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May 31 , 2020

COVID-19, Friend to Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

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...

May 31 , 2020

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

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...

May 31 , 2020

Effective Quarantine Best Way to Combat COVID-19

In the sphere of public health, the effectiveness of monitoring, controlling and responding to infectious diseases not only affects the health status of people but also national security, the economy...

May 31 , 2020

Oxfam Develops COVID-19 Response Strategy

Oxfam Ethiopia has developed a Novel Coronavirus (COVID–19) response strategy and preparedness plan that focuses on four priority geographies in Ethiopia: Addis Abeba, Dire Dawa and the Gambella and...

May 23 , 2020

Abyssinia Bank Employees Give Hand to Victims of COVID-19

Employees from the East Addis District of Bank of Abyssinia have donated food supplies worth close to half a million Birr to various low-income households most impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID...

May 23 , 2020

Messaging Determines Whether COVID-19 Can be Beat

Throughout history, pandemics have been more devastating to human populations than wars. The Black Plague during the 14th century is estimated to have reduced the world population by a third of its si...

May 23 , 2020

CDC, Institute to Conduct COVID-19 Lab Tests

The U.S. Centres For Disease Control Ethiopia (CDC) and the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) have started conducting a COVID-19 lab test at the Institute's Reference Lab. The Centre has als...

May 23 , 2020

Local Firm Starts Disinfecting Services Against COVID-19

EthioAirs Trade & Investment has started disinfecting services in response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). The company, which used to provide tour and travel services, human resource manag...

May 23 , 2020

Bunna Alters Lending Rates to COVID-19 Affected Industries

Bunna Bank has made amendments to lighten the economic impact of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on different businesses and relieve the pressure on borrowers. The Bank waived the commission fees...

May 16 , 2020

City Struggles to Stay Vigilant as COVID-19 Cases Rise

Amanuel Anjulo, 25 years old, sits perched on the metal gate of the parking lot across the street from the Federal Transport Authority on Gen. Abebe Damtew Street looking for cars passing by. His w...

May 16 , 2020

COVID-19 Dries Up Ethiopia's Cash Cow: Remittances

Solomon Mitkiu, a member of the Ethiopian diaspora living in the Washington, DC metropolitan area is one of the many people working for Uber, the company that founded the digital ride-hailing industry...

May 16 , 2020

Blood, the Scarcest of Commodities in COVID-19 Era

Early this past week, I received an invitation from my church for a blood drive being conducted in collaboration with the Red Cross. It was a great opportunity for my brother and I. We were approachin...

May 14 , 2020

Fauci Warns Against Opening The US Too Soon

Anthony Fauci warned Congress that opening the U.S. too early could lead to additional coronavirus outbreaks. The leading U.S. infectious disease expert said states should follow health experts' recom...

May 9 , 2020

UNDP Backs Innovators Solving COVID-19 Problems

The United Nations' global development network has allocated one million dollars for tech-savvy and innovative youth that will develop homegrown solutions helpful in the fight against the Novel Corona...

May 9 , 2020

Past COVID-19, Toward Other Threats

Life is full of uncertainties. Humankind faces droves of natural and humanmade disasters, urging the need for strong public health preparedness for effective intervention. In the realm of public healt...

May 9 , 2020

Business As Usual in the Unusual Time of COVID-19

Next week, it will have been two months since my partner and I have self-isolated and closed our business waiting for the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) storm to pass. My family and friends are all on t...


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