Ethiopia News

Ethiopian Orthodox Church Initiates Partnership to Improve Health Services

Addis Ababa, 17 December 2013 -- At an event that brought together the diplomatic community, develop-ment partners, UN agencies, the private sector and the Ethiopian Government on 10 December 2013 at Sher-aton Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOC) presented the Mekelle Debre Amin Abune Teklehaimanot Public Hospital and Medical College project.

Addis Ababa, 4 December -- State Minister Dr Kebede Worku, Federal Ministry of Health, announced yesterday at the “Get Involved in Tobacco Control” high level advocacy workshop in Addis Ababa that Ethiopia will soon ratify the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC). WHO FCTC is the first international treaty negotiated in response to the globalization of the tobacco epidemic. The Convention represents a milestone for the promotion of public health and provides new legal dimensions for international health cooperation.

Addis Ababa 18 November -- Rotarians from the United States of America and Canada have been supporting Ethiopia’s polio eradication efforts for over ten years. As part of their support, 32 Rotarians, representing the 24,000 Rotarians in the US and Canada, are currently visiting Ethiopia to better understand the challenges remaining to kick polio out of the country.

Addis Ababa, 23 October 2013 -- An international three-day workshop on developing national eHealth strategies kicked off yesterday in Addis Ababa. Jointly organized by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the World Health Organization (WHO), the workshop aims to facilitate the development of comprehensive eHealth strategies using the National eHealth Strategy Toolkit developed by WHO and ITU.

Addis Ababa, 21 October 2013 -- A two-day meeting of the Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for polio eradication opened today at Radisson Blu Hotel in Addis Ababa. The meeting, hosted by WHO Ethiopia Country Office, was opened by Prof R Leke, Chairperson of the ARCC, followed by a welcoming remark by Dr Pierre M’plele, WHO Representative to Ethiopia.

Inside this issue:

WHO donates vehicles to support emergency polio eradication efforts in the Somali Region

Evidence-based HIV and AIDS inter-vention scaled-up in Oromia Region

WHO supports the management of yellow fever outbreak in Ethiopia

Research is key to ensuring universal health coverage — Excerpt from the World Health Report 2013

In pictures: WHO follow-up mission to the Gambella Guinea Worm Eradication Programme

Addis Ababa, 18 September 2013 – H.E.

Gambella 27 August 2013 – On 25-27 August 2013, a WHO delegation, led by Dr Pierre M’pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia, visited Gambella Region to follow up on the implementation of the Guinea Worm Eradication roadmap drawn out during the high-level Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and WHO advocacy visit held in June 2013 led by HE Dr Kesteberhan Admasu, Honourable Minister of Health.

Bahir Dar, 24 August 2013 –  To review the scale of emergency and potential health risks following the flood that occurred in South Gondar and Oromia zones of the Amhara Region due to heavy rains and ensuing overflow of riverbanks, Dr Pierre M’Pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia, led a WHO mission to the Amhara Regional Health Bureau on 24 August 2013, comprising  Dr Kebba Omar Jaiteh, Coordinator of Disaster Prevention and Response Department; Dr Akiko Sato, Nutrition Programme Officer; Dr Kumie Alene, Surveillance Officer and Mrs Loza Mesfin, Communication Officer.

THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WELCOMES 15 WHO PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO PROVIDE DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (DTA) 

Addis Ababa, 19-08-2013:  On 19 August 2013, the Minister of Health officially welcomed 15 WHO professional staff assigned by the WHO Country Office to the Ministry and its specialized agencies to strengthen WHO’s technical Assistance to the Government of Ethiopia. 

Media Release-DTA welcoming ceremony-MoH-19 Aug 2013