Care in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic, challenges and opportunities Conference Dates: October 25th -28th, 2021 Deadline for submissions: September 10th, 2021, at 12.00am Introduction Cross-border population movement is a major social determinant of health and disease, including TB, multidrug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) in the IGAD region. TB and TB/HIV […]
Continue ReadingForces aligned to the Ethiopian government subjected hundreds of women and girls to sexual violence Rape and sexual slavery constitute war crimes, and may amount to crimes against humanity Women and girls in Tigray were targeted for rape and other sexual violence by fighting forces aligned to the Ethiopian government, Amnesty International said today in […]
Continue Reading(NNN-Xinhua) — The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief said she was extremely alarmed by the reported killing of more than 200 displaced people, including 100 children, in Ethiopia’s Afar region. “The intensification of fighting in Afar and other areas neighboring Tigray is disastrous for children,” said Henrietta Fore, UNICEF executive director. “It follows months of […]
Continue ReadingUNICEF has condemned the horrific killings of 240 people, including 107 children by the terrorist TPLF in an attack on displaced families sheltering at a health facility and a school in Afar region. It was to be recalled that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power during her visit to Ethiopia last […]
Continue ReadingA recent escalation in fighting in Afar and other neighbouring regions, has been disastrous for children, said Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), in a statement on Monday. Displaced people killed UNICEF was extremely alarmed by the reported killing last Thursday of over 200 people, including more than 100 children, in attacks on displaced families […]
Continue ReadingKorea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) has donated equipment worth 50,000 USD for Ras Desta Damtew Memorial Hospital to particularly equip the eye department with modern technology as part of a project in implementation. According to a statement from KOICA, the donation extended to Ras Desta Damtew Memorial Hospital. a public health facility located in the […]
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