27Jul/11Off
MALAWI: Fistula Camp Held at Zomba Central Hospital
Daily Times reported on 27 July that the UNFPA country office in Malawi sponsored an obstetric fistula camp at Zomba Central Hospital in Malawi this year where the vast majority of the 103 patients were from rural areas, with poor educational backgrounds. Veronica-Kamanga-Njikho, UNFPA Malawi gender officer was quoted saying that for every 100 women in Malawi, 50 of them got married before they reached the age of 18. In contrast, only seven out of 100 males got married before they reached 18. “For cultural and economic reasons, many women are unable to negotiate the timing and conditions under which sex occurs, particularly on the use of condoms, whether male or female,” she said.