In Ethiopia, each year about 9,000 cases of fistula occur, mostly among uneducated, poor, and rural women, and girls who have been forced into early marriages
Minasse Wondimu Hailu • 22 March 2018 • update: 22 March 2018
Ethiopian women fight fistula with determination
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 21: Ethiopian women, who suffer from fistula, rest on grass in front of The Hamlin Fistula Hospital, which was built in 1974 and Ethiopia’s first specialized fistula hospital, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 21, 2018. ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency )Minasse Wondimu Hailu
Ethiopian women fight fistula with determination
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 21: An Ethiopian woman, who suffers from fistula, rests on grass in front of The Hamlin Fistula Hospital, which was built in 1974 and Ethiopia’s first specialized fistula hospital, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 21, 2018. ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency )Minasse Wondimu Hailu
Ethiopian women fight fistula with determination
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 21: Ethiopian women, who suffer from fistula, rest on grass in front of The Hamlin Fistula Hospital, which was built in 1974 and Ethiopia’s first specialized fistula hospital, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 21, 2018. ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency )Minasse Wondimu Hailu
Ethiopian women fight fistula with determination
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 21: Ethiopian women, who suffer from fistula, rest on grass in front of The Hamlin Fistula Hospital, which was built in 1974 and Ethiopia’s first specialized fistula hospital, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 21, 2018. ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency )Minasse Wondimu Hailu
Ethiopian women fight fistula with determination
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 21: An Ethiopian woman, who suffers from fistula, rests on grass in front of The Hamlin Fistula Hospital, which was built in 1974 and Ethiopia’s first specialized fistula hospital, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 21, 2018. ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency )Minasse Wondimu Hailu
Ethiopian women fight fistula with determination
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 21: An Ethiopian woman, who suffers from fistula, poses for a photo in front of The Hamlin Fistula Hospital, which was built in 1974 and Ethiopia’s first specialized fistula hospital, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 21, 2018. ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency )Minasse Wondimu Hailu
Ethiopian women fight fistula with determination
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 21: An Ethiopian woman, who suffers from fistula, poses for a photo in front of The Hamlin Fistula Hospital, which was built in 1974 and Ethiopia’s first specialized fistula hospital, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 21, 2018. ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency )Minasse Wondimu Hailu
Ethiopian women fight fistula with determination
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 21: An Ethiopian woman, who suffers from fistula, poses for a photo in front of The Hamlin Fistula Hospital, which was built in 1974 and Ethiopia’s first specialized fistula hospital, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 21, 2018. ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency )Minasse Wondimu Hailu
Ethiopian women fight fistula with determination
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 21: Ethiopians, whose relatives suffer from fistula, work on a farm in front of The Hamlin Fistula Hospital, which was built in 1974 and Ethiopia’s first specialized fistula hospital, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 21, 2018. ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency )Minasse Wondimu Hailu
Ethiopian women fight fistula with determination
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 21: Beletssachew Tadesse, head of the Rehabilitation Center and College of Midwives, speaks during an interview in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 21, 2018. ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency )Minasse Wondimu Hailu
Ethiopian women fight fistula with determination
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 21: Ethiopian women, who suffer from fistula, receive medical treatment at The Hamlin Fistula Hospital, which was built in 1974 and Ethiopia’s first specialized fistula hospital, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 21, 2018. ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency )Minasse Wondimu Hailu
Ethiopian women fight fistula with determination
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - MARCH 21: Fekade Ayenachew ,Chief Surgeon and medical Director of The Hamlin Fistula Hospital, which was built in 1974 and Ethiopia’s first specialized fistula hospital, speaks during an interview in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 21, 2018. ( Minasse Wondimu Hailu - Anadolu Agency )Minasse Wondimu Hailu
