May 06 2014 LONDON (AP) — For the first time ever, the World Health Organization today declared the spread of polio an international public health emergency that could grow in the next few months and unravel the nearly three-decade effort…
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The trouble with Live Aid, Live 8, and pop star condescension. By William Easterly Slate Madonna performs onstage next to 24-year-old student Birhan Woldu, former Ethiopian famine victim and the inspiration for Live Aid 1985, at Live 8 on July 2,…
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30 April 2014 UNAIDS Press Release UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé met with the First Lady of Ethiopia, Roman Tesfaye Abneh, on 28 April at UNAIDS headquarters in Geneva, where they discussed the progress made in the response to AIDS…
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By Amy DuPont Apr 28, 2014 YETEBON, Ethiopia (WXOW) 7,690 miles separate La Crosse, Wisconsin from the country of Ethiopia. Despite the distance, Ethiopia and it’s people are close to the hearts of a group here in the Coulee Region.…
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The major scientific breakthrough is expected to speed up research on controlling the tsetse fly, the bane of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa UN News April 25, 2014 VIENNA – Scientists in a United Nations-backed collaborative have cracked the genetic code…
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The major scientific breakthrough is expected to speed up research on controlling the tsetse fly, the bane of farmers in sub-Saharan Africa UN News April 25, 2014 VIENNA – Scientists in a United Nations-backed collaborative have cracked the genetic code…
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23 April 2014 Medicalxpress.com Senior scientist Michael Wimberly, second from right, inpects mosquito breeding sites in the Amhara region of Ethiopia with researchers from SDSU and public health collaborators from the Health, Development and Anti-Malaria Association.Dealing with malaria is a…
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EU Press Release ADDIS ABABA, 17 April 2014, the European Union (EU) announced a €40.2 million grant to the Federal Ministry of Health and UNICEF through the “Enhancing Skilled Delivery in Ethiopia (ESDE)” project. This new funding from the EU…
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April 10, 2014 Associated Press ADDIS ABBA, Ethiopia – Two groups in Ethiopia say they will hold an anti-gay demonstration in the capital. Ethiopia appears set to become the latest African country to increase the public demonization of gays, following…
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April 10, 2014 Associated Press ADDIS ABBA, Ethiopia – Two groups in Ethiopia say they will hold an anti-gay demonstration in the capital. Ethiopia appears set to become the latest African country to increase the public demonization of gays, following…
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