Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

The Ethiopian government has asked the international community for emergency food aid for 6.2 million people. The request came at a meeting of donors to discuss the impact of a prolonged drought affecting parts of East Africa. The UN's World Food Programme says $285m (£173m) will be needed in ... Full story

Gebisa Ejeta, Distinguished Professor of Agronomy at Purdue University, was awarded the World Food Prize for research leading to the increased production and availability of sorghum in his native Africa. Ejeta, a plant breeder and geneticist, developed sorghum varieties resistant to drought and Striga, a parasitic weed. Sorghum is a major food crop for more ... Full story

A stakeholders meeting opened on Monday to confer on ways of establishing a sustainable integrated laboratory services to assist the health sector in Ethiopia. The annual laboratory review meetings which assess progress, challenges and opportunities are held with a view to provide platform to give recognition to laboratory's role in strengthening the overall health system. The two-day Annual ... Full story

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - California Hospital last week got ready for Earth Day in an unconventional way: It shipped medical supplies and first aid equipment to Ethiopia. On Friday, April 17, the hospital headquartered on Grand Avenue in Downtown put together a batch of baby warmers, mattresses, ventilators and other medical gear that, while still functioning, are no longer used in the United States. ... Full story

ADDIS ABABA - 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. "We should facilitate a discussion around how we can build a business case for producing generic drugs in Africa so that it can increase coverage but can, ... Full story

Overseas Infrastructure Alliance Infrastructure Developers Plc (OIA) an Indian Sugar Factory in Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with the Addis Ababa City Health Bureau to establish an Ophthalmology center worth a million dollars in the premises of Zewditu Memorial Hospital. The eye care center that will rest on a 12,000 msq plot will be ... Full story

FORT WORTH — Scott Brown traveled to Ethiopia in 2006 to watch over the adoption of Enoch, a 3-month-old, 5-pound boy with big brown eyes. It was the first adoption the Gladney Center for Adoption would oversee in Ethiopia, and Brown, its executive vice president, wanted to make sure ... Full story

Addis Abeba — A workshop is being held to make Ethiopian companies work on Rapid Results Approach (RRA), a leading results-based management tool, for HIV/AIDS and social responsibility results in their respective work places. Jointly organized by the World Bank Institute, the Rapid Results Institute (RRI) and the Ethiopian Business Coalition Against HIV/AIDS (EBCA), the workshop which kicked off on Thursday will deliberate by holding an ... Full story

A gift of vaccines to help prevent the suffering--and even death--of thousands of working horses and donkeys has arrived in Ethiopia, arranged as a gift by a Colorado State University veterinarian. The vaccines, donated by Fort Dodge Animal Health, a veterinary medicine supplier based in Kansas, will help prevent tetanus in ... Full story

LONDON (AP) — Dozens of developing countries exaggerated figures on how many children were vaccinated against deadly diseases, which allowed them to get more money from U.N.-sponsored programs, a new study said Friday. Research in the medical journal, The Lancet, said only half as many children were vaccinated than was claimed by countries taking part in special programs meant to reach kids in poor nations. The ... Full story