For 12 excruciating years, Sarah Omega lived in silence and isolation, battling a condition few dared to speak about: Obstetric Fistula.
Today, she is not only healed but also a voice of hope-transforming her pain into a powerful movement that is reaching thousands of students in schools across nine counties.
Omega, founder of the Let's End Fistula Initiative (LEFI), says she is working in nine counties to raise awareness and prevent new cases, particularly among teenage girls.
Her campaign coincides with this year's International Day to End Obstetric Fistula, observed annually on May 23. "This year's theme, 'Her Health, Her Rights; Shaping a Future without Fistula', is deeply personal to me," said Omega, speaking during an awareness event in Mt Elgon, Bungoma County. .Keep ReadingClimate change increasing risk of pregnancy problems: studyObstetric fistula is a devastating childbirth injury that occurs when prolonged, obstructed labour creates a hole between the birth canal and the bladder or rectum, resulting in incontinence.
