Ethiopia Prioritizes Safe Surgery, Launches National Initiative
The Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) has launched the Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP) as part of the second Growth and Transformation Plan of […]
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The Yellow Movement: Ethiopian Women Use Valentine’s Day to Promote Girl Power
The Yellow Movement sells flowers on Valentine’s Day donated by flower farms to raise money that will support poor students pay their way through university. […]
Ethiopia Set to Eliminate Leprosy Related Disability
Ministry of Health stated that medical intervention in leprosy was evidently successful in enabling Ethiopia become one of the countries that have achieved the WHO […]
Ethiopia Bans Medicalization of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
As part of its endeavors to ensure the health and wellbeing of its people, including women and children, Ethiopia has committed to eliminate female genital […]
Seychelles to Boost Bilateral Cooperation in Tourism with Ethiopia
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn issued the invitation during a discussion with Seychelles’ President Danny Faure, who was attending the 28th AUC Summit. By Betymie Bonnelame […]
Historic Commitment from African Heads of State to Advance Immunization in the Continent
The Addis Declaration on Immunization calls for countries to increase political and financial investments in their immunization programs. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (WHO) –Heads of State […]
Bogaletch Gebre: Almost All Girls Were Cut in Her Ethiopian Village. Not Anymore, Thanks to Her.
Bogaletch Gebre cofounded an organization that’s credited with virtually eliminating female genital mutilation in the part of southern Ethiopia where she grew up. A key […]
U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Peter Vrooman Visited the Cure Hospital
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia–U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Peter Vrooman visited the CURE Hospital in October 2016 to learn about their work to train pediatric orthopedic surgeons […]
Statement by Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö at “She for Business” Women’s Economic Empowerment event in Addis Ababa
Statement by President of the Republic of Finland Sauli Niinistö at the high-level event on Women’s Economic Empowerment, “She for Business”, Addis Ababa, 15 October […]
Courageous girls change attitudes about FGM in Ethiopia
A local NGO, Kembatti Mentti-Gezimma (KMG Ethiopia), raises awareness about the harms of female genital mutilation (FGM), encouraging community members to mobilize against the practice. […]