Critical discourse analysis of media presupposition in reinforcing ideology: the case of hamlin fistula ethiopia

摘要

It was in 1974 that Addis Ababa fistula hospital (AAFH) startedudcaring for women with childbirth injuries. The hospital is located in AddisudAbaba, the capital of Ethiopia. It is the only hospital of its kind in the worlduddedicated exclusively to women with fistula repair—a condition commonudin developing world where the maternal health provisions are poor. It treatsudall patients free of any charge. The patients are usually the poorest of theudpoor, divorced, or abandoned by their husbands or partners ostracized byudtheir parents and community as a result of obstetric fistula. It also providesuda residential facility where patients with irreparable damage can live longudterm. It is a registered charitable non-governmental hospital run onuddonation because of the need of the women, and has proven success inudtreating this condition. For instance, the hospital gets aid from USAID andudit has promised to keep supporting it too; that would help the hospital inudimproving maternal and child health mortality, which is the main goal ofudthe millennium development.