A Health Systems Strengthening Approach to Female Genital Fistula in Kenya

An Analytical Approach to Female Genital Mutilation in West Africa

Female genital mutilation in different parts of the African continent isconsidered as one of the vast territory’s social problems. This social problem whichis accounted as an old tradition in different countries of the African continent hashad so many unpleasant physical and mental effects on urban and rural Africanwomen during recent centuries. Throughout recent decades, considerable effortsha...

Health Management Mentoring for Health Systems Strengthening: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Putting Management Capacity Building at the Forefront of Health Systems Strengthening; Comment on “Management Matters: A Leverage Point for Health Systems Strengthening in Global Health”

The current limited focus on management in global health activities is highly problematic given the amounts of financial and human resources that are pouring into health system strengthening interventions and the complexity of clinical operations across settings. By ensuring that public health and healthcare practitioners in domestic and international settings receive management training in the...

an analytical approach to female genital mutilation in west africa

female genital mutilation in different parts of the african continent isconsidered as one of the vast territory’s social problems. this social problem whichis accounted as an old tradition in different countries of the african continent hashad so many unpleasant physical and mental effects on urban and rural africanwomen during recent centuries. throughout recent decades, considerable effortsha...

A new classification for female genital tract fistula.

Neglected prolonged obstructed labour is the most common cause of genital tract fistulae worldwide. Pressure necrosis of soft pelvic tissues occurs between the impacted fetal presenting part and the bony maternal pelvis. Other obstetric reasons for genital tract fistulae include vaginal trauma and laceration from instrumental deliveries or spontaneous vaginal deliveries, from Caesarean sections...