Experts like Dr. Medina Ndoye Fall, a Dakar-based urologist and senior consultant on obstetric fistula, believe that early-married girls are more likely to be socially isolated, have limited decision-making power, and lack access to quality maternal care — all factors that increase the risk of prolonged obstructed labour.
While sharing her experience working in rural communities, In this brief chat, she affirms that preventing early marriage is a major protective factor, but ending fistula requires a combination of education, maternal health services, and women’s autonomy. Take a listen.