One of the most severe conditions that a mother can suffer is having an obstetric fistula. Obstetric fistula is a condition in which is a hole forms either between the rectum and the vagina or between the bladder and the vagina, causing the feces or urine to pass through uncontrollably.  This is often the result of prolonged [...]

Nicholas Krisof has written an amazing profile of Dr. Shershah Syed, a physician in Pakistan that has devoted his life and career to maternal health and helping women who have suffered complications in the process of giving birth — particularly fistulas that have left them wounded and alienated from their [...]