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  A Story of Salome Joel Maguha: “My husband had married another woman, he said I was smelling urine”

  Born at Nyang’anga village in Sukuma ward in Magu, Mwanza region, forty-two -year old Salome Joel Maguha has had two miscarriages due to fistula. “In September, 1999 at around 14:00, I had labor pain and was expecting to deliver at home with the assistance of a traditional birth attendant....However, on the second day, at around 20:00, the traditional birth attendant failed to help me, and, instead, advised me to go for referral at Magu District hospital,” narrates Salome. Unfortunately, the doctors tried to help her b

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  Lucy Mafulanya: Before Amref came to me I was expecting my life to end

  My name is Lucy Mafulanya, I was born in 1961, I am 59 years old I leave at Ilamba village in Ngudu Kwimba, I gave birth to seven children but one died during delivery so I remained with  six only. In 1982 I experienced labor pain and stayed home hoping for a safer delivery, but until the third day I was still in labor pain and decided to go to Ikonongo dispensary at Shinyanga. I stayed at the dispensary for other three days where I delivered a child who had lost its life during the process and I was left with an affected right leg w

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  I conducted adultery with two different Traditional Healers for a promise to be cured of the fistula

  My name is Asteria Mabirika, I am 54 years old living in Chananja village in Mbarika ward, Misungwi District council. 

  I completed primary education in 1983 at Bukisha primary school and got married immediately. In 1986 I had my first pregnancy, whereby I had a home delivery, I had some complications due to prolonged labour, the traditional birth attendant had difficulties to pull out the baby, and unfortunately the child was already dead. In 1987, I had a second pregnancy and had a prolonged labor with the chil

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