SS+Fistula+Neg+-+DSW+(German+Foundation+for+World+Population)

The DSW solves prevention based education.
DSW (www.weltbevoelkerung.de/en/pdfs/ff_fight_**fistula**.pdf) __DSW regards prevention as key to eradicating fistula. Therefore, education and family__ __planning services form the main strategies of the “Fight Fistula!” project__, which started in July 2006 as part of DSW’s Youth-to-Youth (Y2Y) programme in Ethiopia. Fight Fistula! is implemented in the Amhara Region, a region characterised by low levels of reproductive health knowledge and services. __Early marriage is most common, exposing__ __girls and young women to multiple health-related problems. The problem of__ __fistula is one of the health impacts that result from early marriage in this region.__ __Fight Fistula! establishes the link between the provision of reproductive health information__ __and access to adequate medical care and treatment services. Former fistula__ __patients play a key role as they serve as advocates for other women on the importance__ __of prenatal care and seeking medical intervention in time to avoid injury.__