Team’s approach that are likely to make it successful? • How does the program’s approach of education and assistance help them encourage women to choose prenatal care and delivery with a trained midwife over a traditional birth attendant?

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