- Title: [SW Country] (Hargaisa) Show-casing
Project of the Month #2
- Posted by/on:[AMJ][Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000]
EDNA ADEN MATERNITY HOSPITAL
The new hospital was conceived by Edna Adan Ismail,
a former World Health Organization representative in Djibouti, who
is the principal donor. The project aims to bring better health
standards for Somali people whose lives have been traumatised by the
long running civil war and to train Somalis as nurses and medwives
to make a permanent improvement to the lives of generations of
Somalis.
To contribute to this appeal please make
checks payable to Edna Adan Hospital(Hospital appeal)and
send to one of the following address:
Europe |
America |
Africa |
UK: Edna Adan Hospital Apeal Oxford House, In
Bethnal Green, Derbyshire Street, London, E2 6HG, United
Kingdom
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USA, Minnesota Chapter: Friends of Edna Adan
Hospital
P. O. Box 2105 Maple Grove, MN 55311-9998
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Somaliland: Edna Adan Maternity Hospital Hargeisa,
Somaliland
Tel: 00-253-210-005 Fax: 00-253-210-006 |
For more information contact:
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US:Coordinator of all US Fund Raising Branches of Edna
Adnan Hospital: Sandy
Peterson at telephone:(763)536-8928
UK: Kim Adams (Director) or Dr. Saad Shire at telephone
0171 739 9001 fax 0171 729 0435
To register a new Chapter of Adan Hospital, send information
to WebMaster
Friends of Edna is registered non-profit
organization in USA.
(A permanent record of all donors will be kept at the site.)
There is an urgent need for new health care
facilities in Somaliland and for trained nurses and
midwives.
The main causes of death are health-related:
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There is high infant mortality rate: 1 in 8 babies die before
the age of 12 months
Every year nearly 4, 000 Somali women die in childbirth
One in 5 children die before the age of five
Life expectancy is only 48 years
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