Wednesday Dance Club for fistula patients - ENG

The animation is based on the blogs by Obstetrician-gynaecologist Jared Watts about his mission in Nigeria:

https://blogs.msf.org/bloggers/jared/obstetrics-nigeria-%E2%80%9Cmost-women-were-laughing-uncontrollably%E2%80%9D

https://blogs.msf.org/bloggers/jared/obstetrics-nigeria-%E2%80%9C-mood-operating-theatre-was-electrifying%E2%80%9D

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Wednesday Dance Club for Fistula Patients

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF258689

Date taken / Date Recorded 31/01/2019 12:00 AM

Country Nigeria

Commissioning section MSF-HONG KONG

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Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 2m10s

Maximum Size 1080px × 1080px 150.65 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist English subtitles:

This is the Wednesday Dance Club of the hospital.

I’m Jared, an obstetrician-gynaecologist.

My lack of rhythm makes them laugh.

They are vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF) patients

who are going to receive treatments and surgeries.

Dancing together helps with their self-esteem.

Fistulas here mostly come from obstructed labour.

The pressure of the baby's entrapped head stops blood from flowing to the surrounding tissue.

The tissue will die, and a fistula forms between the vagina and bladder, or sometimes the bowels.

Urine or faeces escapes constantly through the fistula.

These women can be made to leave the family home and live alone.

Many often start to starve and lose hope.

MSF is providing VVF comprehensive care for free.

Our counsellor will see them in one-on-one sessions before surgery.

They will have nourishing food

and attend physiotherapy sessions.

Once they are healthy and medically suitable, they will have the surgeries.

There will be no need for constant showering and changing clothes

and being worried about the smell or where they will sit.

That’s a reason to dance even more the next Wednesday!

Although I am looking forward to 'shaking it' with the ladies again,

I really hope that one day soon, there won't be any more dancing here

That VVF will be a thing of the past for Nigeria and Africa.

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare