Every year, some 1,000 women are diagnosed with obstetric fistula in Burundi. Sylvie Harerimana was living with the condition for eight years

A new public service announcement stresses the importance of ensuring access to emergency obstetric care & skilled health professionals—especially midwives—to all women to prevent and help ensure treatment for obstetric fistula.

Preliminary results of the 2013 Demographic and Health Survey released in Sierra Leone indicate that the country has improved health services in the last five years, especially in the area of family planning.