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Opinion: pelvic floor disorders: learning from chronicity & chronic care models

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Pelvic floor disorders are a significant burden for women. In any country at least 10 per cent of women across all age group are likely to live with urinary incontinence or pelvic organ prolapse (1). Until recently these disorders had been given limited consideration in low-and middle-income country contexts, but studies of prevalence are starting to increase (2). In Ethiopia, for example, estimates show that 12-20% of women may be affected(3) and living with these disorders can cause signifi...

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10.3389/fgwh.2023.1006693

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University of Oxford
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Frontiers in Global Women's Health More from this journal
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4
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1006693-1006693
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1006693
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2023-06-19
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2673-5059
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2673-5059


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