A doctor operates on a woman for obstetric fistula at the Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan
A doctor operates on a woman for obstetric fistula at the Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan, November 8, 2013. According to a Ministry of Health official, it is estimated that there are around 60,000 women with fistula, which are serious injuries caused by childbirth and a major cause of maternal mortality, in South Sudan. A Fistula Eradication campaign, which started on November 3 and ends on November 15, is currently underway to help women from the South Sudanese towns of Juba, Rumbek and Wau. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY)
A nurse prepares to perform spinal anesthesia on a woman undergoing obstetric fistula treatment at the Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan
A nurse prepares to perform spinal anesthesia on a woman undergoing obstetric fistula treatment at the Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan, November 8, 2013. According to a Ministry of Health official, it is estimated that there are around 60,000 women with fistula, which are serious injuries caused by childbirth and a major cause of maternal mortality, in South Sudan. A Fistula Eradication campaign, which started on November 3 and ends on November 15, is currently underway to help women from the South Sudanese towns of Juba, Rumbek and Wau. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY)
A nurse prepares to perform spinal anesthesia on a woman undergoing obstetric fistula treatment at the Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan
A nurse prepares to perform spinal anesthesia on a woman undergoing obstetric fistula treatment at the Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan, November 8, 2013. According to a Ministry of Health official, it is estimated that there are around 60,000 women with fistula, which are serious injuries caused by childbirth and a major cause of maternal mortality, in South Sudan. A Fistula Eradication campaign, which started on November 3 and ends on November 15, is currently underway to help women from the South Sudanese towns of Juba, Rumbek and Wau. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY)
A doctor operates on a woman for obstetric fistula at the Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan
A doctor operates on a woman for obstetric fistula at the Juba Teaching Hospital in South Sudan, November 8, 2013. According to a Ministry of Health official, it is estimated that there are around 60,000 women with fistula, which are serious injuries caused by childbirth and a major cause of maternal mortality, in South Sudan. A Fistula Eradication campaign, which started on November 3 and ends on November 15, is currently underway to help women from the South Sudanese towns of Juba, Rumbek and Wau. REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu (SOUTH SUDAN - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY POVERTY)
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