Jun 29 2010
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 [...]
Jun 17 2010
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’s history. Since declaring independence in 1991 Somaliland has suffered many of the problems associated with post [...]
Apr 20 2010
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 [...]
Mar 07 2010
This past Thursday night was a great day – we held the graduation of the third group of General Registered Nurses to be trained at our hospital. At first we had planned to hold the ceremony in the open but were pushed indoors by the rains. The graduation ceremony of the 34 girls and 11 [...]
Nov 18 2009
Edna Hospital was 7 years old in March 2009. During that period, we received patients from all corners of the Horn of Africa as well as providing care to UN and international staff and their families in Somaliland, and to screen or treat refugees brought to us for treatment by the United Nations. Among the [...]
Jun 24 2009
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 [...]
Jun 02 2009
Here is a look at the Edna Adan Maternity Hospital, as seen from space: Click above 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. Also, please note that the satellite image is presently a few years out [...]
May 12 2009
Saving Somaliland is a radio interview conducted by Radio Netherlands Worldwide (in English!) in which you can hear Edna speak about her work. Despite the grave problems that the whole region is facing, such as piracy, terrorist violence and drought, Edna Adan has been able to build a private hospital that focuses on mother and [...]
Jun 19 2008
Welcome to the new Blog of the Edna Hospital. We hope that this new feature will develop into a convenient way for the representatives of the Hospital to share information about recent events among all of the many supporters of the Hospital. Your comments to these Blog entries are always welcome!
Mar 09 2002
This report appeared previously on the main web site and has been transferred here. by Jennie Goutet, HOPE worldwide March 9, 2002 was a monumental day in Somaliland as the first nonprofit, teaching maternity hospital in Hargeisa opened at 9:00 a.m. Opening Ceremonies at the Edna Hospital After four years of planning and construction, the [...]
Feb 19 2002
This report appeared previously on the main web site and has been transferred here Reported by Jennie Goutet, HOPE worldwide The first regional consultative seminar on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) was held for the countries of the Horn of Africa February 19-21, 2002. Seminar attendees gathered from Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somaliland and Somalia (Bosaso, Mogadishu) to [...]