May 9, 2019 Sixty years ago, Drs Reg and Catherine Hamlin travelled to Ethiopia for what was meant to be a three-year post. When they arrived they found thousands of women suffering from devastating fistula injuries. They knew they could...
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April 26, 2019 On 26th April 2012, Dr Catherine Hamlin was bestowed with an honorary Ethiopian citizenship in recognition of her dedication to the people of Ethiopia. In a ceremony in the Prime Ministerial Office, Catherine was given an...
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April 15, 2019 Two remarkable women It was the meeting of two Australian women who have inspired thousands with their grace, humility and compassion for marginalised people. On 18 February 2015, Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark...
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April 9, 2019 Lete and Catherine, 57 years of friendship “Lete is our Hospital’s inspiration and in her quiet and dignified Ethiopian way has helped thousands of patients who have received her loving care. Her character shines out by...
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April 1, 2019 A meeting with the Emperor It’s not every day that you have an audience with the Emperor, yet Dr Catherine Hamlin was able to arrange one for two visitors from Australia in the 1960s, Sul and...
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March 29, 2019 In 1959, Drs Catherine and Reg Hamlin began a journey that they thought would last three years and help a handful of women. Instead, they would forever change the maternal health landscape of Ethiopia. The Hamlin...
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March 29, 2019 Dr David John Knox, Director, Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation. Catherine and Reg Hamlin have been part of my life for as long as I can remember as my mother was Catherine’s older sister. I was eight...
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March 21, 2019 A lifetime of caring Dr Catherine Hamlin has dedicated six decades of her life to serving some of the most vulnerable women in the world: Ethiopian women who have suffered a preventable childbirth injury, obstetric fistula....
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March 15, 2019 A shocking introduction to fistula Doctors Catherine and Reg Hamlin had been working at the Princess Tsehai Hospital for only a week when they came across their first patient with an obstetric fistula. It was a...
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