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Pat Mitchell and Dr. Nafis Sadik on the Opening Plenary at the 2008 Skoll World Forum, credit:Skoll Foundation In 2008, I met a person who… Read More »Dr. Nafis Sadik: Incomparable & Unmatched

This year, to celebrate International Day to End Obstetric Fistula,  the Operation Fistula team in Madagascar produced a short film. This film features personal stories… Read More »A Dispatch from Madagascar – Celebrating IDEOF 2022!

Operation Fistula believes that every woman who has lived with and experienced fistula deserves high-quality complete care of her whole person. Our work to create… Read More »Team Talks: Quality of Life

“How has your condition affected how you feel about yourself? Has it impacted your work, or your relationships with friends or family?” If you had… Read More »Enshrining the Patient Voice: How Operation Fistula is Changing the Quality of Life Conversation

This week Harena Randrianasolo, our Social Media Specialist, interviewed our Community Engagement Coordinator, Rovahasina Ralaindimby, about Operation Fistula’s community outreach and engagement work.   Rova has been… Read More »Team Talks: Community Engagement

By Harena Randrianasolo, Social Media Specialist, Madagascar & Helen Davies, Chief of Staff, UK Today is International Women’s Day. On this day, we join with… Read More »Operation Fistula Celebrates International Women’s Day 2022

A powerful tropical storm made landfall in Mananjary, on the east coast of Madagascar, this weekend. As we begin to assess the damage, we are… Read More »In the Wake of the Cyclone

A few weeks ago, I fell and skinned my knee. In public. It was in New York, the sidewalk crowded with people. I immediately felt… Read More »Taking embarrassment seriously

“When asked about snakebite statistics in Brazil, scientist Maurício Rocha e Silva once said there were none,” Deirdre Mask writes in her 2020 book The… Read More »Finding Needles in Invisible Haystacks