John Dumelo named as Obstetric Fistula ambassador
Ghanaian movie star, Mr John Dumelo has been endorsed by the Ghana Health Service and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) as the country’s Obstetric Fistula ambassador.
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Obstetric Fistula occurs as a result of prolong labour during childbirth which leads to a woman leaking either urine or faeces or both.
According to Mr Dumelo, the illness which has about 1000 women currently suffering from it in Ghana could increase if nothing was done about it.
He thinks obstetric Fistula should be seen as a national problem and therefore called for more attention to be given to the illness.
Mr Dumelo expressed his sentiments in an interview with Graphic Online shortly after he was endorsed by the Ghana Health Service and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to become the country’s Obstetric Fistula ambassador on Thursday.
Initiative
Also a director and a businessman, Mr Dumelo said he would focus on awareness creation through social media and develop documentaries, films and cartoon series on Obstetric Fistula.
He added that he would help raise funds for the treatment and the support of women with the ailment.
He said obstetric Fistula could be treated with $400 excluding the amount that would be given to the woman in order to integrate her back into the society.
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“It is a problem that nobody talks about, the first time that I heard about it was last year, and I’m sure most of you here might have heard about it today or yesterday. If we do not talk about it now and fix the problem now, we don’t want to get to a time where we have over 10,000 women having this problem.”
“It is about time we tackled it, and so when I was called by the UNFPA to tackle the problem, I was like, why not, let’s just see how best we can fix this,” he stated
He also called on men to get on board in the fight to eradicate the illness in the country.