Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia – The Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital and the Hamlin College of Midwives

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class="gb-inside-container"> <figure class="gb-block-image gb-block-image-a2c6d69b"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1500" height="1000" alt="" title="Martha Tadesse IMG_0476(2017)" data-srcset="https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Martha-Tadesse-IMG_04762017.jpg 1500w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Martha-Tadesse-IMG_04762017-300x200.jpg 300w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Martha-Tadesse-IMG_04762017-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Martha-Tadesse-IMG_04762017-768x512.jpg 768w" data-src="http://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Martha-Tadesse-IMG_04762017.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" class="gb-image gb-image-a2c6d69b lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" /></figure> </div></div></div> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-9448c62a"><div class="gb-container gb-container-9448c62a"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <figure class="wp-block-pullquote has-text-align-left"><blockquote><p>“My dream is to eradicate obstetric fistula from Ethiopia. I won’t achieve this in my lifetime, but you can in yours.” <br></p><cite>– Dr Catherine Hamlin </cite></blockquote></figure> </div></div></div> </div> </div></div> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-x-large"></div> <p>Founded over 65 years ago, by pioneering Australian surgeon <a href="http://hamlinfistula.org/en/about-us/the-history-of-hamlin/" data-type="page" data-id="99">Dr Catherine Hamlin and her surgeon husband Dr Reg Hamlin</a>, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia is dedicated to treating Ethiopian women who have suffered the most horrific childbirth injury: obstetric fistula. </p> <p>Today, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia comprises <a href="http://hamlinfistula.org/en/what-we-do/treatment-program/">Hamlin’s Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital</a>, five <a href="http://hamlinfistula.org/en/what-we-do/treatment-program/">Hamlin regional fistula hospitals</a>, the <a href="http://hamlinfistula.org/en/what-we-do/prevention-program/">Hamlin College of Midwives</a>, more than 90 Hamlin-supported midwifery clinics and the <a href="http://hamlinfistula.org/en/what-we-do/rehabilitation-reintegration-program/">Hamlin Rehabilitation and Reintegration Centre</a> (Desta Mender). </p> <p>Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia remains the reference organisation and leader in the fight to eradicate obstetric fistula around the world, blazing a trail for holistic treatment and care that empowers women to reassert their humanity, secure their health and well- being, and regain their roles in their families and communities.</p> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-x-large"></div> <div style="background-color: ;" class="alignfull row-wrapper bg-center bg-blend-multiply has-linen-background-color py-12" > <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">The Tragedy of Obstetric Fistula and the Hope of Hamlin</h4> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-medium"></div> <p class="has-text-align-center">One of the worst things that can happen to a woman or girl is an obstetric fistula, an internal injury caused by an obstructed labour during childbirth that leaves her incontinent and shunned by her community. </p> <p class="has-text-align-center">The Hamlin Team believe no woman should suffer the indignity of an obstetric fistula. Dr Catherine Hamlin’s dream was to end fistula forever – and with your support, we’re getting closer to making her dream a reality. </p> <p class="has-text-align-center">Watch Wubanchi’s story below from the pain of fistula to hope for a brighter future. </p> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-medium"></div> <div class="gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-970814b1"> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-beadb2b5"><div class="gb-container gb-container-beadb2b5 shadow-lg"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <div class="container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXsJWErWlk" class="lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube" data-video-title="Wubanchi's Story" title="Play video "Wubanchi's Story"">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXsJWErWlk</a><noscript>Video can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXsJWErWlk" title="Wubanchi's Story">Wubanchi's Story (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZXsJWErWlk)</a></noscript></div> </div></figure> </div></div></div> </div> </div> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-x-large"></div> <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Our Three Program Areas</h4> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-medium"></div> <div class="gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-e8c4241a"> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-ff6039de"><div class="gb-container gb-container-ff6039de"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Treatment Program</h4> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-small"></div> <div class="gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-a721d456"> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-3e77a6ad"><div class="gb-container gb-container-3e77a6ad"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <figure class="gb-block-image gb-block-image-12e3479b"><img decoding="async" width="1500" height="998" alt="" title="20160603_MC_590" data-srcset="https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20160603_MC_590.jpg 1500w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20160603_MC_590-300x200.jpg 300w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20160603_MC_590-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20160603_MC_590-768x511.jpg 768w" data-src="http://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20160603_MC_590.