Ethiopia is facing a growing public health crisis of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD), with a Menelik II Referral Hospital treatment centre admitting over 160 cases in the last two months. Despite the sur...
Healthcare is not a commodity or luxury but a fundamental human right. Yet, this right remains a distant dream in many parts of the world due to economic hardships, infrastructural issues, or sheer lack of political will. However, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) aims to change this, representing an ambitious endeavour to ensure quality healthcare services for everyone, irrespective of income, race, or geographical location. But while we advocate for UHC, the nature of this multi-sectoral, mul...
I got a chance to explore the Science Museum on Menelik II Avenue during a medical exhibition hosted a while ago. I was keen to discover what was inside as people flocked through the gat...
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Talal Hussien, 29, has a full health check-up every six months following the devastating car accident he sustained seven years ago. He has had a metal plate in his right leg following a four-month period he spent bedridden to recover. The business...
... announced, Friday (February 3) that one of its research teams is developing a digital tool to predict infectious diseases in the Horn of Africa by working with partners in Italy, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, ...
ADDIS ABABA, July 30 (Xinhua) — Chinese doctors on Sunday provided much-needed services to about 240 workers at the Eastern Industry Zone (EIZ), about 40 km south of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. A total of 36 doctors from the 24th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ethiopia, the ninth batch of the …
ADDIS ABABA, July 30 (Xinhua) — Chinese doctors on Sunday provided much-needed services to about 240 workers at the Eastern Industry Zone (EIZ), about 40 km south of Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. A total of 36 doctors from the 24th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ethiopia, the ninth batch of the …
... targeting the Ethiopian and Somalian markets since they are closer to its prime market and the demand for quality health services is growing in the regions. Another factor that motivated his choice fo ...
Opportunities exist to manufacture certain pharmaceutical products in Ethiopia, a market currently dominated by imports, according to a study by Manufacturing Africa.
The association added that conflicts and destructive wars in Tigray, Oromia, and now mainly in Amhara and some other regions have gone beyond the health crisis and are killing people’s lives at a high level. The union strongly condemns this ineffective action as it is causing unnecessary suffering to health professionals and our people. The …
The compound of Menelik II Referral Hospital is occupied by a large white tent that stands guard in front of an entrance to what reads Cholera Treatment Centre. The tent housed clothes for suspected cases and patients inside the centre are obliged...