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## [2nd International Day to End Obstetric Fistula](https://info.opfistula.org/blog/2014/05/23/2nd-international-day-to-end-obstetric-fistula/)

For many people, Obstetric fistula isn’t something they wilfully ignore. It’s something they...

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## [Chelsea Clinton: “I’m obsessed with diarrhea”](https://info.opfistula.org/blog/2014/03/13/chelsea-clinton-im-obsessed-diarrhea/)

This week, journalists have been obsessed with Chelsea Clinton’s “obsessed with diarrhea”...

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## [Happy 90th birthday, Dr. Hamlin!](https://info.opfistula.org/blog/2014/02/21/happy-90th-birthday-dr-hamlin/)

As you may have noticed when we [tweeted](https://twitter.com/OpFistula) about it last month, the fistula community has come...

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## [Two Paths, One Goal](https://info.opfistula.org/blog/2013/09/19/two-paths-one-goal/)

We’re always looking for new ways to talk about fistula. It has been a decade since the UN...

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## [Awareness: Still the Missing Link](https://info.opfistula.org/blog/2013/08/02/awareness-still-the-missing-link/)

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