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A Day of Celebration as Ground was Broken in Uganda

I was privileged to be in Uganda last week to join the ground breaking ceremony on the site of what will be the new Terrewode Women’s Community Hospital – replicating the Hamlin Model of Care. It was a wonderful day of music, dancing and celebration by the whole community. The ceremony was attended by women […]...

March 7th, 2018 Read More

Beyond borders to help more women

A life-time of caring  I was privileged to spend time with Dr Catherine Hamlin in Ethiopia recently as she was nearing her 94th birthday. Catherine first came to Ethiopia almost 60 years ago. She still remembers the warnings from the other medical staff that: “the fistula patients will break your heart”. That was at the […]...

February 23rd, 2018 Read More

The Saint of Addis Ababa

Click here to read Sue William’s full article, “The Saint of Addis Ababa”, from The Weekend Australian Magazine (February 3 – 4, 2018)  2019 marks Dr Catherine Hamlin’s 95th birthday and 60 years of work in Ethiopia. Celebrate the woman who gave life to an idea by donating to her birthday wish list here.  Photo: Cover […]...

February 5th, 2018 Read More

WHO recommendation on duration of bladder catheterisation after surgical repair of simple obstetric urinary fistula

Short period of postoperative bladder catheterisation effective for repair of simple urinary fistula The World Health Organisation has issued new recommendations on the length of bladder catheterisation following surgical repair of a simple obstetric urinary fistula.  The WHO Guidelines are for health-care professionals, particularly fistula surgeons and nurses providing postoperative care to women after surgery for […]...

January 17th, 2018 Read More

Why the Hamlin Model of Care is needed in Uganda

Mirembe was only a teenager when she found herself pregnant with her first child in rural Uganda. Virtually a newlywed and with little in common with her husband’s family, Mirembe kept to herself and spent a lonely nine months looking forward to the birth of her baby. Eventually Mirembe went into labour. After an agonising […]...

January 16th, 2018 Read More

Beautiful Ethiopia, enduring images and the good news

“There is no doubt in my mind that Catherine Hamlin’s ambition to eradicate fistula will one day be a reality.” – Nadia  I had never even thought of going to Ethiopia before, despite having travelled quite extensively. Yet as soon as I saw the ad for the Hamlin Ethiopian Adventure pop up on the Hamlin Facebook […]...

January 10th, 2018 Read More

We’ve updated our name!

Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation In honour of Dr Catherine Hamlin’s ongoing, inspirational work, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia (Australia) has updated its name to the Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation. Dr Catherine Hamlin had an extraordinary year in 2017. She was named 2018 NSW Senior Australian of the Year. She now progresses to the National Australia Day awards, to […]...

January 2nd, 2018 Read More

A new chapter in her story

Fetenech has a smile that beams. The 28-year-old has her own coffee house, which has prospered since she started it three years ago. “I am born again and want to focus on my bright future ahead,” she says. But her future wasn’t always so bright. In her teens, Fetenech had complications giving birth. She suffered […]...

December 15th, 2017 Read More

Our new board member – Dr Alison Morgan

The work of HFE has been an inspiration to me since I was a girl, and my first overseas trip was to the hospital in Addis Ababa in 1982 – when I was a medical student. My career was influenced by the work of my aunt Catherine Hamlin and I research maternal health in low […]...

December 15th, 2017 Read More

Rewriting women’s stories

Hamlin strives to give every woman the dignity and fullness of life they deserve. In some cases an operation to fix a fistula is very straight forward. In other cases, such as in the case of 34-year-old Beburuyosh it can take a lot longer. After suffering 4 days of obstructed labour during her first pregnancy, […]...

December 15th, 2017 Read More

Our life-changing work

An obstetric fistula can often be repaired with just a single operation. An operation that can take little more than 60 minutes. Sometimes the recovery is very quick, sometimes in more severe cases it takes longer. However in all cases it is life-changing. “I used to think of committing suicide, now I want to live,” […]...

December 15th, 2017 Read More