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Zonta International
Project to Eliminate Obstetric Fistula
in Liberia
A heart-breaking problem that too few know about
and even fewer support
A woman dies every minute
in the developing world as a result of pregnancy and
childbirth.
“In the 21st century, no
woman should have to give her life to give life.”
Ban Ki-moon
Secretary General
United Nations
20 women
…for every woman who dies, there are twenty more who suffer from the consequences
of a difficult pregnancy or complicated childbirth.
At least 2,000,000
women
worldwide
suffer from an obstetric fistula.
There is good news:
90%…
…is the success rate of
state of the art reconstructive surgery.
$130
national net income per person and year in
Liberia
219…
…out of 1,000 women in Liberia are between 15 and 19 years old when
they give birth for the first time.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf President of Liberia
2011 Nobel Prize for Peace
Paving the wayfor a better future.
…and this is where the global Fistula Campaign of UNFPA and
Zonta International come in:
information and prevention
Zonta International’s Support
(2008 to Present)
US$450,000 (2008-2010)
US$500,000 (2010-2012)
US$1,000,000 (2012-2014)
Treatment
Social Reintegration
$675 will give a woman
back her life
$5 to feed a patient for one week after
surgery has been completed
$10 to transport a patient to the hospital
$80 for surgical tools
$60 for a caesarean section
Ready to Return to Life
Prevention
Fistula is a heart-breaking problem
Zonta plays a major role in• Raising awareness• Building medical capability
• Giving many young women who live in a state of constant despair…
Their Lives Back
We can help these young women by generously
donating to this critical
Zonta International
Service Project.
The fistula victims in
Liberia thank you for
your support.