Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Ethiopia is a very different condition to what women present with developed countries. Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia Medical Director, Dr Yeshineh Demerew explained the difference. ...
The expansion of the Hamlin College of Midwives will shortly be complete, offering more places for students and improved facilities....
Enku suffered with an obstetric fistula and later returned to Hamlin's Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital to have a child....
Following successful surgery for obstetric fistula, Adanech joined Hamlin's innovative Women's Empowerment program....
Project Zero, Hamlin's ground-breaking program to find and treat every woman in Ethiopia living with obstetric fistula, is expanding....
When Hosana's mother described her symptoms to Hosana, Hosana realised she had the same thing. Together they arrived at Hamlin’s Harar Fistula Hospital....
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 […]...
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 […]...
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 […]...
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 […]...
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. “The reservoir is large enough to significantly boost the […]...
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 […]...
