Dr. Catherine Hamlin
Australian doctor, co-founder of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, talks about her crusade to end obstetric fistula.
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Ethiopia
A walk to beautiful
Engel Entertainment is producing a documentary about five Ethiopian women whose lives have been devastated by obstetric fistula and the difficult journey they undertake to reach the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital. Watch the 10-minute trailer.
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JIMMA, Ethiopia – After her wedding at age 20 in the Seka District of Ethiopia, Birkisa Aba Nega became pregnant. Then again, and again. Four of the five children she delivered died, and she was left with a debilitating childbirth injury – an obstetric fistula.
Pregnancy can be a dangerous time, and for women with ill health, malnutrition or underage pregnancy, the risks are even higher.