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Even then, she […]...</p> </div> <div class="flex items-center justify-between"> <small class="">November 25th, 2024</small> <a href="https://hamlin.org.au/fistula-prevention-surgeon/" class="flex items-center justify-end text-lg font-bold text-right transition duration-500 ease-in-out text-hamlin-500 hover:text-hamlin-400"><span class="block xl:hidden">Read </span>More <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"> <path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" /> <path fill="currentColor" d="M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z" /> </svg></a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="flex flex-col justify-between bg-white rounded-lg shadow-xl post-25160 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest-news"> <div class="mb-6 rounded-t-lg"> <img width="1500" height="1000" src="https://hamlin.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jittu-2-web.jpg" class="rounded-t-lg wp-image-25162 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> </div> <div class="flex flex-col justify-between h-full px-6 pb-6"> <div class=""> <h2 class="text-xl text-center break-normal "><a href="https://hamlin.org.au/festive-season-jittu/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Give back this festive season" class="no-underline">Give back this festive season</a></h2> <p class="mb-6 text-lg line-clamp-3">As we approach the holiday season, we look forward to celebrating with our families and friends; sharing a festive meal together and reflecting on the blessings of the past year. 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A bereavement gift can also be […]...</p> </div> <div class="flex items-center justify-between"> <small class="">November 18th, 2024</small> <a href="https://hamlin.org.au/in-memory-gift/" class="flex items-center justify-end text-lg font-bold text-right transition duration-500 ease-in-out text-hamlin-500 hover:text-hamlin-400"><span class="block xl:hidden">Read </span>More <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"> <path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" /> <path fill="currentColor" d="M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z" /> </svg></a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="flex flex-col justify-between bg-white rounded-lg shadow-xl post-25135 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest-news tag-obstetric-fistula"> <div class="mb-6 rounded-t-lg"> <img width="1500" height="1000" src="https://hamlin.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Likelesh-1-web.jpg" class="rounded-t-lg wp-image-25136 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> </div> <div class="flex flex-col justify-between h-full px-6 pb-6"> <div class=""> <h2 class="text-xl text-center break-normal "><a href="https://hamlin.org.au/handmade-blanket/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The symbolism of the iconic Hamlin blanket" class="no-underline">The symbolism of the iconic Hamlin blanket</a></h2> <p class="mb-6 text-lg line-clamp-3">Likelesh has called the hospital by the river her home for decades. Having suffered a devastating obstetric fistula injury when she was younger, she arrived at Hamlin’s Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital seeking treatment. But the love and support she found there completely changed the trajectory of her life. Born and raised in a rural village […]...</p> </div> <div class="flex items-center justify-between"> <small class="">November 18th, 2024</small> <a href="https://hamlin.org.au/handmade-blanket/" class="flex items-center justify-end text-lg font-bold text-right transition duration-500 ease-in-out text-hamlin-500 hover:text-hamlin-400"><span class="block xl:hidden">Read </span>More <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"> <path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" /> <path fill="currentColor" d="M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z" /> </svg></a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="flex flex-col justify-between bg-white rounded-lg shadow-xl post-25122 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized"> <div class="mb-6 rounded-t-lg"> <img width="5304" height="3536" src="https://hamlin.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/DSC05963-web.jpg" class="rounded-t-lg wp-image-25131 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> </div> <div class="flex flex-col justify-between h-full px-6 pb-6"> <div class=""> <h2 class="text-xl text-center break-normal "><a href="https://hamlin.org.au/common-questions-finding-women-obstetric-fistula/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Your questions answered: how do we find women living with obstetric fistula?" class="no-underline">Your questions answered: how do we find women living with obstetric fistula?</a></h2> <p class="mb-6 text-lg line-clamp-3">In the third of our Clinical Conversations series, Tolera Adamu, Patient Identification Officer, explains how he finds women living with childbirth injuries in Ethiopia’s remote and rural communities. What is the most difficult part of your role? The challenging part is finding suspected obstetric fistula patients because there are many barriers: cultural and geographic. On […]...</p> </div> <div class="flex items-center justify-between"> <small class="">November 18th, 2024</small> <a href="https://hamlin.org.au/common-questions-finding-women-obstetric-fistula/" class="flex items-center justify-end text-lg font-bold text-right transition duration-500 ease-in-out text-hamlin-500 hover:text-hamlin-400"><span class="block xl:hidden">Read </span>More <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"> <path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" /> <path fill="currentColor" d="M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z" /> </svg></a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="flex flex-col justify-between bg-white rounded-lg shadow-xl post-25088 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest-news tag-midwives"> <div class="mb-6 rounded-t-lg"> <img width="6960" height="4640" src="https://hamlin.