Factors associated with the awareness of vaginal fistula among women of reproductive age: findings from the 2018 Nigerian demographic health cross-sectional survey.

Imran Oludare Morhason-BelloYusuf Olushola KareemRukiyat A Abdus-SalamOluwasomidoyin O BelloOlatunji O LawalFatimat Motunrayo AkinlusiLinda O AbegundeOladosu Ojengbede

Published in: BMJ open (2020)

A significant number of young women with no childbirth experience had low level of awareness. We recommend vaginal fistula awareness programmes that will target women at risk of vaginal fistula and the inclusion of other useful questions to improve the quality of information in future surveys.

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