Video by Lorraine Chittock
Throughout Somaliland—the autonomous northern neighbor of Somalia—one name is associated more than any other with public health and education for women, especially midwifery and medical training: Edna Adan. From the hospital that carries her name to the villages where she is affectionately greeted as Edo (Auntie), Adan has helped her country recover from a civil war and inspired a rising generation of women leaders in public service, medicine, environmental conservation and even the arts.
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