{{Over 250 Rwandan women suffering from Fistula have been successfully treated by a group of visiting volunteer Doctors from the United States.}}
Fistula is a medical condition in which a fistula (hole) develops between either the rectum and vagina or between the bladder and vagina after severe or failed childbirth, when adequate medical care is not available.
It is considered a disease of poverty because of its tendency to occur in women in poor countries who do not have health resources comparable to developed nations.
Barbara Margolies the group leader told IGIHE that about 250 women with fistula condition have been treated.
The physicians are part of the Interntational Organization for Women & Development Inc. IOWD which brings American physicians trained in fistula repair.
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