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/graduation-2024.jpg" class="rounded-t-lg wp-image-25092 wp-post-image" alt="Hanan is a Hamlin Midwife" decoding="async" /> </div> <div class="flex flex-col justify-between h-full px-6 pb-6"> <div class=""> <h2 class="text-xl text-center break-normal "><a href="https://hamlin.org.au/hanan-hamlin-midwife/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Hanan is proud to be a Hamlin Midwife" class="no-underline">Hanan is proud to be a Hamlin Midwife</a></h2> <p class="mb-6 text-lg line-clamp-3">Hanan is proud to call herself a Hamlin Midwife. She recently graduated from the Hamlin College of Midwives with a BSc degree in Midwifery and has returned to her home state of Benishangul-Gumuz in northwestern Ethiopia. She is looking forward to serving the women in her community. We caught up with Hanan after her graduation ceremony […]...</p> </div> <div class="flex items-center justify-between"> <small class="">November 4th, 2024</small> <a href="https://hamlin.org.au/hanan-hamlin-midwife/" class="flex items-center justify-end text-lg font-bold text-right transition duration-500 ease-in-out text-hamlin-500 hover:text-hamlin-400"><span class="block xl:hidden">Read </span>More <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"> <path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" /> <path fill="currentColor" d="M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z" /> </svg></a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="flex flex-col justify-between bg-white rounded-lg shadow-xl post-25106 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest-news tag-clinical-conversations"> <div class="mb-6 rounded-t-lg"> <img width="2000" height="1333" src="https://hamlin.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/dr-melaku.jpg" class="rounded-t-lg wp-image-25109 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> </div> <div class="flex flex-col justify-between h-full px-6 pb-6"> <div class=""> <h2 class="text-xl text-center break-normal "><a href="https://hamlin.org.au/common-questions-emotional-toll-fistula/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Your questions anwered: the emotional toll of obstetric fistula" class="no-underline">Your questions anwered: the emotional toll of obstetric fistula</a></h2> <p class="mb-6 text-lg line-clamp-3">In the second of our Clinical Conversations series, Dr Melaku Abriha, Medical Director at Hamlin’s Mekele Fistula Hospital, explains the psychological impact of obstetric fistula. How does obstetric fistula impact women emotionally? Around 41% of our patients suffer psychologically because of their obstetric fistula injury. This ranges from minor anxiety, to post traumatic stress disorder, major […]...</p> </div> <div class="flex items-center justify-between"> <small class="">November 3rd, 2024</small> <a href="https://hamlin.org.au/common-questions-emotional-toll-fistula/" class="flex items-center justify-end text-lg font-bold text-right transition duration-500 ease-in-out text-hamlin-500 hover:text-hamlin-400"><span class="block xl:hidden">Read </span>More <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"> <path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" /> <path fill="currentColor" d="M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z" /> </svg></a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="flex flex-col justify-between bg-white rounded-lg shadow-xl post-25063 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest tag-clinical-conversations"> <div class="mb-6 rounded-t-lg"> <img width="960" height="610" src="https://hamlin.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Yeshineh.jpg" class="rounded-t-lg wp-image-8969 wp-post-image" alt="Yeshineh clinical conversations" decoding="async" srcset="https://hamlin.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Yeshineh.jpg 960w, https://hamlin.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Yeshineh-300x191.jpg 300w, https://hamlin.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Yeshineh-768x488.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px" /> </div> <div class="flex flex-col justify-between h-full px-6 pb-6"> <div class=""> <h2 class="text-xl text-center break-normal "><a href="https://hamlin.org.au/clinical-conversations-1/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Your questions answered: what is obstetric fistula?" class="no-underline">Your questions answered: what is obstetric fistula?</a></h2> <p class="mb-6 text-lg line-clamp-3">In the first of our Clinical Conversations series, Dr Yeshineh Demerew, Medical Director and Surgeon of Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, answers the most common questions about obstetric fistula. What is obstetric fistula? A fistula is an abnormal communication between two or more organs in our body that don’t normally connect, and usually takes the form of […]...</p> </div> <div class="flex items-center justify-between"> <small class="">October 28th, 2024</small> <a href="https://hamlin.org.au/clinical-conversations-1/" class="flex items-center justify-end text-lg font-bold text-right transition duration-500 ease-in-out text-hamlin-500 hover:text-hamlin-400"><span class="block xl:hidden">Read </span>More <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"> <path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" /> <path fill="currentColor" d="M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z" /> </svg></a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="flex flex-col justify-between bg-white rounded-lg shadow-xl post-6596 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest tag-desta-mender"> <div class="mb-6 rounded-t-lg"> <img width="1500" height="1000" src="https://hamlin.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Bizuyie-5.jpg" class="rounded-t-lg wp-image-25041 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> </div> <div class="flex flex-col justify-between h-full px-6 pb-6"> <div class=""> <h2 class="text-xl text-center break-normal "><a href="https://hamlin.org.au/bizuyie-story/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Bizuyie finds the courage to rebuild her life after obstetric fistula" class="no-underline">Bizuyie finds the courage to rebuild her life after obstetric fistula</a></h2> <p class="mb-6 text-lg line-clamp-3">Bizuyie is still unable to talk about the time she sustained a severe obstetric fistula injury 25 years’ ago. But we know her bladder was destroyed and the nerves in her legs were damaged, leaving her with difficulty walking and the need for a cane. Living in a remote village where no one knew what […]...