Ethiopia News

Gambella, 16-17 June 2013 -- A high level delegation led by H.E. Dr Kesetebirhan Admassu, Minister of the Federal Ministry of Health with the participation of WHO ( Dr Lorenzo Savioli, Director Department Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases Headquarters, Dr Gautam Biswas - WHO Headquarters , Dr Alhousseini Maiga - WHO Regional Office for Africa, Dr Abebayehu Assefa - WHO Country Office), Dr Julie Jacobson - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dr Zerihun Tadesse - Carter Center, met H.E. Mr.

Addis Ababa, 30 April 2012 -- Ethiopia joined the rest of Africa to commemorate the second African Vaccination Week (AVW) on 30 April – 5 May 2012. Under the country theme, “Immunize your child; prevent polio and measles outbreaks”, the vaccination week aims to strengthen the immunization programme in the country by drawing attention to, and increasing awareness of the importance, the need and the right of all persons to be protected against vaccine preventable diseases.

Partners meet and commit to ‘end the neglect, integrate, scale-up and sustain’

Inside this issue:

1 About this Special issue

2 Maternal Death Surveillance and Response towards achiev-

4 International Day of Midwives

5 The WHO Representative visits The Somali Region

7 The Director of the HIV Department in WHO meets with the WHO country office in Ethiopia

Ethiopia Newsletter Bulletin 06, – June 2013

Jigjiga. 17 April 2014 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and Somali Region are poised to intensify efforts to interrupt polio transmission in the region and in Ethiopia. A high-level WHO delegation, led by the WHO Representative to Ethiopia, visited the Somali Region on 14 and 15 April to affirm WHO's support to the region and discuss increased strategic interventions to control the outbreak.

Addis Ababa, 18 July 2013 -- A High level advocacy meeting to discuss modalities for strengthening Health sector Disaster Risk Management was held at Sheraton Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on July 18th 2013.

During the meeting which was jointly organized by FMOH and WHO, the findings of the recently conducted health sector country DRM capacity assessment and the ten-year road map for strengthening the health sector DRM capacity were disseminated to over 35 participants from various Government sectors, the academia, public health associations, ERCS, national NGOs.

Kulle Refugee Camp in Gambella Region, western Ethiopia, currently hosts about 35,000 of the 97,000 refugees from South Sudan taking shelter in three camps in the region. Almost 66 per cent of the refugees in Kulle are women and children. The WHO assessment team led by the WHO Representative comprising technical experts in emergency and outbreak response, malaria, water and sanitation, immunization, and communication, witnessed the concerning health conditions at the camp on 22 April 2014 whilst assessing the situation to urgently intensify WHO technical support.

Inside this issue:

Ethiopia launches National Neglected Tropica Diseases Master Plan

High level advocacy for greater commitment and collaboration to-wards improved health status 

WHO supports capacity building for Universal access to quality blood transfusion services 

Ethiopia commemorates World Blood Donor Day 

Gondar. 23 April 2014 – The fourth African Vaccination Week (AVW) kicked off with the theme "Vaccination – a shared responsibility" in Gondar, Amhara Region, on 23 April 2014. The goal of AVW, which runs from the 23rd until the 29th of April, is to strengthen the immunization programme by drawing attention to the importance, the need and the right of all persons to be protected against vaccine-preventable diseases. 

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The African Vaccination Week kicked off in Ethiopia on the 23rd of April 2014 with a colourful event in Gondar, Amhara Region. Click on the images below for a full view of images from the event.

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01: African Vaccination Week 2014 kicked off with a colourful launch ceremony in Gondar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.