Fistula Surgeon Consultant

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📋 JOB DESCRIPTION ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Fistula surgeon Consultant Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) translates to Doctors without Borders. We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters, or exclusion from healthcare. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of health professionals, logistic and administrative staff - bound together by our charter. Our actions are guided by medical ethics and the principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality. We are a non-profit, self-governed, member-based organisation. MSF was MSF is an independent humanitarian medical organization providing emergency medical aid to populationsin need. MSF Somalia mission is seeking a qualified person for the position below: Job Title : Fistula surgeon Consultant Work Location : Baidoa Regional Hospital_Somalia Start date : As soon as possible Length of contract : 2 weeks (Dates to be defined) Background Women in Somalia live in a highly uncertain context where healthcare infrastructure and maternal health programs have been disrupted and limited in availability for decades. Somalia, along with South Sudan and Ethiopia, faces significant challenges in accessing obstetric care, leading to higher rates of VVF following vaginal births at home. The majority of fistula cases in Somalia are due to obstructed labor, which are mainly driven by the limited access to maternal health centers and poor health-seeking behavior of the mothers. Another major contributing factor to fistula prevalence in Somalia is the widespread practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). According to a 2023 report by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), approximately 98% of women in Somalia have undergone FGM, which significantly increases the risk of obstructed labor and subsequent fistula development. Furthermore, access to repair surgery is limited 📧 Contact Information: Phone: +252634002525