Maternal health and COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has placed extraordinary strain on health systems across the globe and disrupted essential maternal services. For too many women, access to potential life saving perinatal and postnatal care is a challenge as countries redirect health resources to tackle COVID-19. The impact of COVID-19 on maternal health The impact […]

Buritu's journey from the devastation of obstetric fistula to the hope of a new life after being cured at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital demonstrates the need to take preventative action to stop fistulas from occurring in the first place - as well as the incredible impact of the Hamlin Model of Care. Buritu's journey: […]

Your regular support changes lives Sustainable Development Goals. Obstetric fistula changes the lives of the women who live with it. Grief, loneliness, confusion, isolation; a life of needless suffering that leaves women with emotional and physical scars.   By eradicating fistula, through treatment and prevention, we will move towards a fairer and more just world for […]

Hamlin regular giver Maggie Robin supports the work of Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia, here’s why… I first heard about Dr Catherine Hamlin many years ago from my Godmother. She had seen Dr Hamlin speak in person and was inspired to donate to the foundation. Some years later while training as a doctor in women’s health I learned more […]

monthly - you are helping to change lives every day. Your monthly donations provide Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia with a reliable and sustainable income which helps us plan well into the future - that means the world to us. You are part of a committed community of people who are determined to eradicate obstetric fistula. Forever. Your support […]

Reaching Every Woman With Fistula. For too many women in Ethiopia, their poverty and geographic isolation increase the likelihood of them suffering an obstetric fistula injury. Geographic remoteness is a barrier to the care that fistula patients need, causing thousands of women to needlessly suffer the pain and trauma of fistula for years before they receive treatment.  […]

A message from Carolyn Hardy; Chief Executive Officer, Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation Growing stronger, together. COVID-19 has changed how we live and work and it has shown us the loss that can be caused by a virus that we cannot cure. Yet just as tragically, out of the public spotlight, is the plight of millions […]

Californian student Libby Eggemeier took a normal class assignment as an opportunity to advocate for some of the most vulnerable women in the world. In the process, she won a grant to aid those very women suffering from obstetric fistula! A junior at the Menlo School in the Bay Area, Libby has always fostered a […]