Date : 01.12.2023
Location : Bénin

Surgical workshop in Tanguiéta, on the initiative of the Claudine Talon Foundation

Thanks to a partnership between the Ministry of Health, the Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research (GFMER) and its Fistula Group programme, and the Claudine Talon Foundation, a new mission to provide free surgery for women with obstetric fistula (OF) is to be organised at the Hôpital Saint Jean de Dieu in Tanguiéta.

This is a one-week mission for around fifteen patients from the southern regions, led by:

  • Dr Renaud Aholou / gynaecologist – obstetrician Hôpital Saint Jean de Dieu de Tanguiéta ( Benin)
  • Dr Jean de Dieu Yunga / gynaecologist – obstetrician.

Photo: ©Nicolas Cleuet