Hidden pain: fistula patients face isolation in Afghanistan

The 45-year-old Meena Jan, who seems happy to have recovered, says that she got married before seeing her first menstruation. She has had 13 deliveries of which only nine have survived. Seven years ago, Meena went through a painful bleeding as she underwent a hysterectomy surgery.

After this surgery, she began to develop fistula, a common yet undiscussed disease in remote areas of Afghanistan.