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 […]...
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 […]...
H.E the First Lady of Ethiopia, W/ro Zinash Tayachew, together with H.E Minister of the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr. Amir Aman, visited the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital on May 31, 2018. During their visit, they were most cordially welcomed by Dr. Catherine Hamlin, Hamlin Board of Trustees, Senior Management Team, staff and fistula survivors. […]...
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia (HFE) held a donation reception of Dr. Taffara Deguefe’s residence on May 10, 2018. The reception was attended by Dr. Catherine Hamlin, management members, staff, Dr. Taffara’s relatives and invited guests. Speaking at the reception, Dr. Tesfaye Yacob, HFE CEO thanked Belaineh Taffara and Taitu Taffara, the late Dr. Taffara’s surviving children, […]...
Antoine’s last wish: “Sell all my paintings and send the proceeds to Ethiopia!” The late well-known Dutch painter Antoine van den Wildenberg and his wife Wies have a long history of relationship with Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, and have been loyal donors of the Hamlin Fistula Netherlands Foundation for years. In 2014, Antoine sadly passed away, […]...
Upon successfully completing their subspecialty study, the first intakes of the Urogynecology Fellowship Program, Dr Fekade Ayenachew from the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital and Dr Melaku Abriha from Mekelle Hamlin Fistula Center graduated, along with the 9th batch graduates of College of Health Sciences of Mekelle University, on March 10, 2018. The ceremony was attended […]...
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Christine Lagarde, visited the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital on Friday, December 15, 2017. Upon her arrival at the hospital, she was most cordially welcomed by HE Professor Yifru Berhane, Minister of Health, Dr. Mengistu Asnake, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia (HFE) Board Member, Dr. Tesfaye Yacob, HFE CEO, […]...
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia (HFE) hosted a two-day-interactive meeting, organized by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, from September 2-3, 2017. The meeting, attended by more than 30 participants from all over the world, aims to prepare experienced fistula surgeons in their role as FIGO Accredited Trainers, and […]...
Some run marathons; others walk on bare foot; some others swim lakes; but all for one big cause, helping the poor women suffering from the traumatic birth injury. Without the full engagement of all our supporters, such life changing work couldn’t be possible at all. Recently, a fund-raising adventure for this big cause was successfully […]...
