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		<title>Edna Hospital needs to Hire a Physician</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once again, we are in a state of panic because we will be losing our excellent resident doctor in September when he will proceed on a Scholarship to specialise in Surgery. Dr. Abdiqani who had gained practical experience at our hospital and later was assigned here on rotational internship, joined our staff after he completed [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ednahospital.org/2010/06/29/hire-physician/</link>
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		<title>Hiring: Midwifery Lead Tutor</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BSc Midwifery Lead Tutor, 18 month contract* The Edna Adan Maternity Hospital (EAH), University of Hargeisa (UoH) and THET have a vacancy for a full time Lead tutor to head and implement the first BSc in Midwifery in Somaliland&#8217;s history. Since declaring independence in 1991 Somaliland has suffered many of the problems associated with post [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ednahospital.org/2010/06/17/hiring-midwife-tutor/</link>
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		<title>Ayaan Hirsi Ali on FGM Compromise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The author, and former member of The Netherlands parliament, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, has weighed in on the proposed compromise on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). While the American Academy of Pediatrics agrees that FGM serves no medical purpose, it argues that the current federal law has had the unintended consequence of driving some families to take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ednahospital.org/2010/05/23/ayaan-hirsi-ali-fgm-compromise/</link>
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		<title>Fistula Camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From April 30th to May 10th, we had a team of medical doctors, and anesthetists visiting us at Edna Hospital from WAHA (Women and Health Alliance International) and in partnership with UAE Red Crescent Authority. They were here to carry out fistula repair operations for women from all over the Horn of Africa. This opportunity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ednahospital.org/2010/05/21/fistula-treatment/</link>
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		<title>Nursing Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the 8th of May, we had our annual celebration of the Somaliland Nursing and Midwifery Association. On this occasion, some nurses and midwives were honored. We are proud to let you know that two of our Midwives received the Best Midwives Awards from the SNMA. Both were trained at our hospital and both work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ednahospital.org/2010/05/21/nursing-awards/</link>
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		<title>FGM Compromise?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Africa Rising: The Grassroots Movement to End Female Genital Mutilation is a short film about the grassroots movement in Africa working to end the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM): Meanwhile, blogger Andrew Sullivan, among others, is horrified to learn that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has endorsed a &#8216;kinder gentler&#8217; form of FGM: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ednahospital.org/2010/05/07/female-genital-mutilatio/</link>
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		<title>Edna Adan Knighted by France</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On April 17, Edna Adan was presented the French Legion of Honor by the French Ambassador. This is France&#8217;s highest honor &#8211; grade de chevalier dans l&#8217;ordre de la Légion d&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ednahospital.org/2010/04/20/edna-adan-knighted-by-france/</link>
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		<title>Hillary Clinton photo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Daily Beast has kindly provided Edna with a photo of herself with Hillary Clinton. Edna missed getting a photo of the encounter, herself, but happily somebody else did. The two go way back. I had a longish chat about FGM [Female Genital Mutilation] with Hilary Clinton and reminded her of our first meeting in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ednahospital.org/2010/04/09/hillary-clinton-edna-adan/</link>
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		<title>Daily Beast Womens Summit: Photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Edna Adan has shared some photos from the recent Women in the World Summit in New York City. Here are four of the best of what was taken. There are many (many!) more photos in the Edna Hospital Photo Gallery.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ednahospital.org/2010/03/26/women-summit-photos/</link>
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		<title>New Profile of Edna</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lynn Sherr has published a new article profiling Edna Adan at the Daily Beast. &#8220;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.&#8221; Her progress so far is astounding. Since the hospital opened, they have delivered more than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.ednahospital.org/2010/03/13/edna-adan-daily-beast/</link>
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