Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (April 2022): The Minister of Health, Dr. Lia Tadesse, has signed the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty today (April 27) making Ethiopia the 29th member state of the African Union to sign the treaty. Ethiopia’s Minister of Health, Dr. Lia Tadesse, stated on Twitter that the AMA will support national and regional…
Like many other countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia is a country of diverse cultures, traditions and histories. In spite of its ancient civilizations and being the only country in the continent that was not colonized as well as one of the oldest territorial integral nation in the world, Ethiopia today is one of the least…
The health authorities in Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe. This is the first case of wild poliovirus in Africa in more than five years. Africa was declared free of indigenous wild polio in August 2020 after eliminating…
Ethiopia Health Care grew by 13% in 2020/21 FY. This figure is one of the fastest rates of growth last year recorded among the major GDP components, based on a recent study. Other major GDP components that experienced the fastest growth rates last year were: Banking – up 9% Transportation/communications – up 7% Construction –…
I-Verify, an app-based health products tracker, provides regulators as well as public users with real-time visibility into movement of health commodities and products from manufacturer to the point of issue. The Ethiopia Food and Drug Authority of Ethiopia already uses the app to detect and authenticate health commodities. The application used to verify the authenticity…
Addis Ababa December, December 31, 2021 (FBC) – An Ethiopian diaspora from Atlanta, Georgia, is going to open a state of the art dialysis unit at Menelik II Referral Hospital. It is to be recalled that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed made a call to the Ethiopian diaspora to come home for the upcoming Ethiopian Christmas…
As many health centers are located in off-grid areas, Stiftung Solarenergie, Solar Energy Foundation Ethiopia, and GREEN LAMP collaborated on the sustainability of installed Solar Suitcases for Health Centers in Ethiopia. Over 240 Solar Suitcases have been installed in various parts of the country. The installed Solar Suitcases are mostly in maternity departments to save…
Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Agency has qualified for ISO 9000:2015 certification by employing several quality management principles specifies in the terms and definitions of all quality management and quality management system standards developed by ISO/TC 176. The Minister of Health, Dr. Liya Tadesse, on the occasion said the Ministry and the Agency have been working to…
On August 5, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) donated three real-time PCR machines to the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) for distribution to Afar, Somali, and Gambella regions to strengthen their COVID-19 testing capacity. In addition, 5000 Abbot real-time PCR test kits and 10,000 Abbott Ag rapid diagnostic kits (RDT) were also donated during…
The World Health Organization (WHO) South Sudan Country Office held a consultative meeting with the senior management of the Ministry of Health on 6 November 2021. The aim of the meeting was to align WHO workplans for 2022-2023 biennium with country priorities. WHO plans in two-year cycles (biennium) with the current biennial plan 2020-2021 ending…
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