News: Somali region says allocation of emergency budget to border security hampered response to drought

News: Somali region says allocation of emergency budget to border security hampered response to drought May 9, 2022 By Firaol Bersisa @FiraolBer Addis Abeba – Muhedin Abdi Farah, deputy head of the Somali regional finance bureau, told a local news agency that the region’s response to the drought was weakened because it was forced to allocate the entirety of […]

ከአራስ እስከ 114 ዓመት ዕድሜ የኮቪድ-19 ሕሙማንን ያከመው የኤካ ኮተቤ ሆስፒታል ውለታ

7 ግንቦት 2022, 07:30 EAT ላለፉት ሁለት ዓመታት መላውን ዓለም አዳርሶ 15 ሚሊዮን የሚደርሱ ሰዎችን ሕይወት የቀጠፈው የኮሮናቫይረስ ወረርሽኝ በተከሰተበት የመጀመሪያ ወቅት ሥራ የጀመረው ኤካ ኮተቤ ሆስፒታል በኢትዮጵያ የወረርሽኑ ጥረት ውስጥ ጉልህ ቦታን ይዟል። ስለ ወረርሽኙ ምንነትና አጠቃላይ ሁኔታ ዝርዝር መረጃ ባልነበረበት ጊዜ በሺዎች የሚቆጠሩ ሕሙማንን ተቀብሎ ያስተናገደው ሆስፒታሉ፣ ባለፈው ሐሙስ በእንክብካቤው ስር የነበሩት ብቸኛ […]

TPLF Accused of Targeting Hospitals in Amhara Region in November  – Voice of America 01:27

May 07, 2022 1:20 AM Henry Wilkins Ethiopian officials in the northern Amhara region of Ethiopia say Tigrayan forces have attacked hospitals and sabotaged water supplies in November 2021, acts that could be considered war crimes. For VOA, Henry Wilkins reports from Hayk, Ethiopia. Camera: Henry Wilkins Producer: Bakhtiyar Zamanov

Measles cases double in 1st 2 months of 2022: What does this warn us of  – Down to Earth 06:55

Conditions ripe for serious outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses: WHO, UNICEF  By Taran Deol Published: Wednesday 04 May 2022 Over 17,000 cases of measles have been reported largely from Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Ethiopia in January and February of 2022, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).  The number almost doubled from that recorded in the […]

Building on Steps to End the Conflict in Ethiopia  – U.S Department of State 18:16

Home Office of the Spokesperson Press Releases Building on Steps to End the Conflict in Ethiopia Building on Steps to End the Conflict in Ethiopia PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE APRIL 29, 2022Share Millions of people in Ethiopia continue to face acute food insecurity and extreme hunger as a direct result of […]

Ethiopia: How Ethiopia Improved the Quality of Maternal Care Through the Strengthening of Midwifery Training

Lauren Everitt/AllAfricaPreterm infants are babies born before the 37th week of pregnancy. Nearly half of the 1.1 million babies who die each year from preterm birth complications could be saved using the Kangaroo Mother Care technique, according to a global study.25 APRIL 2022Nigeria Health Watch (Abuja)BLOGBy Metasebia Dereje and Beti Baiye The thrill and anticipation […]

የአየር ንብረት ለውጥ ለወባ በሽታ ሊያጋልጥዎ ይችላል?

26 ሚያዚያ 2022 በየዓመቱ ከ240 ሚሊዮን በላይ ሰዎች በወባ እንደሚያዙ ያውቃሉ? በ60 አገራት በየዓመቱ ከ400 ሺህ በላይ ሰዎች በበሽታው ምክንያት እንደሚሞቱስ ምን ያህሎቻችን እናውቃለን? የዓለም የወባ ቀን በየዓመቱ ሚያዝያ 17 ይከበራል። የዘንድሮው የወባ ቀን የታሰበው ከሁለት ጉዳዮች ጋር በተያያዘ ነው። አንደኛው የዓለም ጤና ድርጅት ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ እውቅና የሰጠው የወባ ክትባት ይፋ መደረጉ ነው። ሁለተኛው ደግሞ […]

Ethiopia conducts a measles vaccination campaign to respond to an outbreak in three regions

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) – Ethiopia  WHO support to the measles outbreak response and vaccination campaign include technical support at national and regional level ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, April 20, 2022 A measles vaccination campaign was conducted in Ethiopia from February to March 2022 in SNNP, Somali and Oromia regions targeting more than half a million […]