Addis Ababa, January 22nd, 2024 – The Government of Japan, through its embassy in Ethiopia, has pledged a significant sum of over 1.8 million USD to bolster health and nutrition services and support...
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Addis Ababa, January 22nd, 2024 – The Government of Japan, through its embassy in Ethiopia, has pledged a significant sum of over 1.8 million USD to bolster health and nutrition services and support...
Summary of key findings A joint OCHA, WFP, and WHO mission on 13-19 March conducted field consultations with key regional, zonal, and woreda stakeholders in the Central Ethiopia Region (CER) in...
15 March 2024 Addis Ababa, 2024: Ethiopia has approved the inclusion of yellow fever vaccine into the country's routine immunization schedule after a meeting of the Immunization Interagency...
08 March 2024 Ethiopia is stepping up its efforts to tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) with a comprehensive approach involving government agencies, healthcare professionals,...
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Introduction Ethiopia has been repeatedly affected by conflict, flooding, drought, and disease outbreaks in the past years. As of January 2024, the country is actively responding to the longest...
This report represents the WHO-supported NTDs program activities and key performances in 2023. It is categorized into three sections: The first section states on the disease targeted for eradication...
Highlights National Flood Alert issued by the Ethiopia Disaster Risk Management Commission (EDRMC) in preparation for excessive rains forecasted for the upcoming belg season (March-May), including in...
In the remote reaches of Simada district, North-West Ethiopia, amidst rugged terrain and hard-to-reach communities, a quiet hero emerges in the fight against disease outbreaks. Meet Melkamu...
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Overview Heavy rains induced by El Nino led to extensive flooding in the Horn of Africa, displacing over 4 million people, damaging infrastructure and affecting human health, with more than 350...
Since the first reported cholera outbreak in Ethiopia on August 26, 2022, the Ministry of Health and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) have continued to respond to the ongoing outbreak...
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia In a remarkable move towards strengthening its defenses against potential pandemics, Ethiopia officially launched the Ethiopian Pandemic Multi-Sectoral Prevention, Preparedness,...
Highlights Estimated 4M people in Tigray, Afar, Amhara, and parts of the Oromia, Southern and Southwest regions affected by drought: health partners stepping up Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams with...
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This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover: Lassa Fever in Liberia Humanitarian Situation in South Sudan Zika in Mali ...
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), with a technical and financial support of partners including WHO and UNICEF is conducting a measles outbreak response vaccination campaign in 58...
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This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover: Floods in Ethiopia Dengue Fever in Cabo Verde Anthrax in Uganda For each of...
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Overview Countries in the Horn are experiencing increased rainfall resulting in flooding and river overflows influenced by El-Niño and a positive Indian Ocean Dipole. This has resulted in the...
HIGHLIGHTS Since January 2023, 2.6 million people have received health services from health cluster partners. From October to December, over 911,000 affected people were provided with life-saving...
Highlights Risk of increased disease outbreaks with worsening drought in parts of Afar, Amhara, Somali and Tigray, and receded floods leaving over 616,000 people displaced and many health facilities...
The World Health Organization (WHO) raises concerns about Ethiopia's escalating public health needs. According to the Humanitarian Response Plan 2023, 17.4 million people across the country are...
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18 December 2023, Addis Ababa: The World Health Organization (WHO) Ethiopia’s Country Office hosted the Inter country, capacity building workshop for the National Immunization Technical Advisory...