Edna Adan Ismail: A midwife's story

From TEDxRC² comes this moving story of midwife Edna Adan.
Edna Adan Ismail is a nurse, midwife, UN diplomat, French Legion of Honour recipient and former foreign minister of Somaliland -- an unrecognised, self-declared state that has been going it alone for the past 20 years. She was also a founding member of the Somali Red Crescent back in 1963. New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof recently described Edna as his 'personal hero' and wrote about her in his book, "Half the Sky."
The tireless 74-year-old has poured everything she has, including her pension, into providing much-needed health care to a population with one of the highest maternal and infant mortality rates in the world -- a situation that's been exacerbated by Somalia's long civil war, which led to the death or departure of nearly all of the country's health care workers. In her talk at TEDxRC², Edna shared her vision for saving many more lives across the Horn of Africa, proving that "if it can happen in Somaliland, it can happen anywhere.
Learn more about Edna Adan Ismail's hospital: www.ednahospita...
Kirsten Gillibrand's Huffington Post op-ed from March about Edna: www.huffingtonp...
Nick Kristof's Mother's Day column from 2011 featuring Edna: www.nytimes.com...
"Half the Sky" PBS trailer: • Half the Sky: Turning ...

[@xxmisaxx8]

Regardless of the division,that most Somali's tend to focus on,see the big picture of her talk,she's talking about development,passion,hard work and she's emphasizing on dreams that many medical students (and surely most of us people) carry,a dream to make a difference in Africa and other vulnerable parts in this world.Embrace that passion,and forget about the trivial matters .

[@nimomohamed9118]

We are really of her as she has contributed a lot to our Somaliland .

[@bushraayuusuf5144]

somaliland ha Noolato!!!!!

[@abdulkarimkipngeno2597]

Dr. Edna doesn't look 1937 born, so youthful. Now let Somalia be greater Republic of Somalia with its capital in Mogadishu. Division won't help

[@tawxiid03]

we are Somalian nth called Somalia land except Somalia and the greater Somalia this woman she is great but i am disappointed her atittuted toward the segregation of our country and i ask Almighty to protect us from ur illness

[@satomiakashi6548]

Keep barking, Somaliland is here to stay

[@mustafajama5055]

The earlier you guys from the south come to terms with the reality the better... United somalia is long gone... Instead of living in denial please use that energy instead and bring peace to your doorsteps!!!

[@abdulkarimkipngeno2597]

If only Somalis unite.