Alice Wanjiru, facing the aftermath of her obstetric fistula, expressed the deep humiliation she experienced: "I could never get fully clean, for there was always some stool left... The other women would say, 'She is the woman who stinks.'" Living in constant shame, she was pushed to the margins of her community, struggling with the consequences of her condition both physically and emotionally.
Wanjiru's struggle represents a larger issue, where perhaps one million or two million women worldwide endure fistulas due to inadequate healthcare: "These are typically impoverished women in poor countries where home births are the norm, who couldn't get to a doctor in time for a needed C-section." This highlights the dire need for better maternal health services.
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