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One man's quest to
build a hospital







( The Age )
"..But Mr Ahmed
harbours a grander
vision, one that has
embraced an entire town
in Ethiopia and inspired
support from around the
world."More

Ethiopia, US Peace
Corps sign
health accord





( Africa News )
Ethiopian ministry of
health has announced that
a team of Peace Corps
who arrived Ethiopia
recently have signed a
co-operation accord with
Ethiopia to engage itself
in the provision of
different health services
in Ethiopia.
More

Orbis Launches
Training Program for
Eye Care Professionals
( All Africa )
Addis Ababa - A
three-week hospital-based
clinical training program
for Ethiopian eye care
professionals kicked off
Monday at the Menelik II
Hospital, Addis Ababa.
More
Family Planning for Over 8 Million Ethiopians
10 December 2007 ( All Africa ) - The Ethiopian Ministry of Health has announced plans to provide
family planning services to 8.5 million mothers across the country during the current Ethiopian year. More
Mental health efforts underway
Mar. 3 (Africa News)-Efforts are underway to provide mental health services to
the public in all health institutions across the country, General Manager of
Emanuel Mental Health Hospital said. More
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Opticians focus on Ethiopia's needs
"The team of five optomotrists and two dispensing opticians spent
two weeks in the small market town - about three hours drive" More
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Useful Links

A Glimmer of Hope Foundation

Center for National Health
Development in Ethiopia

Ethiopian AIDS Resource Center

Ethiopian Health & Nutrition
Research Institute

World Health Organisation -
Ethiopia

HIV/AIDS

WHO conference in Addis
Ababa on providing care for
Aids patients





(Earth Times)
The World Health Organisation
(WHO) on Tuesday began a
conference in Addis Ababa that
focuses on the shift of
responsibilities in caring for
AIDS patients and HIV-infected
people."  
More

Ethiopia targets free
HIV/AIDS drugs for all by
2010

World Bank Launches New
AIDS Strategy For Africa

U.S. Donates Funds To
Support UNHCR HIV/AIDS
Programs in Ethiopia

Malaria

Afar malaria prevention and
control, Ethiopia

Malaria deaths halved in
Rwanda and Ethiopia

Global Health Collaboration
Successfully Targeting
Malaria in Ethiopia

ETHIOPIA: Millennium
celebrations to target
malaria control
(IRIN)
Ethiopia will distribute 20
million free treated mosquito
bed nets as part of campaign
that will culminate with the
country's Millennium
celebrations in September.
More

Iodine deficiency threatens
mental health of Ethiopian
kids
Ethiopia faces urgent need for
an interim relief strategy to
prevent the irreversible effects
of iodine deficiency in its fast
growing population, nutrition
experts in the country have
warned..
More
UNICEF urges collective action on Sanitation
August 19 ( Afrique en ligne ) - " Improved
sanitation Ethiopia could save lives of millions of
children and raise the status of local women,
only if its policymakers and the general... More
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Jolie-Pitt Establish HIV/AIDS Clinic in Ethiopia
September 13 ( People ) - " Our goal is to transfer the
success we have in Cambodia to Ethiopia where
people are needlessly dying of tuberculosis, a curable
disease, and HIV/AIDS, a treatable  More
Unlikely
Ethiopian-American
heroes





Oct. 10 (Mercury News) -
...Zeleke's pitch to
American hospitals boils
down to: " I'm going to save
you the cost of unloading
this equipment, but I'm
going to make you
More
" No one is ashamed of you "
September 28 ( Los Angeles Times ) - " As one of
about 14,000 Ethiopian children born with the virus
every year, Solomon's prospects for survival,
much less adoption, were grim. But Erin.... More
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Inside a Scientists's Mission to Study HIV in..
Nov. 3 ( Newswise ) - " Then, a soft-spoken
Ethiopian woman stood up and spoke about HIV
in her home country. No presentations; just her
own experineces and I was so impressed." More
Scientists at Keystone discuss TB spread
Feb.2 ( Denver Post ) - " TB has the highest morbidity rate in
Ethiopia and is the third most-common cause for hospitalization
behind childbirth and malaria." More
Africa must manufacture own AIDS drugs: UN
Apr 23, 2009  (Reuters) - Africa must manufacture its own generic
drugs if it is to fight HIV/AIDS and ensure the financial crisis does
not stop patients from getting treatment, the new head of the U.N.'s
AIDS agency said on Wednesday. More