Ethiopia News

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.

THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WELCOMES 15 WHO PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO PROVIDE DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (DTA) 

Addis Ababa, 19-08-2013:  On 19 August 2013, the Minister of Health officially welcomed 15 WHO professional staff assigned by the WHO Country Office to the Ministry and its specialized agencies to strengthen WHO’s technical Assistance to the Government of Ethiopia. 

Media Release-DTA welcoming ceremony-MoH-19 Aug 2013

BAHIR DAR, 25 April 2014. The past decade has seen unprecedented progress in malaria control. Cases and deaths have declined dramatically worldwide, but most especially in sub-Saharan Africa. World Malaria Day, 25 April 2014, highlighted the progress to date and joint efforts to defeat malaria under the theme "Invest in the Future, Defeat Malaria". In Ethiopia, the main commemoration was held in Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, which is a malaria endemic area where great progress has been achieved to control malaria. 

Addis Ababa. 29 April 2014 – The 18th meeting of the WHO Alliance for Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020, GET2020, opened on 28 April 2014 at the United Nations Conference Center in Addis Ababa, in the presence of Dr Kesetebirhan Admasu, Honorable Minister of Health of Ethiopia, Dr Pierre M’pele-Kilabou, WHO Representative in Ethiopia, and Dr Dirk Engels, Director of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases at WHO Headquarters.