Dr Catherine Hamlin at the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Dr Catherine Hamlin with trainee midwives at the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Dr Catherine Hamlin at the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID

Quentin Bryce (R), the Governor General of Australia, accepts flowers from a patient at the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, that is supported by AusAid, watched on my Dr Hamlin, the founder, (C) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 27th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region. Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

Quentin Bryce , the Governor General of Australia, stands with Dr Hamlin, the founder of the the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, that is supported by AusAID, Michael Bryce and other members of the Australian delegration in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 27 March 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region. Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

An elderly woman waits to greet the Governor General of Asutralia, Quentin Bryce, on her visit to the Hamlin Fistula Hospital that is supported by AusAid, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 27th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region. Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

A nurse waits to greet the Governor General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, on her visit to the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, that is supported by AusAid in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 27th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region. Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

Women wait to greet the Governor General of Asutralia, Quentin Bryce, on her visit to the Hamlin Fistula Hospital that is supported by AusAid, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 27th March, 2009. This is the first ever official visit of an Australian head of State to Southern and Eastern Africa and aims to highlight the increased support the Australian Government is to give to aid programs throughout the region. Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Kate Holt / AusAID

Founder of the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dr Catherine Hamlin sits with women who have received life-changing surgery to have their fistulas repaired. The hospital was founded by Australian doctors Catherine and Reg Hamlin in 1975, and Australia has supported the hospital for more than 25 years. Obstetric fistula is a debilitating childbirth-related injury, but is treatable. Photo: Lucy Perry/Hamlin Fistula Relief and Aid Fund Australia To request copyright use and access to hi-res versions of this photo, contact the owner/organisation of this photograph.

Graduate midwife from the Hamlin Fistula Hospital, Ethiopia 2009. Photo: Lucy Horodny, AusAID