Ethiopia News

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.

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.

“Life is a long, often surprising road, with many hurdles to overcome and many opportunities to take advantage of. Back in 2003, I was in the land of opportunity - studying at university to become a pharmacist and dreaming of getting a good job. But after I finished my first year, the symptoms came,” says Endalkachew Fekadu, a multi-drug resistant TB survivor.