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English Volume 4, Issue 2, August 2020 Volume 3, Issue 2, December 2019 Volume 3, Issue 1, April 2019 Volume 2, Issue 4, August 2018 Volume 2, Issue 3, May 2018 Volume 2, Issue 2, February 2018 Volume 2, Issue 1, November 2017 Volume 1, Issue 4, August 2017 Volume 1, Issue 3, May 2017 Volume 1. […]...

July 1st, 2022 Read More

Impact Report FY22 – Prevention Program

“We are delighted to be graduating well clinically trained midwives who work in their own home areas preventing fistula… My dream is to have a midwife in every village of Ethiopia.” – Dr Catherine Hamlin The Hamlin College of Midwives continues as a centre of excellence for the training of midwives in Ethiopia.  Since 2007, […]...

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Impact Report FY22 – Rehabilitation & Reintegration Program

“We don’t just treat the hole in the bladder, we treat the whole patient with love and tender care, literacy and numeracy classes, a brand new dress and money to travel home.” – Dr Catherine Hamlin Repairing a woman’s obstetric fistula injury is not the end of her story. Having lived in social isolation for […]...

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Impact Report FY22 – Treatment Program

“To see a girl from abject poverty and sadness and sorrow suddenly become a new person, that’s the joy that fistula surgeons get when they cure them.” – Dr Catherine Hamlin In rural Ethiopia, where approximately 5 out of 10 women give birth without medical assistance, an obstructed labour can last for days and result […]...

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Impact Report FY21 – Prevention Program

“Midwifery I believe is the answer – to put a well trained midwife in every village would soon eradicate obstetric fistula.”  – Dr Catherine Hamlin Hamlin Midwives play an essential role in preventing obstetric fistulas and saving the lives of hundreds of mothers and babies every year. Based in more than 50 Hamlin-supported midwifery clinics […]...

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Impact Report FY21 – Rehabilitation & Reintegration Program

“They are all precious to me. For every patient that comes to us we try to give them all the love, care and expertise that we have to help them to get better and back to a normal life.”  – Dr Catherine Hamlin  The team at Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s Rehabilitation and Reintegration Centre, Desta Mender, […]...

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Impact Report FY21 – Treatment Program

“To be able to train dedicated young doctors and midwives is marvellous for me and my loyal staff, especially as they become enthusiastic about helping these poor women. It gives me confidence that the eradication of obstetric fistula can be achieved.”  – Dr Catherine Hamlin The physical and psychological consequences of obstetric fistula are both […]...

July 1st, 2021 Read More

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