Every year cancer claims thousands of lives in Ethiopia. The country responds to the growing burden of cancer by launching a five year cancer control strategy on 26 October 2015 in Adama Town. The Strategy is said to ave…
Read moreAfter two years and 10 months of leading the World Health Organization’s programme in Ethiopia, WHO Representative (WR), Dr Pierre M’pele-Kilebou, has completed his mission and moved on to Cotonou, Benin. At the…
Read moreEthiopia launched its ambitious five-year Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP) at the opening of the 17th Annual Review Meeting of the Health Sector that was in session 28 October 2015 in Adama Town. Explainin…
Read moreIn a global effort to raise awareness on breast cancer, October has been designated as the Pink Month. The Pink Month is a month where efforts to educate those concerned about the disease, including early identific…
Read moreWHO has been providing health and nutritional support to communities affected by health impact of increasing food insecurity and malnutrition in Sitti zone of Somali Regional State. Failure of rain for two consecutive se…
Read moreIncreasing reports of communicable diseases and presence of a large number of refugees from south Sudan heightened the need for strengthened public health emergency preparedness and response i…
Read moreRotarians from the USA and Canada paid a courtesy visit to WHO Ethiopia on 6 October 2015, and were warmly welcomed in a traditional coffee ceremony. The team also met and interacted with the staff of W…
Read moreWorld Polio Day (WPD) was commemorated on 24 October 2015 at Addis Ababa National Assembly Hall in the presence of the Ethiopian Government, partners: WHO, UNICEF, USAID, and Rotary International and allies CCRDA/ CORE G…
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