Ethiopia Events

The International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis – ICCDE Meeting

25 avril 2019

Status of Dracunculiasis eradication (guinea-worm disease)

What
For the first time, Ethiopia is hosting the meeting of the International Commission for the Certification of Dracunculiasis – ICCDE. This 13th ICCDE meeting is taking place on 25-26 April 2019 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Addis Ababa. As part of this meeting, WHO and the Ministry of Health, Ethiopia will brief journalists on the current status and challenges facing the global eradication programme. 

Speakers
• Dr Ren Minghui, WHO Assistant Director-General
• H.E. Dr Amir Aman, Federal Minister of Health of Ethiopia

Why
‘Last mile’ challenges have emerged in endemic countries which require additional effort and resources to reach the target of eradication. Some of the challenges include: weak surveillance, particularly in cross border regions; inaccessibility to some endemic areas due to security reasons; and infection in animals, particularly dogs.

When
Thursday 25 April 2019 at 16:00 (East Africa Time) or GMT+3

Where
WHO Conference Room, 1st floor,west wing, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Media Opportunities:
Accredited journalists are invited to attend the Press Conference. In addition, one-to-one interviews can be arranged.

Webex meeting
You can also join the Press Briefing on Guinea Worm Eradication Thursday 25 April 2019 at 16:00 (East Africa Time) or GMT+3 via WebEx 

Meeting number (access code) 842 290 725 
When it is time join the meeting

Join from a video system or application
Dial 842290725 [at] who-meeting.webex.com 
You can also dial 62.109.219.4 and enterour meeting number

Join by phone
+44-203-478-5289 Call-in toll number(UK)

Media contacts:
Selamwait Yilma +251 91 167 1134 yilmas [at] who.int
Dr Beyene Moges, Deputy Director-General, Ethiopian Public Health Institute,+251911247092, beyemoges [at] gmail.com
Dr. Zeyede Kebede,  +251 91 174 6397,  zelekez [at] who.int
Ashok Moloo,  molooa [at] who.int,  +41 79 540 50 86
 

More information
Dracunculiasis factsheet 

Hashtags:  #ICCDE, #BeatNTDs
Handle: @WHO @WHOEthiopia @zeroguineaworm

Global Adult Tobacco Survey Dissemination Workshop, 2016

31 octobre 2017
Ethiopia-GATS-ExecutiveSummary-2016

 

Venue: EPHI training center

Date: October 31, 2017

Ethiopia GATS was implemented by Ethiopia Public Health Institute (EPHI) in collaboration with the Ethiopian Food, Medicine, Health Care Administration and Control Authority (FMHACA), CSA, FMOH and the World Health Organization (WHO) country office. Technical assistance for the implementation of the survey was provided by the WHO, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and RTI International. Program support was provided by the CDC Foundation. Financial support for Ethiopia GATS was provided by the CDC Foundation with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Events - WHO Ethiopia

August 2015

Workshop and hands-on training on water treatment technology options efficacy performance evaluation to build capacity on advanced water quality testing 
Dates: 10-24 August 2015
Venue: Addis Ababa
Contact: Waltaji Terfa; email kutanew [at] who.int

Training workshop on SSFFC medical products for 15 Anglophone African countries
Dates: 11-13 August 2015
Venue: Addis Ababa
Contact: Abraham Gebregiorgis; email: gebregiorgisa [at] who.int

Global H4+ team visits Ethiopia for review meetings on the H4+/SIDA collaboration with Global H4+ team and H4+ country team, FMoH, SIDA, and other partners 
Dates: 17-21 August 2015
Contact: Dr Azmach Gebregiorgis; email: gebregiorgisaz [at] who.int

Training on Guinea Work Eradication Program SOPs and visceral leishmaniasis case management to ARRA, NGOs and Gambella Hospital health workers supporting refugee camps
Dates: 24-26 August 2015
Venue: Gambella
Contact: Dr Abate Mulugeta; email: mulugetam [at] who.int

July 2015

13-16 July 2015: International Conference on Financing for Development, the UN Conference Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

17-20 July 2015: Human Resources for Health Forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (to be confirmed).

 

June 2015 

18-19 June 2015:  FAO/WHO-PACA Regional Workshop - myotoxins in sorghum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

15-26 June 2015: Post Rota Vaccine Evaluation, Ethiopia.

