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Dr. Catherine Hamlin Laid to Rest

Dr. Catherine Hamlin, founder of Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, has been laid to rest at St Peter and St Paul Catholic Cemetery in Addis Ababa today, March 23, 2020. Dr. Catherine passed away peacefully at her home in the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital on March 18, 2020 at the age of 96. Dr. Catherine Hamlin, together […]...

March 26th, 2020 Read More

MEDIA RELEASE : OBITUARY DR CATHERINE HAMLIN

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: The world is mourning the death of renowned obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr Catherine Hamlin AC who died at her home in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday March 18th. She was 96 years old.  Pioneering Australian surgeon, Dr Catherine Hamlin AC, together with her late husband Dr Reginald Hamlin OBE, co-founded Hamlin Fistula […]...

March 19th, 2020 Read More

Official Obituary from Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia : Dr Catherine Hamlin 1924 – 2020

The world is mourning the death of Australia’s most renowned obstetrician and gynaecologist, Dr Catherine Hamlin AC, who died, age 96 at her home in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday March 18th, 2020. Catherine, together with her late husband Dr Reginald Hamlin OBE, co-founded Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, a healthcare network treating women who suffer from […]...

March 19th, 2020 Read More

Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia update on Covid-19

Like the rest of the world, Ethiopia is being impacted by Coronavirus with its first case of COVID-19 confirmed on Friday, March 13, 2020. Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia is taking all necessary measures to protect staff, patients and students using WHO guidelines. Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s fistula treatment, rehabilitation and prevention activities continue and there is no plan […]...

March 17th, 2020 Read More

HFE Launches a Three-year Joint Project with UNFPA Ethiopia

The project focuses on improving access to treat fistula and uterine prolapse, and screening and referral of cervical cancer cases  Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia (HFE), where over 60 thousand women received free, holistic and quality service since its establishment in 1974, is a center of excellence in the treatment of obstetric fistula across the globe. It […]...

October 18th, 2019 Read More

First Annual Meeting of the Hamlin Midwives Alumni Network

Hamlin Midwives Alumni Network (HMAN) held its first annual meeting on July 22 and 23, 2019 at the  Ethiopian  Red  Cross Society Training Center, Addis Ababa. The Meeting was attended by more than 30 Hamlin graduated  midwives, representatives of GreenLamp, members of the Hamlin College of Midwives, Senior Management Team members of Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, […]...

August 7th, 2019 Read More

Hamlin graduated Midwives reach 170

Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia (HFE) under its Hamlin College of Midwives (HCM) has contributed highly skilled 25 female midwives to the country’s maternal healthcare service on July 14,, 2019 at the graduation ceremony held inside the college compound. The college has selected the students based on national standard for higher education and offered a free midwifery […]...

July 18th, 2019 Read More

Prime Minster Dr. Abiy Inaugurates Hamlin Statue

Ethiopia’s Prime Minster Dr. Abiy Ahmed inaugurated a statue built at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in honor of Dr. Catherine Hamlin and her late husband, Dr. Reginald Hamlin on May 29, 2019. The Premier on the occasion thanked Dr. Catherine Hamlin for her outstanding contribution to Ethiopia’s health sector over the past 60 years […]...

July 16th, 2019 Read More

Amarit Community Celebrates the Construction of Modern Maternity Waiting Area

Maternity waiting area improves access to care for labor and complications of pregnancy, and  building maternity waiting area is, therefore, a strategy designed for inaccessible areas to facilitate the timely movement from home to health facility by diminishing barriers that inhibit access to care such as distance, geography, time of day, infrastructure, transport,  and communication […]...

April 4th, 2019 Read More

No More Water Shortage

Installation of Pioneer Water Reservoir at the Main Hospital Water problems also affect hospitals, and mitigating the situation is crucially important.  Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia has recently installed additional water reservoir, with a carrying capacity of 110, 000 liters, in the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital to reduce the shortage and interruption of water in the facility. […]...

April 4th, 2019 Read More

Dr Catherine Celebrates 95th Birthday

Dr. Catherine Hamlin celebrated her 95th Birthday on January 24, 2019 at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital.  She was joined  by Her Excellency President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, W/ro Sahile Work Zewude, Her Excellency Ethiopian Ambassador to Germany, W/ro Mulu Solomon, His Excellency Australian Ambassador-Designate, Mr Peter Doyle and his wife Mrs […]...

February 26th, 2019 Read More

Dr Catherine Receives Bikila Award

Dr. Catherine Hamlin has won the 2018 Canadian Bikila Award in Medical Treatment and Humanitarian Services category. While receiving the award, on behalf of Dr. Catherine, in September 2018, in Toronto, Canada, Mr. Tesfaye Mamo, HFE’s A/CEO, said, “It is indeed an hour to be here and receive this distinguished award on behalf of Dr […]...

February 26th, 2019 Read More