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The delegates saw immunization taking place at Adisalem Health Centre, Oromia Region

Parliamentarians Visit WHO to See the Results of Canada's Investment

01 September 2014

Improving the health of mothers, newborns and children and reducing the number of preventable deaths are top priorities for Canada.

WHO Ethiopia staff briefing Ethiopian Airlines crew members on Ebola Virus Disease on 15 August 2014.

WHO: Air travel is low-risk for Ebola transmission

18 August 2014

14 AUGUST 2014. GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) has reiterated its position that the risk of transmission of Ebola virus disease during air travel remains low.

Dr Mary Tapgun, African Union Commission Medical Services Directorate, Dr Pierre M’Pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia, H.E. Dr. Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko, African Union Commissioner for Social Affairs, and Ms. Wynne Musabayana, Deputy Head of Division, African Union Commission Information and Communication Directorate, and H.E. Amidou Toure, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso, briefed the media on the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in West Africa in a press conference at the

The African Union Commission Pledges One Million to Ebola Response

14 August 2014

The African Union Commission and the World Health Organization Urge Member States to replenish the AU Emergency Fund and theAfrican Public Health Emergency Fund to support affected countries

Addis Ababa. 13 August 2014 – The African Union Commission pledged on Wednesday, 13 August, to support the ongoing continental and global efforts to turn the tide against the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria with one million US dollars from its Humanitarian Fund.

L-R: Dr Pierre M’Pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative; Ato Abebe Balcha, Ethiopia's Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health; Dr Shekhar Saxena, Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse of WHO.

There is No Health without Mental Health - Reforming Mental Health Services in Ethio...

13 August 2014

Ethiopia holds first National Mental Health Symposium

Half-day Orientation on Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Preparedness and Response, L-R: WHO Representative, Director of Medical Services, FMoH, and Deputy Director General of EPHI.

Ethiopia One Step Ahead of the Ebola Virus

06 August 2014

Addis Ababa. 6 August 2014 – A half-day orientation on Ebola virus disease outbreak preparedness and response organized by the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) took place yesterday in Addis Ababa.

WHO Ethiopia Moves to New Office Facility

04 August 2014

WHO Ethiopia Moves to the New Office Facility in the UNECA Compound.

WHO Ethiopia would like to announce to its partners that it has changed its office location and has moved to the New Office Facility (NOF) within the UNECA Compound. Office phone,fax and extension numbers will remain the same.

WHO will be housed in the ground and first floors of NOF.