Stories

Haoua S.


Haoua with IOWD doctors and family.

Haoua has been incontinent for 10 years.  Years ago, she sought advice from a "medicine man" for the pain she was experiencing in her feet. The "medicine man" told Haoua to sit on burning hot rods. As a result she suffered for years with deep wounds on her buttocks that did not heal.

Dr. Clifford Wheeless and Dr. Tim McKinney operated on Haoua to fix her fistula and to repair the buttock wounds.

Click to read more stories.

What's New

Niger Government Expands Support for IOWD.
Click to Read.

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine Announces Appointment of Dr. Abdoulaye Idrissa.
Click to Read.

Irish Organization Forms Alliance with IOWD
Click to Read.

Outreach Education Program Expands
Click to Read.

President of Niger Offers Thanks to IOWD.
Click to Read.

Students Raise funds for IOWD.
Click to Read.

Nigerien Government Awards Medals of Honor to IOWD Directors.
Click to Read.

Glamour Magazine covers the IOWD all-female team of surgeons.
Click to Read.

Back to top

Copyright 2007, Interntational Organization for Women & Development, Inc. | Website by Fresh Concentrate

1 1