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Patients Arriving for Surgery Camp
Report for May 9: Day 2 Dr. Bransford arrived on schedule yesterday morning, and activity is already picking up. It looks like we have 20-25 patients and their families at the Hospital already, and we...
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Happy Mother’s Day!
Report for May 10: Day 3 All of us at Edna Hospital would like to wish all the mothers in the US and the rest of the world a Happy Mother’s Day. We’re celebrating by providing free surgery to...
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Surgery Camp Rolls Along
Report May for May 11: Day 4 Sunday was Mother’s Day in the US, but in Somaliland it was just another day at the office (or the operating theater) for our dedicated surgical team, who put in another...
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Surgery Camp Reaches Halfway Point
Report for May 12: Day 5 Dr. Bransford is halfway through his surgery camp, and normally we would be expecting the patients to be thinning out by now. However, Dr. Bill Rhodes and his wife/surgical...
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Contribute to Maternal and Child Health in Somaliland
Report for May 13: Day 5 Originally posted – Girls’ Globe Over the past week, The Edna Adan Hospital has held surgery camps to improve the lives of mothers and children in Somaliland. A blog series on...
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Surgery Camp Winds Down
Report May 14 – Day 6 Today is Dr. Bransford’s last full day of surgery at Edna Hospital—at least for this visit. Time is also running out for our fundraising drive, which wraps up on Saturday. We...
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Suhayb’s Smile
Report May 15: Day 7 Day 7 of this month’s surgical camp, also the day of Dr. Bransford’s departure, got off to an even earlier start than usual. After providing life-changing surgery to 33 people from...
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New Dawn
Report May 16: Day 8 We witnessed a spectacular skyscape over Edna Hospital this evening as the sun set on another surgical camp. Plastic surgeon Dr Rhodes and Laura, his wife and surgical assistant,...
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Slowly and steadily, Somaliland builds its health system
Lancet -May 30, 2015 by Sharmila Devi Somaliland has made impressive gains in strengthening its health services, but substantial challenges remain for the unrecognised nation. Sharmila Devi reports...
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Community Midwives Take the Stage
Picture the scene: the stage is set with a mountain of bright orange boxes piled to the right, each bearing the words ‘Midwifery Kit’. In the centre stands a sign carved with ‘Hargeysa Cultural...
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