Selamawit Araya is a volunteer nurse serving displaced people in Mekelle. She was trained by WHO and partners as a vaccinator for the oral cholera vaccination campaign that commenced in the region on 10 June 2021.
Read moreAddis Ababa - Ms. Heran Gerba, Director General (DG), Ethiopia Food and Drug Authority (EFDA) has received the 2021 World No Tobacco Day Award today for her efforts in tobacco control through her leadership role at FDA. …
Read moreEthiopia today officially launched a preventive oral cholera vaccination campaign targeting 2 million people aged 1 year and above in Tigray region in the north of the country to avert a potential outbreak
Read moreOn 27 May to 02 June 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) collaborated with Mekelle University and Tigray Regional Health Bureau to provide training of trainers (ToT) on mental health service provision in humanitarian settings using the Mental Health Gap Action (mhGAP – Humanitarian Version) to 33 health care professionals workers including psychiatric nurses, clinical psychologists, and general practitioners from Tigray.
Read moreFor Medical Director of Mekelle Hospital, Dr Kahsay Gebremedhin, staying home was not an option when conflict erupted in Mekelle. He had a medical team to lead and patients to treat. And he hasn’t stopped coming to…
Read moreAmsale Beyene Ashagre didn’t know Wondu Bekele Woldemariam smoked when they first dated. She likely would have told him to get lost. “I have always hated tobacco,” she says.
Read moreWith COVID-19 vaccine supplies to Africa slowing down, the continent is working to boost its own manufacturing capacities for vaccines, medicines and vital health technologies.
Read moreThe Tigray Region toll-free call center 6244 was relaunched in Mekelle on April 29, 2021 in an event officiated by the Head of Tigray Regional Health Bureau and in the presence of health partners, representatives of Ethi…
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