In Uganda today family planning is at the top of the agenda. At the moment there are 34 million citizens but the country has one of the fastest growing populations anywhere in the world. On average each woman will give birth to six children.

Ma Houay Kout village is in a particularly remote area in Attapeu Province in southern Laos. Once every three months, a health team will spend two days in each village and provide a range of services and information.

A documentary about five Ethiopian women whose lives have been devastated by obstetric fistula and the difficult journey they undertake.