Health

Ethiopia: Mekelle’s smoking ban is actually working

(Karim Lebhour) The bars and cafes are full and lively in the northern Ethiopian town of Mekelle -- but they…

Ethiopia, Somalia among highly vulnerable to an Ebola-style epidemic | Save the Children

Almost 30 countries are highly vulnerable to an Ebola-style epidemic jeopardising the future of millions of children, warns Save the…

S.Sudan’s Pres. Salva Kiir has fallen ill in Ethiopia

South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has fallen ill in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, where he was attending talks to end…

Mekele becomes the first Ethiopian city to ban tobacco smoking

Mekelle, the capital of Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, has become the first Ethiopian city to ban tobacco smoking in public…

Kenya, Ethiopia becoming heroin trafficking routes to Europe

EXPERTS are calling it the African “Smack Track”: a circuitous route to smuggle heroin from Afghanistan to Europe, passing through…

Ebola- What next and where?

West Africa's Ebola epidemic has cruelly exposed the weaknesses of health systems in the countries where it struck. It was…

The Ebola Pandora’s Box

Some of us [Africans] had long read the evils, from the Atlantic Slave Trade to the colonial disaster, on our…

Ethiopia: Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness 3-months Plan of Action

Emergency Plan of Action (EPoA) Ethiopia: Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness Date of issue: 30 October,2014Operation start date: 29 October, 2014…

Ebola, Human Rights and Poverty – Making the Links

(Alicia Ely Yamin) CAMBRIDGE, Massachussetts, Oct 27 2014 (IPS) - The catastrophic Ebola crisis unfolding in West Africa offers many…

Ethiopia to send 200 medics to W. Africa in Ebola fight

Press ReleaseMinistry of Health October 24, 2014 Ethiopia to deploy 200 health professionals to boost the response in West Africa…

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