HDI News
HDI, UNFPA and CDC organize reproductive health policy conference
In
October 2005, HDI co-sponsored, along with the UNFPA and the CDC, a
conference at the Emory University Conference Center in Atlanta with
worldwide experts to review the state of obstetric fistula treatment and
prevention. Among other things, HDI’s plan to apply lessons learned in
Guinea worm eradication toward the prevention of fistula was endorsed.
Since that time, HDI has been working with Ministry of Health officials in
two countries to develop a program to increase the accessibility of
c-section for women who experience obstructed labor. The report from the
meeting is available on the front page of this website.
Some of the participants at the reproductive health policy conference,
Obstetric Fistula as a Catalyst:Exploring Approaches for Safe Motherhood ,
Atlanta, USA, October 2005.