ABSTRACT
The impact of pelvic floor dysfunction and urinary incontinence in particular, on the lives of African women, is very different from the experience on any other continent. stress and urgency urinary incontinence, pelvic organ, and fecal incontinence no doubt affect the quality of life of African women, but by far the heaviest burden Africa carries is the prevailing problem of obstetric vesicovaginal fistulas, and the profound suffering this causes.
