News from HDI
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...
Director’s Report – A Decade of Service
HDI continues to make significant contributions in the areas of guinea worm eradication and lymphatic filariasis elimination, both in specific countries and at the international level.
HDI proposes an additional paradigm for public health in The WHO Bulletin
In its May 2005 issue, The WHO Bulletin presented a new, additional paradigm of public health in an article written by HDI’s executive director: Bulletin of the World Health Organization; May 2005. 83(91) 392-5.
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December 2017
A new and more inexpensive approach to prevent obstetric fistula and maternal mortality will be tested in large populations in Niger – Spreading of the program into other countries like Togo – WHO declares Togo free of lymfatic filariasis.
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December 2016
Promising results so far in Niger to prevent excessive bleeding after giving birth – HDI’s Obstetric fistula and bleeding prevention program will be started up in Nigeria by own funding; HDI helping with planning.
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December 2015
Continued success of the world’s first obstetric fistula prevention program – Preventing women who give birth bleeding to death – Continuing supporting Guinea Worm Eradication – Helping Togo control and eliminate diseases that cause blindness, cancer, increased HIV-risk in women and intellectual impairment in children.
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Spring/Summer 2011
Rapid Prevention of Maternal Death and Obstetric Fistula—Important Meeting in Atlanta, Over 1.2 Million People in Togo Treated for Neglected Tropical Diseases, Mothers and Babies Surviving and Obstetric Fistulas Rapidly Prevented, Pro Victimis Foundation in Geneva.
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January 2010
Guinea Worm Eradication, Lymphatic Filariasis (LF) Elimination, The World’s First Rapid Obstetric Fistula Prevention Project.
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December 2008
Success at World’s First Rapid Obstetric Fistula Prevention Project.
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May 2008
Obstetric fistula prevention off to a good start!
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December 2007
Saving Lives During Childbirth: The Time is Now!
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February 2007
Saving Lives During Childbirth: The Time is Now!
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August 2006
Small Organization doing BIG THINGS; 15 years in the service of health, development, and human dignity.
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