Ethiopia News

Synchronized polio supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) were conducted in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Djibouti on 14–18 June 2014 to accelerate progress towards ending polio in the Horn of Africa. The synchronized SIAs were an outcome of the Horn of Africa Countries Synchronized Cross-Border Polio Outbreak Preparedness and Response Meeting in Jijgiga, 21–23 May 2014, where Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya and Djibouti agreed to strengthen cross-border collaboration to kick polio out of the Horn of Africa.

18th meeting of the GET2020 Alliance takes place in Addis Ababa.

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Jigjiga. 13 June 2014 – Synchronized polio supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) were launched on 13 June 2014 in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Djibouti to accelerate progress to end polio in the Horn of Africa.

WHO Declares Polio Spread Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

Warder. 14 June 2014 – High-level officials from the Federal Ministry of Health, Somali Regional State, WHO and UNICEF visited Warder, the epicentre of the wild polio virus outbreak in Ethiopia, on 14 June 2014 and assured to strengthen support to Doollo Zone, Somali Region, to accelerate progress towards polio eradication.  

More than 124,000 refugees have fled South Sudan to Ethiopia since the outbreak of violence last December and they are staying in four camps in Ethiopia's western Gambella Regional State, run by the Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) and UNHCR. At Kule refugee camp, which is fast reaching its capacity of 40,000 refugees, the majority of the refugees are women and children in urgent need of improved medical care and sanitation.

Ethiopia Intensifies Action against Vector-Borne Diseases.

WHO Mental Health Report on Refugee Camps in Gambella Region 10 – 17 May 2014, Gambella, Ethiopia

WHO Mental Health Report on Refugee Camps in Gambella Region

Addis Ababa. 29 April 2014 – The 18th meeting of the WHO Alliance for Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020, GET2020, opened on 28 April 2014 at the United Nations Conference Center in Addis Ababa, in the presence of Dr Kesetebirhan Admasu, Honorable Minister of Health of Ethiopia, Dr Pierre M’pele-Kilabou, WHO Representative in Ethiopia, and Dr Dirk Engels, Director of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases at WHO Headquarters.