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Zonta International Project to eliminate Obstetric Fistula in Liberia
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Zonta International A heart-breaking problem that too few know about and even fewer support
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Zonta International
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A Woman Dies Every Minute in the developing world as a result of pregnancy and childbirth.
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Zonta International “In the 21 st century no woman should have to give her life to give life”
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Zonta International 20 women …for every woman who dies there are twenty more who suffer from the consequences of a difficult pregnancy or complicated childbirth.
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Zonta International At least 2,000,000 women worldwide suffer from an obstetric fistula
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Zonta International There is good news: 90 per cent …
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Zonta International …is the success rate of state of the art reconstructive surgery.
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Zonta International $130 national net income per person and year in Liberia
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Zonta International 219… …out of 1,000 women in Liberia are between 15 and 19 years old when they give birth for the first time.
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Zonta International …and this is where the global Fistula Campaign of the UNFPA comes in: information and prevention
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Zonta International Treatment
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Social Reintegration
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Zonta International $300 will give a woman Back her life
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Zonta International $5 to feed a patient for one week after surgery has been completed $10 to transport a patient to the hospital $80 for surgical tools $60 for a caesarean section
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Zonta International Ready to Return to Life
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Zonta International Prevention
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Zonta International Fistula is a heart-breaking problem Zonta can play a major role in Raising awareness Building medical capability Giving many young women who live in a state of constant despair… Their Lives Back
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Zonta International We can help these young women by generously donating to this critical Zonta International Service Project
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Zonta International The fistula victims in Liberia thank you for your support
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