A French Doctor’s Perspective

Posted on Jan 2, 2012 in Hospital News | 0 comments The following is written by a volunteer at the Hospital, Dr. Brigitte Herant Dunais. A link sent by my son – I have no idea how he came across the Edna hospital website – prompted me to apply as a volunteer for the month of October 2011, an experience I do not regret. This was an opportunity to discover Somaliland, its people, its history and its plight as it strives to obtain recognition...
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Edna Lobbies London for Somaliland

Posted on Dec 8, 2011 in Edna Adan, Somaliland | 2 comments Following her presentation at the recent TEDx conference in Geneva, Switzerland, where she was invited to speak about ways to improve women’s health in developing countries, Edna went on to London. There, she met with Members of the British Parliament to discuss how important it is that the United Kingdom recognize the independence of Somaliland. Everybody knows that Edna feels...
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Visiting Medical Student’s Reflection

Posted on Sep 2, 2011 in Blog, Hospital News | 2 comments “Tell them the truth,” she instructed me. Those were the only guidelines Edna gave me when she encouraged me to write a post for her blog. The task sounded simple, but for many weeks after my return from Somaliland, I could not articulate all that I had experienced. Only now am I beginning to understand the reason behind my difficulty. The truth is that The Truth is much more...
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Somaliland’s Success Raises Doubts about Foreign Aid

Posted on Jul 25, 2011 in Blog, Edna Adan, Somaliland | 0 comments Here is a very interesting news article from London’s Daily Mail. The writer, Ian Birrell, met with Edna and says of her, “no one epitomises the nation’s indomitable spirit more than Edna Adan Ismail, or Dr Edna, as everyone knows her.” Turns out, the remarkable success of Somaliland – in spite of going unrecognized as an independent country – is being cited...
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Half The Sky coming to PBS

Posted on May 18, 2011 in Somaliland | 1 comment Countless many supporters of the Edna Hospital have come to us by way of the best-selling book Half The Sky, by Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. Those supporters, in particular, will be pleased to learn that there is a 6-hour documentary now being produced for broadcast on PBS. Primetime PBS Broadcast for Half the Sky The two-part, four-hour broadcast will premiere as a...
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The Importance of Contraception

Posted on May 9, 2011 in Somaliland | 0 comments Even as we were still reeling from the “avalanche” of donations prompted by Nicholas Kristof’s column last week, he – again – mentions Edna Hospital in his Sunday NY Times column. The context this time is sad. A woman died in Somaliland of complications from childbirth leaving 8 children without a mother. She is among about 350,000 women who die in childbirth...
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La Croix on Edna & Somaliland (in French)

Posted on Feb 11, 2011 in Somaliland | 0 comments Our readers may recall that Edna Adan spent some time in France in December, following her highly successful visit to Switzerland. The primary focus of the visit to Switzerland was to fight the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) while the visit to France was focused more on helping women suffering from Obstetric Fistula. Edna provided many interviews in France. This one touches on...
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Bachelor of Science Midwifery Programme

Posted on Dec 13, 2010 in Hospital News | 0 comments The University of Hargeisa (UoH), Edna Adan University Hospital (EAUH) and Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) would like to announce their forthcoming BSc. Midwifery programme due to start in March 2011. This programme which is the first of its kind in Somaliland is designed to create a new cadre of midwives who will help to address maternal and infant health across the country. The BSc...
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Midwives’ Finals + American baby

Posted on Oct 24, 2010 in Hospital News | 0 comments Edna sends news, and photos, from the hospital today. “This morning, we had our First USA baby born at our hospital and delivered by one of our trained midwives. Emily Clarkson is the wife of one of the professors at Hargeisa University and chose to have the baby with us.” And, another group of Midwives will soon graduate. Edna’s goal is to train 1000 midwives at the hospital...
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Edna Adan Knighted by France

Posted on Apr 20, 2010 in Edna Adan | 2 comments On April 17, Edna Adan was presented the French Legion of Honor by the French Ambassador. This is France’s highest honor – grade de chevalier dans l’ordre de la Légion d’honneur. The decision to honor Edna with this title was made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy in this letter. As noted by the Ambassador in his speech conferring this honor, Edna might have chosen to...
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New Profile of Edna

Posted on Mar 13, 2010 in Edna Adan, Somaliland | 0 comments Lynn Sherr has published a new article profiling Edna Adan at the Daily Beast. Read Full Article at The Daily Beast “The biggest gift I want to leave behind is not a building, but the skills I leave with the women. I want to train 1,000 midwives.” Her progress so far is astounding. Since the hospital opened, they have delivered more than 9,500 women and lost only 39....
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Watch Video of Edna Adan at CGI

Posted on Sep 26, 2009 in Edna Adan | 9 comments The Clinton Global Initiative web site has made available video of the entire panel discussion PLENARY SESSION: INVESTING IN GIRLS AND WOMEN. Just click on the link and then click on WATCH NOW link near the photo of Edna Adan. At a time when the world finds itself on an unsustainable course, facing an increasing number of complex challenges for which traditional approaches are no longer...
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Somaliland Shows the Way

Posted on Jul 21, 2009 in Somaliland | 0 comments Somaliland: What Somalia Could Be is a new article written by Dr. J. Peter Pham recounting some of the history of both Somaliland and Somalia. Dr. Pham speaks highly of Edna Adan and of the hospital as an example of the good things that can happen in the presence of good governance. He discusses at length just how good government in Africa can come about. (And why it has failed to come about in...
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Community Midwives trained to Save Lives

Posted on Jun 24, 2009 in Hospital News | 0 comments We have just had the graduation of the first ever Community Midwives trained in Somaliland. This is the ‘new army’ that we have trained for 18 months at our hospital to assist women living in remote areas of our country where there have never been trained midwives before. These 21 Community Midwives will undoubtedly make a difference in the very high maternal and infant mortality...
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Edna Hospital by Satellite

Posted on Jun 2, 2009 in Hospital News, Somaliland | 0 comments Here is a look at the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital, as seen from space: Click the image below to view the entire map. Notice that you can use the controls to zoom in and out, or click on the map itself and drag it in order to see the rest of Hargeisa and of Somaliland. Also, please note that the satellite image is – last time we checked it – a few years out of date and there have been...
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