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" class="gb-image gb-image-12e3479b lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" /></figure> </div></div></div> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-47169e4c"><div class="gb-container gb-container-47169e4c"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <p>Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia exists to ensure the health and dignity of women who have survived a horrendous, and preventable, childbirth injury: obstetric fistula.</p> <p>Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia is globally renowned for its fistula treatment technique. Developed by Dr Catherine Hamlin, this pioneering surgical technique has been recognised as a best practice in global health. </p> <p>In most cases a fistula can be repaired with a single life-changing surgery that, for some, can take as little as two hours.</p> </div></div></div> </div> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-small"></div> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-hamlin-blue-background-color has-background wp-element-button" href="http://hamlinfistula.org/en/what-we-do/treatment-program/">Learn more</a></div> </div> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-small"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-a4465372"><div class="gb-container gb-container-a4465372"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Rehabilitation & Reintegration Program</h4> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-small"></div> <div class="gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-3640cecb"> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-31a4127f"><div class="gb-container gb-container-31a4127f"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <p>Over the past 65 years, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia has restored the health and dignity of more than 70,000 Ethiopian women with obstetric fistula. Dr Catherine Hamlin always believed that treating a fistula patient isn’t just treating a hole in the bladder, but rather the whole woman with love and care. </p> <p>That’s why she developed a Rehabilitation and Reintegration Program at Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia to further support women recovering from fistula injuries. The program embodies the Hamlin Model of Care and empowers women to live a life with independence and dignity.</p> </div></div></div> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-a1fe6ae4"><div class="gb-container gb-container-a1fe6ae4"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <figure class="gb-block-image gb-block-image-66bf3793"><img decoding="async" width="1500" height="1000" alt="" title="20151020_JK_144" data-srcset="https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20151020_JK_144.jpg 1500w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20151020_JK_144-300x200.jpg 300w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20151020_JK_144-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20151020_JK_144-768x512.jpg 768w" data-src="http://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20151020_JK_144.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" class="gb-image gb-image-66bf3793 lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" /></figure> </div></div></div> </div> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-small"></div> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-hamlin-blue-background-color has-background wp-element-button" href="http://hamlinfistula.org/en/what-we-do/rehabilitation-reintegration-program/">Learn more</a></div> </div> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-small"></div> </div></div></div> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-5843447a"><div class="gb-container gb-container-5843447a"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Prevention Program</h4> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-small"></div> <div class="gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-358c00f0"> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-a1e6b448"><div class="gb-container gb-container-a1e6b448"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <figure class="gb-block-image gb-block-image-176ed9ef"><img decoding="async" width="1500" height="998" alt="" title="20160603_MC_625" data-srcset="https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20160603_MC_625.jpg 1500w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20160603_MC_625-300x200.jpg 300w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20160603_MC_625-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20160603_MC_625-768x511.jpg 768w" data-src="http://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20160603_MC_625.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" class="gb-image gb-image-176ed9ef lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" /></figure> </div></div></div> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-f7c465c8"><div class="gb-container gb-container-f7c465c8"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <p>To achieve Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s vision of eradicating obstetric fistula, we need more midwives in rural areas of Ethiopia. Midwives can identify pregnancy complications and prevent fistula injuries occurring in the first place. </p> <p>That’s why in 2007 Dr Catherine Hamlin established the Hamlin College of Midwives – to increase access to quality healthcare across Ethiopia. The Hamlin College of Midwives is a centre of excellence for the training of midwives in Ethiopia.</p> </div></div></div> </div> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-small"></div> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-hamlin-blue-background-color has-background wp-element-button" href="http://hamlinfistula.org/en/what-we-do/prevention-program/">Learn more</a></div> </div> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-small"></div> </div></div></div> </div> <div style="background-color: ;" class="alignfull row-wrapper bg-center bg-blend-multiply has-linen-background-color None py-12" > <div style="height:29px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-large"></div> <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Meet our Clinical and Program Team</h4> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <div class="gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-707eaa22"> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-c2257a93"><div class="gb-container gb-container-c2257a93"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <div class="gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-453e78c8"> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-f3653739"><div class="gb-container gb-container-f3653739"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <figure class="gb-block-image gb-block-image-cabfb332"><img decoding="async" width="1500" height="1000" alt="" title="20111019_JK_064" data-srcset="https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20111019_JK_064.jpg 1500w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20111019_JK_064-300x200.jpg 300w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20111019_JK_064-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20111019_JK_064-768x512.jpg 768w" data-src="http://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20111019_JK_064.