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Boy sits under insecticide-treated bed net in Wonchit kebele, Dera Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

Small Bite, Big Threat

Ethiopia Intensifies Action against Vector-Borne Diseases.

Cheap and effective vaccines are available to prevent polio. PHOTO: WHO Ethiopia/ Julie Pudlowski

Protecting Progress towards Polio Eradication

WHO Declares Polio Spread Public Health Emergency of International…

L-R: Dr Samuel Okiror, WHO Horn of Africa Polio Coordinator, WHO; Dr Pierre M’Pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia; Dr Kebede Worku, State Minister of Health; Mr Ali Abdullahi, Governor of Somaliland; Mr Abdufatah Mohammed Hassen, Vice President of Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State and Head of the Somali Regional Health Bureau; Mr Muhyadin Abdi, Mayor of Togwajale.

Cross-Border immunization activities step up polio eradication efforts in the Horn of Africa

Jigjiga. 13 June 2014 – Synchronized polio supplementary…

WHO rapid assessment team at Kule Refugee Camp.

WHO Steps Up Efforts to Address the Health Emergency at Kule Refugee Camp in Gambella

More than 124,000 refugees have fled South Sudan to Ethiopia…

The high-level delegation with Doollo Zonal Administration in Warder, 14 June 2014.

High-level Delegation Reaffirms Commitment to Strengthen Polio Eradication Support to Doollo Zone, Somali Region

Warder. 14 June 2014 – High-level officials from the Federal…

Left to right: Dr Dirk Engels, Director of Control of NTDs at WHO HQ, Dr Kesetebirhan Admasu, Minister of Health of Ethiopia, and Dr Pierre M'pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia.

GET2020: Counting Down towards Trachoma Elimination

Addis Ababa. 29 April 2014 – The 18th meeting of the WHO…

WHO Mental Health Report on Refugee Camps in Gambella Region

WHO Mental Health Report on Refugee Camps in Gambella Region 10…

Boy sits under insecticide-treated bed net in Wonchit kebele, Dera Woreda, Amhara Region.

Ethiopia on Track to Achieve Millennium Development Goal 6 Thanks to Remarkable Progress in Malaria Control

BAHIR DAR, 25 April 2014. The past decade has seen unprecedented…

In pictures: African Vaccination Week kicks off in Gondar, Ethiopia

The African Vaccination Week kicked off in Ethiopia on the 23rd of…

The high-level officials present administrated polio vaccine drops at the launching ceremony of the fourth African Vaccination Week in Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

All Stakeholders Commit To Share Responsibility for Achieving Zero Deaths Related to Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Gondar. 23 April 2014 – The fourth African Vaccination Week (AVW…