Vaginal fistulas, or abnormal holes in the female reproductive system, though not life-threatening, can result in profound psychological trauma.
POPULAR American TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey highlighted this problem on her show. Scattered across sub-Saharan Africa, there are hospitals specialised in treating the condition. Named after their founders, Dr Catherine Hamlin and her late husband Reginald, these little Hamlin fistula hospitals provide humanitarian reconstructive surgery to victims.