</p> </div> <div class="flex items-center justify-between"> <small class="">October 22nd, 2024</small> <a href="https://hamlin.org.au/bizuyie-story/" class="flex items-center justify-end text-lg font-bold text-right transition duration-500 ease-in-out text-hamlin-500 hover:text-hamlin-400"><span class="block xl:hidden">Read </span>More <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"> <path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" /> <path fill="currentColor" d="M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z" /> </svg></a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="flex flex-col justify-between bg-white rounded-lg shadow-xl post-24967 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-our-stories"> <div class="mb-6 rounded-t-lg"> <img width="1500" height="1000" src="https://hamlin.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Dinah.jpg" class="rounded-t-lg wp-image-24970 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> </div> <div class="flex flex-col justify-between h-full px-6 pb-6"> <div class=""> <h2 class="text-xl text-center break-normal "><a href="https://hamlin.org.au/dinah-story/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Overcoming Obstetric Fistula: Dinah’s Story" class="no-underline">Overcoming Obstetric Fistula: Dinah’s Story</a></h2> <p class="mb-6 text-lg line-clamp-3">Dinah suffered for five years with an obstetric fistula injury and was isolated in her community. Then she arrived at Hamlin's Yirgalem Fistula Hospital. ...</p> </div> <div class="flex items-center justify-between"> <small class="">October 17th, 2024</small> <a href="https://hamlin.org.au/dinah-story/" class="flex items-center justify-end text-lg font-bold text-right transition duration-500 ease-in-out text-hamlin-500 hover:text-hamlin-400"><span class="block xl:hidden">Read </span>More <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"> <path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" /> <path fill="currentColor" d="M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z" /> </svg></a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="flex flex-col justify-between bg-white rounded-lg shadow-xl post-24956 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest-news tag-catherine"> <div class="mb-6 rounded-t-lg"> <img width="2000" height="1333" src="https://hamlin.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/reading.jpg" class="rounded-t-lg wp-image-24963 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> </div> <div class="flex flex-col justify-between h-full px-6 pb-6"> <div class=""> <h2 class="text-xl text-center break-normal "><a href="https://hamlin.org.au/five-books-that-will-take-you-on-a-journey-to-ethiopia/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Five books that will take you on a journey to Ethiopia" class="no-underline">Five books that will take you on a journey to Ethiopia</a></h2> <p class="mb-6 text-lg line-clamp-3">Author Jhumpa Lahiri famously said: “That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.” This is fortunate for the many of us who lack either the time or funds to visit Ethiopia, but are intrigued by its people, history, culture, and landscape. For those wanting to learn more about Dr Catherine […]...</p> </div> <div class="flex items-center justify-between"> <small class="">October 14th, 2024</small> <a href="https://hamlin.org.au/five-books-that-will-take-you-on-a-journey-to-ethiopia/" class="flex items-center justify-end text-lg font-bold text-right transition duration-500 ease-in-out text-hamlin-500 hover:text-hamlin-400"><span class="block xl:hidden">Read </span>More <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"> <path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" /> <path fill="currentColor" d="M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z" /> </svg></a> </div> </div> </article> <article class="flex flex-col justify-between bg-white rounded-lg shadow-xl post-24945 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-latest-news tag-patients"> <div class="mb-6 rounded-t-lg"> <img width="1500" height="1000" src="https://hamlin.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Food.jpg" class="rounded-t-lg wp-image-24953 wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /> </div> <div class="flex flex-col justify-between h-full px-6 pb-6"> <div class=""> <h2 class="text-xl text-center break-normal "><a href="https://hamlin.org.au/national-nutrition-week/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to National Nutrition Week" class="no-underline">National Nutrition Week</a></h2> <p class="mb-6 text-lg line-clamp-3">This National Nutrition Week, we recognise that food is not only an integral part of a woman’s holistic healing journey after the trauma of obstetric fistula at Hamlin. For our patients, it’s about feeling part of a nurtured - and nourished - community....</p> </div> <div class="flex items-center justify-between"> <small class="">October 8th, 2024</small> <a href="https://hamlin.org.au/national-nutrition-week/" class="flex items-center justify-end text-lg font-bold text-right transition duration-500 ease-in-out text-hamlin-500 hover:text-hamlin-400"><span class="block xl:hidden">Read </span>More <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 24 24" width="24" height="24"> <path fill="none" d="M0 0h24v24H0z" /> <path fill="currentColor" d="M13.172 12l-4.95-4.95 1.414-1.414L16 12l-6.364 6.364-1.414-1.414z" /> </svg></a> </div> </div> </article> </section> <div class="mt-24 text-xl font-semibold feed-pagination text-hamlin-500"> <nav class="navigation pagination" aria-label="Posts"> <h2 class="screen-reader-text">Posts navigation</h2> <div class="nav-links"><span aria-current="page" class="page-numbers current">1</span> <a class="page-numbers" 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