International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 8 APRIL 2014 PRESS RELEASE Buses full of South Sudanese refugees drive through the mango and fish rich town of Gambella, in southwestern Ethiopia, before finally arriving at the newly set…
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 8 APRIL 2014 PRESS RELEASE Buses full of South Sudanese refugees drive through the mango and fish rich town of Gambella, in southwestern Ethiopia, before finally arriving at the newly set…
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03 Apirl 2014 By James IPS Ethiopians waiting inside a hospital in Addis Ababa on the weekend. The capital has only four stationary MRI scanners, providing services to 30 government- and private-run hospitals. Credit: James Jeffrey/IPS ADDIS ABABA, Apr 3 2014…
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April 2, 2014 BBC The condoms will be given out for free at universities and colleges South Africa’s government will distribute coloured and flavoured condoms among students to end “condom fatigue”, the health minister has said. Aaron Motsoaledi’s comments came…
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01 April 2014 The Huffington Post By Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall Around the world 100million older people have to live on less than 60p a day. Many of them support and care for their grandchildren. The grandparents often go hungry so…
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March 31, 2014 By:APA A UK-based company, GlaxoSmithKline, has trained 3,000 Ethiopians on extension services ahead of its planned investment in Ethiopia’s health sector, sources said Monday.The company’s vice president and East Africa regional director Dr. Allan Pamba, said the…
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March 29, 2014 By Ehidiamhen Okpamen VENTURES AFRICA – The Africa Group (TAG), a US-based boutique advisor and venture capital investor, has acquired a 25 percent stake in Telemed Medical Services (Telemed), an Ethiopian engineering services that designs health systems…
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24 March 2014 World Bulletin / News Desk The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) has donated two fully-equipped ambulances to the Ethiopian town of Harar, 523km east of Addis Ababa. “When receiving the ambulances, I recalled those who lost…
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Global Wheat Surveillance Network Takes on Stem Rust Mon, 03/24/2014 Norman Borlaug. Image: USDA, Wikimedia Wheat farmers in East Africa and the Middle East are on alert after a damaging strain of a plant disease called stem rust decimated more…
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PRESS RELEASE WASHINGTON, March 21, 2014 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$205 million International Development Association (IDA*) credit to help the Government of Ethiopia increase access to clean drinking water and improve sanitation services for…
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