Colorectal cancer is the leading cancer in males followed by leukemia and prostate cancer, according to the registry. World Bulletin/News Desk An Ethiopian official said Saturday that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and particularly cancer are alarmingly increasing in Ethiopia. “Earlier NCDs were considered as problems affecting developed countries,” Dr. Mahlet Kifle of the Health Ministry told
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By Abel Ephrem ‹‹በጎ ፈቃደኞች የተባሉት በግዳጅ የተሰባሰቡ ናቸው››የጤና ባለሞያ በቅርቡ የኢትዮጵያ መንግስት 200 የሚደርሱ በጎ ፈቃደኞችን በኢቦላ ወደተጠቁት የምዕራብ አፍሪካ አገራት ለመላክ ዝግጅቱን ማጠናቀቁን ፋና መዘገቡ አይዘነጋም፡፡ የጤና ባለሞያዎቹ በተለያዩ የመንግስት ጤና ጣብያዎች መስራት ከጀመረ አንድ ዓመት ያልሞላቸው መሆናቸውን የጠቆመው ምንጭ በአዳማ ለአስር ቀናት ያህል ስልጠና ከወሰዱ በኋላ በግዳጅ መልክ ላይቤሪያ እንደሚሄዱ የተነገራቸው መሆኑን ገልጧል፡፡
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(Business Standard) -Ethiopia said Friday it will deploy about 210 health professionals to Ebola-affected countries to support the response against the epidemic in West Africa. In addition, the East African nation has also decided to provide financial support of $500,000 to the response in the highly affected countries, Xinhua reported. Speaking at a press conference
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(BBC)The Malian government has confirmed the first case of Ebola in the country. It said a two-year-old girl had tested positive for the haemorrhagic virus. Reports say she recently returned from the neighbouring Guinea. More than 4,800 people have died of Ebola – mainly in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone – since March. Meanwhile, an
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The Daily Beast China Hooked on Mideast’s Favorite Drug It’s a common sight in this city, as it is in Yemen, Somalia or Ethiopia: idle men plucking leaves out of a flimsy plastic bag, grinding them into mush between their teeth, filling every crevice with bits of green. A few local women warned me about
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The east African nation of Rwanda is now screening all visitors who have traveled to the United States within 22 days of entry for Ebola, whether or not they show symptoms of the deadly virus. The U.S. Embassy in Rwanda posted the following notice to its website on Tuesday: On October 19, the Rwandan Ministry
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Cuba’s former leader says offer not aimed at ending animosity with US but needed in the interests of “world peace”. (AL Jazeera) Fidel Castro, the 88-year-old former Cuban leader, has said his country is ready to work with the US in the battle against Ebola, saying that such co-operation would be in the interest of
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AFP The 619 doctors and health workers will be sent from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda ARUSHA, Tanzania: East African nations are sending over 600 health workers, including 41 doctors to west Africa to combat the spread of Ebola, the regional five-nation bloc said in a statement on Friday. The decision was made after
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AFP Photo by Berit Roald for Agence France-Presse. Wealthy countries were slow to tackle the Ebola epidemic as it began in Africa, former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan said in tough criticism of the response to the crisis on Thursday. “I am bitterly disappointed by the response… I am disappointed in the international community
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Russia Today Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (image from www.smbcplano.org) An Alabama pastor is being sued after admitting that he had sex with multiple female members of his congregation. Worse, however, is that he declined to inform them he had AIDS. The shocking news was revealed by the pastor himself, Reverend Juan Demetrius McFarland of the
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