The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) disclosed that the necessary preparations have been finalized for the upcoming extended elections and referendum planned for South Western People of Ethiopia in South Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ region. NEBE said that preparations have been finalized to conduct elections on September 30 in areas where the 6th general […]
Day: September 20, 2021
UNHCR Ethiopia Fact Sheet, August 2021
Ethiopia is the third largest refugee-hosting country in Africa, sheltering 795,108 registered refugees and asylum-seekers as of 31 August 2021. The overwhelming majority originate from South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan. 3,860 refugees have received the first dose and 254 refugees were fully vaccinated for COVID-19. UNHCR, the national agency for refugees and returnees (ARRA) […]
Impacts of supportive feedback and nonmonetary incentives on child immunisation in Ethiopia
Executive summary Despite substantial economic and development progress, Ethiopia’s full immunisation rates remain low, with only 39 per cent of children aged 12–13 months and 22 per cent of those in the three lowest wealth quintiles fully immunised in 2016. In this study, we sought to explore two questions: (1) how to engage communities by […]