For #ThrowbackThursday , the slideshow I created featuring the 60 young #midwives who graduated from the Edna Adan Ismail University Hospital's #Midwifery Program on June 30, 2018. By turns, the new midwives were solemn and excited during the ceremony in #Hargeisa , the capital of #Somaliland . Many were the first in their families to receive formal education. Some come from villages and regions where they would soon be the only person with medical training available to serve thousands of people. But they will succeed, because they've all been infused with the determination and vision of Madame Edna, for whom the word "impossible" is just fuel to keep achieving. She has surpassed her personal goal of training 1,000 midwives in Somaliland, so I imagine she has re-set the bar. You can read more about Edna Adan Ismail in my National Geographic Magazine January 2019 #GlobalHealth feature story about #maternalmortality . #health #education #reproductivehealth #medicaltraining #midwivessavelives #midwivesmatter Women Deliver The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (PMNCH) …see more