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The Ministry of Health of Ethiopia said in two rounds it has managed to vaccinate over 24.5 million Ethiopians with COVID-19 vaccines. This is indicated by Dr. Meseret Zelalem, Director at the Ministry, who spoke at COVID-19 vaccination assessment meeting today the Ministry held to evaluate its past nine months performance. It is stated that …

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The United States launched a new $9.5 million malaria elimination program in Adama city that will work hand-in-hand with the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health (MOH) to help end malaria in Ethiopia by 2030. The USAID Surveillance for Malaria Elimination activity will rapidly track malaria cases and accurately identify mosquito breeding sites, giving the MOH …

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The Minister of Health of Ethiopia Dr. Lia Tadesse has signed the African Medicines Agency (AMA) Treaty on Wednesday making Ethiopia the 29th member state of the African Union to sign the treaty. The Minister said the AMA would complement national and regional efforts in developing a robust, predictable, and efficient regulatory system for medical …

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Ethiopia on Friday launched the second-round polio campaign with type 2 novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) aiming to protect over 16 million under-five children from disability and death attributed to the ongoing polio outbreak in the country. The four-day campaign will be conducted in all regions except Tigray, Addis Ababa and Afar, which the later …

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The people on the Somali region of Ethiopia remain to be the worst region the country with large number of people having no access to potable water. Only one person out of three had access to potable water last Ethiopian year 2020/21 ended July 7, 2021, according to the annual report of the National Bank …

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A panel discussion is held on the future of health in Africa and economic resilience by the members of the Core Panel of the Initiative on the Future of Health and Economic Resiliency in Africa (FHERA) who convened in Dakar, Senegal. In its Dakar deliberations, the Core Panel outlined key principles and priority areas for …

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The Dutch government has agreed to provide EUR 25 million of new support for the Water Sector Fund to help the people facing water shortage in developing countries. The replenishment will enable the EIB to make water projects more sustainable, improve climate resilience of infrastructure and help mobilise additional funding from other financiers or investors. …

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Development Partners International (DPI) and CDC Group today announced that an agreement has been signed for KELIX bio to acquire Pharmaceutical Institute (PHI), a Moroccan-headquartered producer and distributor of generic and therapeutic pharmaceuticals. DPI is an investment firm focused on Africa with $2.8 billion in assets under management including co-investments. CDC Group is UK’s development …

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The Embassy of the United States in Ethiopia announces the arrival of 840,060 doses of the Pfizer vaccine that the U.S. is sharing with Ethiopia through COVAX. “We are sharing these doses safely, equitably, and with the singular objective of saving lives – with no strings attached. This batch, which arrived at the Bole International …

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