Newsletter
The Friends of Edna’s Maternity Hospital publishes two printed newsletters each year, in May and early December, to update readers briefly on news from the Hospital and on how their donations are being used to support Edna’s mission. Samples of the content of recent Newsletters can be found below.
If you would like to be added to our mailing list (now more than 3000 subscribers), please contact Patricia Eggert at [email protected] or at (203) 918 3192. North American residents will receive Friends newsletters by postal mail, while overseas donors will be directed to our partner organization in the UK: www.ednafoundation.org.uk
Due to funds provided by our generous donors, our medical team were able to perform an emergency Caesarian section that was carried out on Fadus Ali Dahir, aged 25 and they were able to deliver her...
Adequate nutrition during early childhood ensures optimal growth and development of children and this starts right at birth! Human milk is the best nutrition for children. WHO and UNICEF recommend...
By now our readers will surely know that Edna Adan Ismail was awarded the 2023 TempletonPrize “in recognition of her extraordinary efforts to harness the power of the sciences to affirm the dignity of...
When Edna’s Maternity Hospital was founded some 25 years ago, its primary mission was to help reducethe rate of maternal mortality in Somaliland, which at the time was amongst the highest in the...
As the Edna Hospital enters its 21st year, we are reminded that what started out as a MaternityHospital has evolved to become a major Referral and Teaching Hospital in Somaliland. Since2002, in...
Much news to report in the four months since our Holiday Newsletter. On the downside, at thestart of April a raging fire destroyed Hargeisa’s open-air central market, at the heart of the...
It has now been twenty years since Edna began training nurses, midwives, and otherfuture health professionals, both at her Hospital and (since 2010) at the Edna Adan University,which held its Seventh...
Like many countries, Somaliland has recently experienced a resurgence of the COVID-19virus, most likely one of the new more virulent variants. While the nation’s proactive measureshad kept...
2020 has been a most challenging year for everyone. In Somaliland, the government deservescredit for its proactive response to the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic; despite limited resources, thecountry has...