 

 May 2015 

4-10 May 2015: UN Global Road Safety Week

Contact: Mr Wassihun Melaku Belay; Email:  belayw [at] who.int

11-13 May 2015: Surveillance and EPI review and peer exchange meeting, Hawassa  

Contact: Dr Gebre Asmamaw; Email: asmamawlakewg [at] who.int

18-26 May 2015: World Health Assembly, Geneva

Contact: Mrs Adugna Tadesse; Email:  adugna [at] who.int

 

March 2015

5-6 March 2015: Training on Ebola Virus Disease for UN agency staff in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

6 March 2015: Review meeting of H4+/SIDA collaboration on Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Addis Ababa
Contact: Dr Sarah De Masi; Email:  demasis [at] who.int

9-11 March 2015: Consultative bi-regional meeting on visceral Leishmaniasis control strategies & epidemiological situation in Eastern Africa, Addis Ababa
Contact: Dr Abate Mulugeta; Email:abatem [at] who.int

9-12 March 2015: WHO/CDC Regional Grant Management Meeting in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
Contact: Dr Kathleen Gallagher; Email:  gallagherk [at] who.int

9-12 March 2015: UNITAID in country stakeholders consultative meeting on HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Addis Ababa
Contact: Dr Esther Aceng; Email:  acenge [at] who.int

11-17 March 2015: Polio supplementary immunization activity in high risk areas of Ethiopia
Contact: Dr Kathleen Gallagher; Email:  gallagherk [at] who.int

15 March 2015: Women First 5km Run (supported by UN Delivering as One in Ethiopia), Addis Ababa
Contact: Viivi Erkkila; Email:  erkkilav [at] who.int

16-20 March 2015: Engage-TB project implementation review in Ethiopia: Oromia, Afar and Addis Ababa
Contact: Dr Kassa Hailu; Email:  ketemak [at] who.int

19-20 March 2015: "Understanding Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation of WHO Guidelines: a GREAT Network Research Activity" workshop, Bishoftu
Contact: Dr Luwam Teshome; Email: teshomel [at] who.int

21-24 March 2015: TB Research Annual Conference (TRAC) and World TB Day Commemoration, Adama
Contact: Dr Esther Aceng; Email:  acenge [at] who.int

23 March 2015: World Water Day and celebration for Ethiopia’s achievement of the water targets of MDG 7 and 10, Addis Ababa
Contact: Waltaji Terfa Kutane; Email:  kutanew [at] who.int

 

February 2015

6-9 February 2015 - Second round of polio national immunization days (NIDs), all regions of Ethiopia
Contact: Dr Kathleen Gallagher, Expanded Programme on Immunization; Email: gallagherk [at] who.int

8-9 February 2015 - Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ESOG) annual conference, Addis Ababa
Contact: Dr Luwam Teshome, Maternal Health, Family Planning and Peproductive Health; Email: teshomel [at] who.int ( )

11 February 2015 - World Cancer Day commemoration and launch of the national noncommunicable diseases strategy, Addis Ababa
Contact: Dr Israel Gebresillassie, Disease Prevention and Control; tgebresillassiei [at] who.in ( )

19 February 2015 - Simultaneous launch of the third WHO report on neglected tropical diseases, Addis Ababa/ London
Contact: Ms Viivi Erkkila, Communication, Partnership and Resource Mobilization; Email: erkkilav [at] who.int

 

January 2015

26-30 January 2015: Measles National and Sub-national Laboratory Technical Capacity Building Training, Addis Ababa
Contact: Dr Aysheshem Ademe Tegegne,  aysheshema [at] who.int

26-27 January 2015: Tobacco Taxation and Tobacco Cessation Training, Addis Ababa
Contact: Mr Wassihun Melaku Belay, Health Promotion Officer, belayw [at] who.int

26 January – 3 February 2015: Annual Regional Green Light Committee Monitoring Mission to the Ethiopian Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, Addis Ababa
Contact: Dr Kassa Hailu, Tuberculosis Programme Officer,  ketemak [at] who.int

 

December 2014

1-5 December 2014 - World AIDS Day Exhibition at the UNECA Library, Addis Ababa, showcasing viral diseases and the UN's work to combat them
Contact: Loza Mesfin Tesfaye, Communications Officer,  tesfayel [at] who.int

2-8 December 2014 - Ethiopia Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness Assessment
Contact: Dr Kebba O'Jaiteh, Outbreak, Crisis and Response Coordinator, jaitehk [at] who.int

3-4 December 2014 - Annual Review Meeting of the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme, Jimma
Contact: Dr Zeyede Kebede Zeleke, Guinea Worm Eradication Programme Officer,  zelekez [at] who.int

8-12 December 2014 - The 20th Session of the Joint Action Forum (JAF) for Onchocerciasis Control, Addis Ababa 
Contact: Dr Abate Mulugeta, Neglected Tropical Diseases Coordinator,  abatem [at] who.int

  • 8-9 December - 20th Session of JAF
  • 10-11 December - 8th Meeting of the Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF)
  • 12 December - Meeting on soil-transmitted helminth and schistosomiasis

15-19 December 2014 - WHO Country Office for Ethiopia end-of-year review meeting
Contact: Dr Sofonias Getachew, Country and Region Analysis and Support (CRAS) Coordinator,  asrats [at] who.int