ICRC in Ethiopia: Healthcare crisis in Oromia exacerbated by massive displacement
ADDIS ABABA (ICRC) – The ongoing violence in the Oromia region of Ethiopia has taken a toll on critical infrastructure. Health facilities and water systems […]
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A digital revolution in Ethiopia’s community health program
ADDIS ABABA (JSI) – In Ethiopia, approximately 40,000 trained health extension workers (HEWs) act as the nation’s frontline health workforce, each serving about 2,500 individuals […]
Ethiopia: Second Generation Health Extension Program
Ethiopia’s Second Generation Health Extension Program (HEP) Background:With the goal of making basic primary health care services accessible to the rural community, the Ethiopian government […]
Ethiopia starts second generation health extension program
ADDIS ABABA (ENA) – The Ministry of Health announced that the second generation rural health extension program has been started in over 1,600 health posts […]
U.S. investments improve skills of nearly 50,000 Ethiopian health workers
USAID n more than 90 public and private higher education institutions to improve the quality of curriculum and practical training for various health workers ADDIS […]
Yale Global Health Leadership Initiative alumna leads efforts for more equitable heath care in Ethiopia
Dr. Lia Tadesse, who was the former chief executive officer of Saint Paul Hospital, speaks often about her passion to become a doctor, which she […]
Update on Yale’s Primary Health Care Transformation Initiative in Ethiopia
Since its inception, Primary Health Care Transformation Initiative has seen improvements in management systems at both the health center and woreda health office levels. Those successes have […]
The University of the Western Cape (Bellville, South Africa) Honors Ethiopia’s Health Minister
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (allAfrica.com)–A South African university has lauded an Ethiopian health minister, Dr. Amir Aman Hagos, for the country’s “amazing progress in a number of […]
Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health Preparing National Food, Nutrition Policy
ADDIS ABABA (ENA)–Ethiopia is preparing its first-ever National Food and Nutrition Policy to fulfill the nation’s ambition to end malnutrition and stunting by 2030, the […]
HEALTH: Diabetes Poses a Looming Threat in Ethiopia
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), diabetes killed 1.6 million people in 2015, up from less than one million in 2000. By Henok Tibebu […]