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" class="gb-image gb-image-cabfb332 lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" /></figure> </div></div></div> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-8be0ecdb"><div class="gb-container gb-container-8be0ecdb"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <p>Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s team is 100% Ethiopian with almost 600 professionals – many of whom were trained by Dr Catherine Hamlin – working across the organisation to deliver the <a href="http://hamlinfistula.org/en/about-us/hamlin-model-of-care/" data-type="page" data-id="105">Hamlin Model of Care</a> for women with obstetric fistula injuries. They continue Catherine and Reg’s vision and work. Click below to meet some members of our Treatment, Rehabilitation & Reintegration and Prevention teams.</p> </div></div></div> </div> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-small"></div> <div class="wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"> <div class="wp-block-button aligncenter"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-hamlin-blue-background-color has-background wp-element-button" href="http://hamlinfistula.org/en/about-us/our-clinical-program-team/">Meet the Team</a></div> </div> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-small"></div> </div></div></div> </div> </div> <div style="height:29px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-large"></div> <h4 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Read the Latest Updates and Stories From Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia</h4> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer is-style-medium"></div> <div class="gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-b45e5614 gb-query-loop-wrapper"> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-2ddd381c gb-query-loop-item post-2723 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-english tag-project-zero"><div class="gb-container gb-container-2ddd381c shadow-lg"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <div class="gb-container gb-container-451bdb2d"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <figure class="gb-block-image gb-block-image-e31bcc62"><img decoding="async" width="1500" height="1000" alt="" data-srcset="https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Didessa-woreda-4_1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Didessa-woreda-4_1500x1000-300x200.jpg 300w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Didessa-woreda-4_1500x1000-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Didessa-woreda-4_1500x1000-768x512.jpg 768w" data-src="https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Didessa-woreda-4_1500x1000.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" class="gb-image-e31bcc62 wp-image-2729 lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" /></figure> </div></div> <div class="gb-container gb-container-037cdda9"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <h4 class="gb-headline gb-headline-241e1798 gb-headline-text"><a href="https://hamlinfistula.org/en/project-zero-second-woreda/">Project Zero rolls out in a second woreda</a></h4> <div class="gb-headline gb-headline-d41452c8 line-clamp-3 gb-headline-text">The next phase of Hamlin’s ground-breaking program to accelerate the eradication of obstetric fistula is now being implemented in Didessa Woreda.</div> </div></div> <div class="gb-container gb-container-a9bdb616"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <div class="gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-576c43a9"> <div class="gb-grid-column 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href="https://hamlinfistula.org/en/international-day-to-end-obstetric-fistula/">International Day to End Obstetric Fistula</a></h4> <div class="gb-headline gb-headline-d41452c8 line-clamp-3 gb-headline-text">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.</div> </div></div> <div class="gb-container gb-container-a9bdb616"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <div class="gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-576c43a9"> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-5ef08bd6"><div class="gb-container gb-container-5ef08bd6"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <p class="gb-headline gb-headline-9a7eda10 gb-headline-text"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-09-30T00:58:06+00:00">September 30, 2024</time></p> </div></div></div> <div class="gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-77b5b0a2"><div class="gb-container gb-container-77b5b0a2"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <p 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data-src="https://hamlinfistula.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Yeshineh-1024x683-1.jpg" data-sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" class="gb-image-e31bcc62 wp-image-2713 lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%200%200'%3E%3C/svg%3E" /></figure> </div></div> <div class="gb-container gb-container-037cdda9"><div class="gb-inside-container"> <h4 class="gb-headline gb-headline-241e1798 gb-headline-text"><a href="https://hamlinfistula.org/en/why-is-prolapse-different-in-ethiopia/">Why is prolapse different in Ethiopia?</a></h4> <div class="gb-headline gb-headline-d41452c8 line-clamp-3 gb-headline-text">Pelvic Organ Prolapse in Ethiopia is a very different condition to what women present with developed countries. 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