Ethiopia News

27 October 2008 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - A five days regional training workshop on blood donor recruitment with a focus on pre and post donation counseling, organized jointly by Blood Safety Unit of WHO/AFRO and WHO

Twenty six participants involved in blood donor recruitment and counseling from 17 English speaking countries from West and South Eastern African Countries are attending the workshop.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 30 March 2011 -- Vaccines save millions of lives in developing countries; eradicated smallpox; lowered the global incidence of polio by 99 percent since 1988; and have achieved dramatic reduction in morbidity and mortality from a wide range of vaccine preventable diseases.

However, the cost of immunizing a child exceeds the total per capita governments spend on all health care in many developing nations. Sustainable vaccine financing increasingly represents a critical aspect of maintaining a stable vaccination program.

30 November 2004, Addis Ababa -- Today the World Health Organization Representative to Ethiopia Dr. Olusegun A. Babaniyi handed over two ambulances to Dr. Tedros Adhanom, the State Minister of Health, as part of the support WHO is providing to Making Pregnancy Safer (MPS) Initiative program being implemented by the Ministry of Health in four zones in Ethiopia. The two ambulances are in addition to the medical and laboratory equipment and supplies; and an ambulance that WHO has previously provided to the project.

7 April 2008, Addis Ababa -- World Health Day 2008 under the theme, “Protecting Health from Climate Change “was celebrated with a large public gathering in the Sheba Hall of the Ghion Hotel in the presence of the Honorable Minister of Health of Ethiopia His Excellency Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. 
 

16 October 2008 | Addis Ababa - In the context of ongoing response to a polio outbreak in Gambella region, the Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with its partners is planning to conduct a polio vaccination campaign targeting about 2.1 million children under age 5 in the zones of Gambella and Benishangul/Gumuz Regions, 6 zones of Oromia Region and 4 zones of Southern Nation Nationalities People Region (SNNPR). The dates of these campaigns are October 17-20, and November 14-17, 2008.

17 March 2004, Ethiopia -- A high-level expert group set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union (AU) is to meet in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 2 April to examine the high rates of maternal and newborn death in Africa and make recommendations to the AU on how to halt and reverse the trend.

This emerged during a meeting recently in Addis Ababa between the WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr. Ebrahim M. Samba and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mr. Alpha Oumar Konare.

28 -29 November 2007 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Today, the 13th Roll Back Malaria Partnership Board Meeting opened at the United Nations Conference Center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the presence of Dr. Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization in Geneva and the Minister of Health of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Chair of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership Board Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Rotarians from the USA and Canada paid  a courtesy visit to WHO Ethiopia on 6 October  2015, and were warmly welcomed  in a traditional coffee ceremony. The team also met and interacted with the staff of WHO Ethiopia Country Office Expanded Program on Immunization Team.

ADDIS ABABA, 23 October 2015 | Marking the occasion of World Polio Day 2015, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and Rotary International, jointly reaffirm their commitment to ensure Ethiopia joins all countries in a polio-free world by 2018 – the global target for polio eradication world-wide. 

World Polio Day (WPD) was commemorated on 24 October 2015 at Addis Ababa National Assembly Hall in the presence of the Ethiopian Government, partners: WHO, UNICEF, USAID, and Rotary International and allies CCRDA/ CORE Group. This celebration inspired attendees and viewers to join the Polio eradication effort as Ethiopia is near the finish line: 2018.