What is Catherine Hamlin?
[[File:Dr Catherine Hamlin (cropped).jpg|thumb|200px|Hamlin in 2009]] '''Elinor Catherine Hamlin''' {{small|[[Order of Australia|AC]]}} (''[[née]]'' '''Nicholson'''; 24 January 1924 – 18 March 2020) was an [[Australia]]n [[obstetrician]] and [[gynaecologist]]. With her [[New Zealand]] husband Reginald Hamlin, she co-founded the [[Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital]] in [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]]. As of 2020, it is world's only medical centre giving free [[obstetric fistula]] repair surgery to poor women suffering from [[childbirth]] injuries. Hamlin has been called a pioneer of her field by the [[United Nations]] agency [[United Nations Population Fund|UNFPA]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unfpa.org/news/interview-dr-catherine-hamlin-pioneer-fighting-fistula|title=Interview with Dr. Catherine Hamlin: Pioneer in Fighting Fistula|publisher=UNFPA|date=2 March 2011|access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref> Hamlin was born in [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]]. On 18 March 2020, she died in Addis Ababa at the age of 96. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonscat}} * [http://www.hamlin.org.au/ Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation] {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamlin, Catherine}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Australian medical doctors]] [[Category:Order of Australia]] [[Category:People from Sydney]] [[Category:Obstetricians]] {{bio-stub}}