
Empowering women – 60 years of restorative care
For over 60 years, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia has been empowering women through fistula repair surgery and the restorative Hamlin Model of Care....
For over 60 years, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia has been empowering women through fistula repair surgery and the restorative Hamlin Model of Care....
During the last financial year, Hamlin’s world-renowned clinical team performed the highest number of fistula surgeries in its history....
After enduring an agonising obstructed labour, Genet’s baby was stillborn. Three days later, leaking urine and faeces uncontrollably....
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s Project Zero has found its first four patients. These women are now being treated for their fistula injuries. ...
Ayinalem’s life was transformed by a simple fistula repair surgery at Hamlin’s Metu fistula hospital. This is her story....
Selenat’s prolapse injury occurred during the home birth of her fourth child. She endured her injury for 25 long years, resulting in advanced stage pelvic organ prolapse (POP)....
Haile’s happy life with her new husband in the remote hillside village of Yirgachefe in South Ethiopia was shattered when she lost her baby in childbirth and sustained a fistula injury three years ago....
On the International Day to Eradicate Obstetric Fistula, and every day, the Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation remains determined to build a fistula-free world for every woman....
The Patient Identification Program is a key part of finding the estimated 31,000 women living hidden with fistula injuries....
Abebech's story is like that of the 31,000 women living in Ethiopia with untreated fistula injuries. Her painful, obstructed labour went on for five days. Luckily for Abebech, she was found by Hamlin Patient Identification Officer and her story changed. ...
Leyat and her husband Amarech spent all their money searching for a cure for Leyat’s obstetric fistula injuries. Her life changed when she arrived at Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia. ...
Thanks to the generosity of our Canadian supporters and KBF Canada, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia has a new state-of-the-art digital X-ray machine for the Radiology Unit at Hamlin’s Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital. ...