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Dr Catherine Hamlin changing the lives of poor women ostracised by obstetric fistula in Ethiopia

Dr Catherine Hamlin changing the lives of poor women ostracised by obstetric fistula in Ethiopia

Before and after. Asrebeb when she was found by Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia weighing 22kg and (right) happy today.
Picture: Supplied BEFORE she begins to translate, Beletshachew Tadesse pauses to apologise. “I’m sorry, I’m not a very good interpreter,” she says.
She looks down, then stands up and walks to the other side of the room before heading outside to compose herself. Asrebeb and I look at each other and smile awkwardly as we wait for her to return.
During her four years as general manager of Desta Mender, Tadesse has heard some horrific stories, but Asrebeb’s is the worst […]

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