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

IMF Foresees Over 90m Falling into Extreme Poverty Worldwide due to COVID-19

IMF Foresees Over 90m Falling into Extreme Poverty Worldwide due to COVID-19

October 13 , 2020

The global pandemic is set to cause a disturbing slide to extreme poverty and inequality, leading over 90 million people across the world fall below 1.90 dollars daily income...

Income Inequality, Poverty Fuels Social Discontent, Warns Credit Agency

Income Inequality, Poverty Fuels Social Discontent, Warns Credit Agency

August 8 , 2020 . By GELILA SAMUEL

Ethiopia's sovereign credit rating received a negative outlook by Moody's Investors Service, a credit rating firm, due to the country's existing fiscal and external peril, com...

Private Healthcare Facilities Start COVID-19 Treatment

Private Healthcare Facilities Start COVID-19 Treatment

August 8 , 2020 . By MEHRET OKUBAY

Private healthcare service providers can now provide treatment to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, according to a mandatory manual drafted by the Ministry of Health. ...

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 bills were paid, and we were...

As soon as the first COVID-19 case was reported in Ethiopia, I started...

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. The professionals were...

The Transport Ministry has deployed a team of professionals tasked 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...