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Tag: Patients

National Nutrition Week

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....

October 8th, 2024 Read More

World Mental Health Day

This World Mental Health Day, we're looking at the psychological impact of obstetric fistula. Nearly all patients at Hamlin’s Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital report psychological issues associated with their condition. These terrible injuries leave women trapped in a life of pain, shame, and isolation....

October 8th, 2024 Read More

International Coffee Day

On International Coffee Day, we celebrate the power and strength of coffee. Dagmawit is former fistula patient from Yirgalem and today she has her own coffee farm. ...

September 25th, 2024 Read More

A beacon of hope for others: Ayana’s story

Ayana’s story serves as a poignant reminder of the devastating impact that a lack of access to quality maternal healthcare can have on a woman’s life. Ayana is from the Amhara region in northern Ethiopia. She and her husband were looking forward to expanding their family but with no access to antenatal care or medical […]...

September 16th, 2024 Read More

A preventable tragedy: Eshe’s story

Eshe was excitedly expecting her first baby but after labour complications, she went to her closest health clinic. Tragically they couldn't help Eshe. It needed have ended this way. ...

August 22nd, 2024 Read More

World Patient Safety Day

‘Get it right, make it safe’ is the theme of this year’s World Patient Safety Day. However, in rural Ethiopia, however, many women suffer in silence for years and even decades....

August 13th, 2024 Read More