Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times. I was reporting in the West African nation of Niger when the Unicef workers I was traveling with suggested we make a side trip to a clinic that treats women suffering from fistula. Fistula occurs when the lining between the bladder and the vagina is punctured. There was steady demand for treatment of fistula in Niger, a poverty-stricken nation with high rates of child marriage. The fistula facility we toured was near a leprosy clinic, a sign of just how stigmatized these patients are by society.

Source: New York Times January 06, 2019 10:07 UTC