Zambia turns tap to protect residents from Covid-19
A water point attendant in Zambia’s capital Lusaka has a new role beyond filling up containers for residents…
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Healthy Heart Africa calls for continued hypertension management
This year, the Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia and Population Services International (PSI)joined forces with AstraZeneca’s Healthy…
African Development Bank provides $31 million grant to Ethiopia
The African Development Bank and the Government of Ethiopia have signed an agreement for a $31 million grant…
Gulf Air transports urgent medical supplies to India
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, is to support a cargo airlift of urgent…
WHO lists additional COVID-19 vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light…
e.l.f. Cosmetics changes game, comes on Twitch
Today e.l.f. Cosmetics becomes the first major beauty brand to launch a branded channel on Twitch – the…
Lundbeck South Africa ranked as best place to work
Lundbeck South Africa, an affiliate of the global biopharmaceutical company committed to researching, developing and delivering transformative therapies…
WHO calls for better hand hygiene
The World Health Organization (WHO) highlights the urgent need to reduce inequalities in the availability of good hand…
Ethiopia secures $31 million grant for nutritional services
The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund has approved a grant of $31.2 million to the…
Analytica expands enhanced infusion system into Middle East
Analytica, the Australian developer of the Enhanced Infusion System (EIS) and PeriCoach® pelvic floor exercise system for the…
Ethiopian Airlines, China’s biotech giant to launch COVID-19 testing lab
Ethiopian Airlines has joined hands with BGI Health Ethiopia, a subsidiary of China’s biotech giant, the BGI Genomics…
Malaria vaccine reaches 650,000 children in Kenya, Ghana, Malawi
Two years on from the launch of a pilot program, more than 1.7 million doses of the world’s…
Ethiopian Airlines delivers COVID-19 vaccine to São Paulo
Ethiopian Airlines Group, Africa’s leading Airline, has transported 3.5 Million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Shanghai to São…
Ethiopian delivers 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Harare
Ethiopian Airlines has transported 1,056,000 doses of COVID19 vaccines in a single flight. Ethiopian transported the vaccines in…
Ministers call for support to Africa’s COVID-19 fight
African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development have unanimously called on the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA)…
African Union set to launch test, vaccine passport
Ethiopian Airlines (Ethiopian) has partnered with the African Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (Africa CDC) for the…
Ethiopia gives COVID-19 vaccination for health workers
The Ministry of Health of Ethiopia on Saturday begins vaccination of COVID-19 with a high-level national event held…
Ethiopia receives 2.2 million COVID-19 vaccines
Today, Ethiopia has received 2.184 million doses of the Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX Facility.
Ethiopia coronavirus cases surpasses 151,000
The total number of people infected by the global pandemic coronavirus in Ethiopia surpasses 151,850.
Ethiopian partners with UNICEF for global vaccine distribution
Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with UNICEF to help secure the transport of vaccines and other life-saving supplies worldwide…
Canada supports primary healthcare services in Ethiopia
The World Health Organization office in Ethiopia has secured 9.9 million Canadian dollars from the Government of Canada.…
Ethiopian Airlines distributes COVID-19 vaccine in Africa
Ethiopian Airlines, the multi-award winning and largest airline in Africa, announce that it has transported the first COVID-19…
The END Fund to fight intestinal worms in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda
The END Fund announced a new opportunity to fast-track progress against intestinal worms among school children and other…
Achieving safe sanitation, wastewater management in Africa
The African Development Bank, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal have released the inaugural Sanitation and Wastewater…
DP World helps COVID-19 vaccines provision for lower income countries
DP World and UNICEF have announced a wide-ranging partnership to support the global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and…
Ethio Lease supplies medical equipment Alatyon Hospital
Ethio Lease, Ethiopia’s first privately-held and foreign-owned equipment leasing company handed over a state-of-the-art CT Scanner to Alatyon…
1,131 COVID-19 patients in Ethiopia recover in 24 hours
In the last 24 hours 1,131 Ethiopians have recovered from coronavirus (COVID-19) while the country reported 468 new…
UN agency donates vehicles supporting COVID19 response in Ethiopia
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) today donated vehicles to support COVID19 response in Ethiopia.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation commits $250 million against COVID-19
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced it will commit an additional $250 million to support the…
Congo declares end of Ebola in northwestern province
Today, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared an end to the epidemic of Ebola…