In 25 years more than
women treated
HISTORY
1993
DR ROCHAT’S ENCOUNTER WITH FRERE FLORENT.
1ST FISTULA SURGERY IN TOGO.
1993, Afagnan Hospital, Togo. In the operating room, Doctor Rochat discovers the obstetric fistula.
PATIENTS
Women operated since 1993 as part of surgical missions in Benin:
near 2000
1996
THE TANGUIÉTA MODEL IS DEVELOPED FROM BENIN.
It takes into account all aspects of global management of obstetric fistulas with also a social reintegration component.
FELLOWSHIPS
12 training grants (Benin-Togo) and 1 in Madagascar in 2019
24
2002
CREATION OF FISTULA GROUP, A PROGRAM INTEGRATED TO THE GFMER FOUNDATION.
GFMER conducts programs focusing on maternal health in developing countries.
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS
Publications since the origins of Fistula Group:
+ 24
2004
FIRST COOPERATION WITH CAMEROON.
20,000 women are victims of fistula in Cameroon. In addition, there are 2,000 new cases per year. Only 30% of them manage to be taken care of.
PATIENTES CAMEROUN
Femmes opérées au Cameroun depuis le début du programme :
308
2004
FIRST COOPERATION WITH BURKINA FASO.
Collaboration initiated with the NGO Sentinelles with the support of UNFPA.
BURKINA PATIENTS
Women operated on in Burkina Faso since the start of the program:
near600
2004
FIRST COOPERATION WITH GUINEA CONAKRY.
Beginning of the partnership with the dpt. of urology of the Faculty of Medicine, the Guinean Ministry of Health and EngenderHealth.
GUINEA PATIENTS
Women operated on in Guinea since the start of the program:
near1000
2007
FIRST COOPERATION WITH CHAD.
Transversal collaboration with MSF which ended in 2013.
CHAD PATIENTS
Women operated on in Chad between 2007 and 2013:
164
2008
FIRST MISSIONS IN COTE D’IVOIRE.
IVORIAN PATIENTS
Women operated on in Côte d’Ivoire since the start of the program:
46
2008
FIRST MISSIONS IN MADAGASCAR.
Since 2019, cooperation with Madagascar is intensifying. The partnership with SALFA makes it possible to initiate a large-scale program on a particularly disaster-stricken island.
MALAGASY PATIENTS
Women operated on in Madagascar since the start of the program:
136
