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The Fistula Hospital has developed a practical hands-on-technique for fistula treatment that has inspired fistula service provision in many health facilities around the developing world. It is a world centre for fistula treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention. It provides training for health professionals, for Ethiopian surgeons and obstetrician/gynaecologists from all over the developing world. The hospital also carries out research in fistula related topics.
Women with severe injuries and not able to be cured completely have been provided with long-term care through training as nurse-aides or a home at Desta Mender, the rural village for chronic patients that provides rehabilitation and training in income-generating activities to allow these women to continue life with dignity despite their disabilities.
Many women are unable to come to Addis Ababa, so in 2003 steps were taken to provide services to women in rural Ethiopia. Five mini-hospitals were planned, of which three are already functioning and two are in the planning/construction phase. A more recent project is the establishment of a midwifery school to train midwives who will work in rural areas to help prevent fistulae occuring.
The Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital is registered at the High Court of Ethiopia as a Charity. The Trustees and Management Committee provide the hospital with the governance it needs. All patients are treated completely free of any charge and the hospital is dependent for its finance on the generosity of its donors and Partner Trusts.
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