Private Healthcare Facilities Start COVID-19 Treatment

COVID-19 Worsens the Digital Divide, Delivers Blow to Women's Health

COVID-19 Worsens the Digital Divide, Delivers Blow to Women's Health

June 13 , 2020 . By Metsehate Ayenekulu

As soon as the first COVID-19 case was reported in Ethiopia, I started working from home in Addis Abeba, because the company I was working at insisted on it. Our internet bill...

Hoteliers, Employees on the Outs as COVID-19 Proliferates

Hoteliers, Employees on the Outs as COVID-19 Proliferates

June 7 , 2020 . By GELILA SAMUEL

Driving for the hotel industry for seven years, he has spent half of those years in the service of his current employer, Monarch Hotel. Last month, the driver, who requeste...

Transport Ministry Starts COVID-19 Safety Inspection

Transport Ministry Starts COVID-19 Safety Inspection

June 7 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

The Transport Ministry has deployed a team of professionals tasked with ensuring the consistent implementation of health standards across the transport sector of the country....

Making Up for Lost Time, Learning in the Midst of COVID-19

Making Up for Lost Time, Learning in the Midst of COVID-19

May 31 , 2020 . By MAYA MISIKIR 

Many students across the country have had to reacquaint themselves with what school means during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. For some students in the nation's capital, classes have cont...

Many students across the country have had to reacquaint themselves wit...

Ethiopia Grapples with Flood Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Ethiopia Grapples with Flood Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

May 31 , 2020 . By HAGOS GEBREAMLAK

On a Friday afternoon, April 24, 2020, the bodies of two individuals, 19 and 45, were discovered in Hamdael area, Dire Dawa City, following a flood caused by heavy rainfall. The bodies were found by l...

On a Friday afternoon, April 24, 2020, the bodies of two individuals,...

COVID-19, As Much Illness of Mind as Body

COVID-19, As Much Illness of Mind as Body

May 31 , 2020 . By Mhraf Worku

Recently, I received a text from a friend living on the outskirts of Rome, Italy. She reached out to me to ask for advice on what I thought were the best ways to resume social interaction without expo...

Recently, I received a text from a friend living on the outskirts of R...

COVID-19, Friend to Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

COVID-19, Friend to Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

May 31 , 2020 . By Michael Getachew

Since the first few months of the year, the focus of much of the healthcare apparatus in Ethiopia has been on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This is understandable since the virus poses an...

Since the first few months of the year, the focus of much of the healt...

COVID-19 Pandemic Threatens to Roll Back Women's Hard-won Gains

COVID-19 Pandemic Threatens to Roll Back Women's Hard-won Gains

May 31 , 2020 . By Eden Sahle

There has never been a great time to be a woman. The Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is no different. It may even be worse. Over the three months that this disease has been devastating the world...

There has never been a great time to be a woman. The Novel Coronavirus...