The two-year campaign was launched in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in October 2002, at the second meeting of the Working Group for the Prevention and Treatment of Obstetric Fistula, involving over 60 experts.
为期两年的运动在2002年10月埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴举行的防治膀胱阴道瘘工作组第二次会议上发起，当时有60多位专家参加了会议。