HDI, UNFPA and CDC organize reproductive health policy conference
In October 2005, HDI co-sponsored, along with the UNFPA and the CDC, a conference at the Emory University Conference Center in Atlanta with worldwide experts to review the state of obstetric fistula treatment and prevention. Among other things, HDI’s plan to apply...
Dr. Catherine Hamlin attends HDI and University of Oslo Seminar
Dr. Catherine Hamlin, founder of the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital, attends HDI and the University of Oslo seminar, October 25, 2005. Ladies who have made the world a better place, Dr. Catherine Hamlin (Ethiopia) and Professor Gerusa Dreyer (Brazil), at the HDI /...
Ambassador Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick and HDI to Niger for fistula
In January 2005, Ambassador Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick (who has since become Chair of HDI’s board in the US) was accompanied by HDI’s executive director on a trip to stimulate and support obstetric fistula prevention and treatment in Niger. Irene de Watteville, a...