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Addis Ababa to ban smoking in public places

Health 22 Feb, 2016

Smoking ban to take effect in Addis Ababa in March. A ban on smoking in public places in Addis Ababa is expected to take effect in March, putting into legislation a tobacco control bill that was ap...

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Addis Ababa takes anti-Ebola measures

Health 30 Sep, 2014

Temperature sensors installed at Addis Ababa airport Ethiopia is using temperature-reading devices at its airports in a bid to prevent the Ebola virus from reaching the country from the west Afric...

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World class medical centre for Addis Ababa

Health 30 Jun, 2014

Project by Ethio-American doctors The foundation stone was laid at the site of a €100 million medical facility in Addis Ababa on 28 June by Ethiopia's foreign minister Tedros Adhanom. The h...

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Honorary doctorate for Ethiopia’s Catherine Hamlin

Health 28 Jul, 2010

The Australian doctor Catherine Hamlin has been awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Addis Ababa University (AAU) for her work in Ethiopia with women suffering from fistula injuries due to obstructe...

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Catherine Hamlin awarded for fistula work

Health 30 Nov, 2009

Ethiopia-based Australian doctor Catherine Hamlin has been given the Right Livelihood Award for her work with women suffering from fistula injuries due to obstructed labour. The obstetrician and gynae...

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Zewditu hospital to get outpatients department

Health 30 Nov, 2009

Zewditu Memorial Hospital in Addis Ababa is to get a new three-storey outpatients department under a project of the Ethiopia chapter of the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The...

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Diarrhoea outbreak in Addis Ababa

Health 07 Sep, 2009

Addis Ababa is battling with an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD), which has already affected thousands of people in the capital and caused several deaths. Three local hospitals, Zweditu, Ras D...

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Addis Ababa gets children’s cardiac unit.

Health 19 Feb, 2009

A private hospital specialising in cardiac problems among children has opened its doors in the Ethiopian capital. The facility in the premises of the state-owned Black Lion hospital is a project of th...

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More Addis Ababa cafés promote safe sex.

Health 19 Feb, 2009

Twelve caf

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Addis Ababa clamps down on khat houses.

Health 13 Jan, 2009

Addis Ababa city council has decided to take a tough stance on so-called khat houses, local English-language newspaper

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Hospital for disabled children opens in Addis Ababa.

Health 23 Sep, 2008

A 23 million birr hospital specialising in paediatric orthopaedics and paediatric plastic reconstruction has opened in the capital Addis Ababa. The 60-bed state-of-the art facility is run by the Ethio...

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Condom café opens in Addis Ababa.

Health 24 Aug, 2008

A smart new caf

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Hospitals in Addis Ababa and Hyderabad join forces.

Health 23 Jul, 2007

Patients receiving treatment at one of Addis Ababa

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Addis Ababa gets organic food market.

Health 23 Jul, 2007

Ecological Products of Ethiopia Ltd (ECOPIA), the country

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Improved conditions for Addis Ababa doctors.

Health 17 May, 2007

Doctors working at city hospitals are to receive a 350 birr accommodation allowance and other benefits as of the third week in May, the Addis Ababa health bureau has said. The decision applies to staf...

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Radio to fight stigma of HIV/AIDS.

Health 12 Oct, 2006

Ethiopians can tune into a new radio programme presenting the stories of ordinary people living with HIV/AIDS. The service, which builds on similar initiatives in Nigeria and Malawi, aims to challenge...

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Acute watery diarrhoea in Ethiopia.

Health 21 Sep, 2006

As of mid September, nearly 16,900 cases of acute watery diarrhoea had been reported in Ethiopia and 129 people were known to have died, the health ministry has said. The worst affected areas were Oro...

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Free HIV/AIDS testing at Addis university.

Health 21 Sep, 2006

Students and staff at the state-run Addis Ababa University (AAU) can now receive free HIV/AIDS counselling and testing at the Arat Kilo and Sidist Kilo campuses and in the Casa Inches area in the Urae...

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More food for people with HIV/AIDS.

Health 29 Aug, 2006

The Addis Ababa HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office (AA HAPCO) has signed a nine million dollar agreement with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and around 60 local non-governmental org...

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New hospital in Kechene.

Health 22 Jul, 2006

The Debre Selam Medhanialem (Savior of the World) church in Kechene in northern Addis Ababa has announced plans to build a hospital near its compound in an attempt to meet the health care needs of the...

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