Longstanding Public Health Cooperation
Along with the provision of free medical service, the Chinese medical team has donated medical equipment and consumables, worth 500,000 birr, to Bishoftu General Hospital. By […]
Health
St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College to Start Kidney Dialysis in 10 Cities
St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, for the first time in the history of the country, is training four professionals in kidney transplantation surgery. ADDIS […]
USAID Opens Health Center in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region
FINCHAWA, SNNPR, Ethiopia–On May 26, 2017, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officially handed over the newly-constructed health center to the Southern Nations, […]
Visiting an Ethiopian HIV Charity Influenced My Social Work Training
Beza Foundation’s ability to think creatively and enable practical, positive change is particularly relevant as the UK social care sector faces further cuts By Tom Jones […]
U.S. Government Inaugurates New Regional Public Health Laboratory in Mekelle
The newly constructed public health laboratory provides quality assurance services for the entire region’s hospitals and health center laboratories MEKELLE, Tigray–The fourth state-of-the-art regional referral […]
World Health Assembly Elects Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as New WHO Director-General
GENEVA, Switzerland (WHO)–On May 23, 2017, the Member States of WHO elected Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the new Director-General of WHO. Dr Tedros Adhanom […]
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Elected as Director-General of the World Health Organization
GENEVA, Switzerland (Ethiopia Online)–Ethiopia’s former Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been elected as the new head of the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO). The seventieth […]
Strong Coffee, Stronger Women
In Ethiopia, about 44 percent of all childhood deaths occur within the first 28 days of life. We need to find innovative ways to solve […]
New EU Funding Will Provide Essential Nutrition Treatment for 130,000 Children under the Age of Five in Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (UNICEF Ethiopia)–The European Union (EU) has given €3 million in humanitarian funds to support UNICEF’s emergency interventions in Ethiopia. The new grant […]
Ethiopia – Depression: How Far Do We Admit Its Existence?
The stigma surrounding mental illness, including depression, remains a barrier to people seeking help throughout the world, even in worst form in Ethiopia. By Fitsum […]