Ethiopia News

More than 124,000 refugees have fled South Sudan to Ethiopia since the outbreak of violence last December and they are staying in four camps in Ethiopia's western Gambella Regional State, run by the Administration for Refugee and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) and UNHCR. At Kule refugee camp, which is fast reaching its capacity of 40,000 refugees, the majority of the refugees are women and children in urgent need of improved medical care and sanitation.

Gambella 27 August 2013 – On 25-27 August 2013, a WHO delegation, led by Dr Pierre M’pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia, visited Gambella Region to follow up on the implementation of the Guinea Worm Eradication roadmap drawn out during the high-level Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and WHO advocacy visit held in June 2013 led by HE Dr Kesteberhan Admasu, Honourable Minister of Health.

Ethiopia Intensifies Action against Vector-Borne Diseases.

Addis Ababa, 18 September 2013 – H.E.

Jigjiga. 13 June 2014 – Synchronized polio supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) were launched on 13 June 2014 in Ethiopia, Somalia, and Djibouti to accelerate progress to end polio in the Horn of Africa.

Inside this issue:

WHO donates vehicles to support emergency polio eradication efforts in the Somali Region

Evidence-based HIV and AIDS inter-vention scaled-up in Oromia Region

WHO supports the management of yellow fever outbreak in Ethiopia

Research is key to ensuring universal health coverage — Excerpt from the World Health Report 2013

In pictures: WHO follow-up mission to the Gambella Guinea Worm Eradication Programme

Warder. 14 June 2014 – High-level officials from the Federal Ministry of Health, Somali Regional State, WHO and UNICEF visited Warder, the epicentre of the wild polio virus outbreak in Ethiopia, on 14 June 2014 and assured to strengthen support to Doollo Zone, Somali Region, to accelerate progress towards polio eradication.  

Addis Ababa, 21 October 2013 -- A two-day meeting of the Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for polio eradication opened today at Radisson Blu Hotel in Addis Ababa. The meeting, hosted by WHO Ethiopia Country Office, was opened by Prof R Leke, Chairperson of the ARCC, followed by a welcoming remark by Dr Pierre M’plele, WHO Representative to Ethiopia.

18th meeting of the GET2020 Alliance takes place in Addis Ababa.

The Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia becomes a smoke-free and physically active environment.