Project Zero is finding women who have suffered with fistula for years, even decades.

Women receive more than just surgery at Hamlin Fistula Hospitals, they also receive rehabilitation. These are the number of women who received rehabilitations services in 2023.

Hamlin's Mekele Fistula Hospital is being restored to it's pre-war level, thanks to you.

Meseret suffered for close to 30 years until she arrived at Hamlin's Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital.

What are the causes of obstetric fistula? We unpack the four main causes of this debilitating childbirth injury.

A message from Carolyn Hardy; Chief Executive Officer, Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation: As we celebrated Dr Catherine Hamlin’s extraordinary life last month, we reflected on the many measures of her incredible impact over the past six decades. The most important is the 60,000 women’s lives transformed by Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia and the declining rate of […]

The fistula patient, the fistula surgeon, the woman "If you have no leg, you can go with a crutch. If you are blind, there is somebody to help you around. For fistula, this is worse. Family, father, brother, mum, they can’t help... I would be ashamed, because when I got up, there might be a […]

Dr Zehara Sualih is the Medical Director and Surgeon at Hamlin’s Metu Fistula Hospital. A trained obstetrician and gynaecologist, she is a valued member of Hamlin’s Clinical Team. Dr Zehara joined Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia in January 2015, after previously working at the Metu Karl Hospital. Having graduated from the University of Gondar with her medical degree, she specialised in […]