Free VVF Camp - Restoring Dignity To Women In Kenya

8th August, 2008

VVF awareness walk

Kenyatta National Hospital in collaboration with AMREF will hold a free medical camp for women unable to control urine or stool technically known as Vesico-Vaginal Fistula (VVF), Recto-Vaginal Fistula (RVF).

Screening date on 22 – 23 August, 2008 at Clinic 66 (Gynaecology clinic) Kenyatta National Hospital.

Walk on August 22, 2008 – Starting at 9am from Kenyatta National Hospital

For further information contact the following:

KNH on 2726300 Ext. 43121/43660

AMREF on 6994000

0722-789794 – Sr Margaret

0734-770775 – Sr Juliette

0721-242347 – Dr Khisa

What is - VVF? - RVF?

VVF is an abnormal communication/connection between the urinary bladder and vagina while RVF, is an abnormal communication between the rectum and the vagina.

Patients who have VVF and/or RVF leak urine or stool or both continuously and they cannot stop it. They smell of urine or stool all the time.

Usually during a difficult childbirth a woman gets injured in her private parts. If the injury involves the urinary bladder or rectum, a hole may develop between the bladder/rectum and vagina which leaks urine and/or stool continuously.

A free medical camp will be held on August 25 – September 5, 2008 at KNH to help patients with these conditions.