Addis Ababa, 31 January 2014 –- After over ten years without a single indigenous case of wild poliovirus (WPV), in 2013 importation of the virus was witnessed in Ethiopia. The country is now one of three countries with i…
Read moreAddis Ababa, 27 January -- Ethiopian House of Peoples’ Representatives ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) on 21 January 2014. The main objective of the Convention is to decrease the deman…
Read moreInside this issue: 2 WHO supporting the first round of nationwide polio supplementary immunization activity, 3-6 October 2013 4 WHO Regional Director urged all to fight stigma and discrimination against persons aff…
Read moreEthiopian 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 s…
Read moreAddis 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 rati…
Read moreAddis 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,…
Read moreAddis 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…
Read moreAddis 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 Countr…
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