IBM scientists in Kenya have unveiled a water management service platform (WMaaSP) to address the needs of approximately three million Kenyans living in the remote northern regions of the country.
Every year, road crashes are estimated to claim over 300,000 lives in Africa. The African region has 2 per cent of the world’s registered vehicles but a disproportionate 16 per cent of…
By Mekonnen Teshome Tollera – Ethiopia, through its unique Health Extension Program (HEP), has registered quite impressive results in the promotion of community and household-level hygiene and sanitation. To this end, reports…
As World Breastfeeding Week kicks off this year, the African Development Bank calls on African countries to push breastfeeding as a means to give children a vital head start to their future…
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) today marked the end of its five-year Health Sector Financing Reform/Health Finance and Governance Project in Ethiopia. The project has helped more than 16…
International development organization the Fred Hollows Foundation, in partnership with the Government of Ethiopia and the Oromia Regional Health Bureau, has carried out its 100,000th trachomatous trichiasis surgery in the Oromia region.
The Eye Bank of Ethiopia (EBE) today celebrates its 15 years of service reversing corneal blindness through the collection and processing of donor corneas.
In a bid to help Uganda improve heath and productivity in the country’s major towns, the African Development Bank has approved a $62 million concessional loan to finance its Strategic Towns Water…
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has contributed $8 million dollars to support the joint Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and World Health Organization (WHO) Strategic Response…
A model water supply, sanitation and waste management system is inaugurated today in Wukro town, Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) concluded its Mulu Most at Risk Populations Project to combat HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia and launch of a new follow-on project, HIV Services for Key…
Healthcare regulators from all over the world join international organisations to discuss fighting the spread of fake drugs and the need to secure the healthcare supply chain in Africa.
The Government of Sweden has provided $3 million to UNICEF Ethiopia’s 2018 Humanitarian Action for Children. The funds will be used to meet the needs of internally displaced populations in the Oromia…
Launching a new report, the African Development Bank calls for domestic financing solutions alongside aid in fight against malaria, one of the top health burden of African countries.