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Child receives polio drops at the launch of the 9th SIAs in Warder, Doollo Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia

Horn of Africa Countries Join Forces to Kick Polio Out of the Region

Synchronized polio supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) were…

National Blood Bank in Addis Ababa

Ethiopia Commences World Blood Donor Day 2014 Celebrations

Give blood for those who give life. Safe blood for saving mothers.

Dr Kesetebirhan Admasu, Minister of Health, gets his blood pressure checked at the launch event on 17 April 2014.

FMoH – A Tobacco-Free and Physically Active Workplace

The Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia becomes a smoke-free and…

Boy sits under insecticide-treated bed net in Wonchit kebele, Dera Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

Small Bite, Big Threat

Ethiopia Intensifies Action against Vector-Borne Diseases.

Cheap and effective vaccines are available to prevent polio. PHOTO: WHO Ethiopia/ Julie Pudlowski

Protecting Progress towards Polio Eradication

WHO Declares Polio Spread Public Health Emergency of International…

L-R: Dr Samuel Okiror, WHO Horn of Africa Polio Coordinator, WHO; Dr Pierre M’Pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia; Dr Kebede Worku, State Minister of Health; Mr Ali Abdullahi, Governor of Somaliland; Mr Abdufatah Mohammed Hassen, Vice President of Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State and Head of the Somali Regional Health Bureau; Mr Muhyadin Abdi, Mayor of Togwajale.

Cross-Border immunization activities step up polio eradication efforts in the Horn of Africa

Jigjiga. 13 June 2014 – Synchronized polio supplementary immunization…

WHO rapid assessment team at Kule Refugee Camp.

WHO Steps Up Efforts to Address the Health Emergency at Kule Refugee Camp in Gambella

More than 124,000 refugees have fled South Sudan to Ethiopia since…

The high-level delegation with Doollo Zonal Administration in Warder, 14 June 2014.

High-level Delegation Reaffirms Commitment to Strengthen Polio Eradication Support to Doollo Zone, Somali Region

Warder. 14 June 2014 – High-level officials from the Federal Ministry…

Left to right: Dr Dirk Engels, Director of Control of NTDs at WHO HQ, Dr Kesetebirhan Admasu, Minister of Health of Ethiopia, and Dr Pierre M'pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia.

GET2020: Counting Down towards Trachoma Elimination

Addis Ababa. 29 April 2014 – The 18th meeting of the WHO Alliance for…

WHO Mental Health Report on Refugee Camps in Gambella Region

WHO Mental Health Report on Refugee Camps in Gambella Region 10…