The next phase of Hamlin’s ground-breaking program to accelerate the eradication of obstetric fistula is now being implemented in Didessa Woreda....
On the International Day to Eradicate Obstetric Fistula, and every day, the Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia remains determined to build a fistula-free world for every woman....
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....
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“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, […]...
“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 […]...
“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 […]...
