First Lady Roman Tesfaye established National Cancer Committee

Tuesday, 04 February 2014 By  Nesru Jemal A national committee established to coordinate activities on cancer treatment officially started its work on Monday. On the occasion, First Lady Roman Tesfaye said establishing a committee responsible for national initiatives is critical since

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First Lady Roman Tesfaye established National Cancer Committee

Tuesday, 04 February 2014 By  Nesru Jemal A national committee established to coordinate activities on cancer treatment officially started its work on Monday. On the occasion, First Lady Roman Tesfaye said establishing a committee responsible for national initiatives is critical since

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Teff: Hollywood’s New Favourite Food

By MARTHA CLIFF 2 February 2014 From kale chips to wheatgrass shots, the list of celebrity food crazes is a long one. Now there’s a new source of sustenance to add to the list – an Ethiopian cereal named teff. Loved

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London doctor Stacey Swinkels travelled to Ethiopia to provide free eye surgery for rural poor

Carl Hnatyshyn, Special to The Free Press Saturday, February 2 Being spat upon was hardly the reception Stacey Swinkels expected for her charity. Then, again, the young London doctor likely never expected to wind up in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s

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America exports death to Ethiopia

January 31, 2014 I just returned from two weeks in Ethiopia, one of my many trips to that ancient, fascinating country. My time was spent working in the maternity home my husband and I founded five years ago.   The

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Stem cell ‘major discovery’ claimed

January 29, 2014 By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Stem cell researchers are heralding a “major scientific discovery”, with the potential to start a new age of personalised medicine. Scientists in Japan showed stem cells can now

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Censored News #25 Israel Gave Birth Control to Ethiopian Immigrants Without Their Consent

In January 2013, Israel acknowledged that medical authorities have been giving Ethiopian immigrants long-term birth-control injections, often without their knowledge or consent. The Israeli government had previously denied the charges, which were first brought to light by investigative reporter Gal Gabbay

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Ethiopia-The village where half the people are at risk of blindness

By Angela Robson BBC Health Check People queue for screening and treatment In the village school of Kuyu, in the heartland of Ethiopia’s Oromia region, more than 20 children put up their hands when asked if anyone in their family

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Addis Ababa University, SACH sign MoU to perform heart surgery

Jan 23, 2014  Save A Child’s Heart (SACH) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences – Black Lion Hospital (AAU-BLH) to perform heart surgery on 50-75 children from Ethiopia at Wolfson Medical

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How Catherine Hamlin brought safe birthing to Ethiopia

Jan 23, 2014 Filed By Sarah Macdonald This afternoon, Australian time, Catherine Hamlin will wake up in a simple mud brick hut on a river in Addis Ababa. She will make her bed, eat a basic breakfast, walk up fifty stairs

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