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Woman from Ethiopia running Pittsburgh half-marathon with new purpose, new ...
Without options or recourse, the slight, young woman from Ethiopia worked as a prostitute in her country's capital, Addis Ababa, a victim of rape and the sex trafficking that thrives there. In May 2010, International Crisis Aid, a humanitarian ...
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Rotary club to help Ethiopian eye nurse get training
By Kristi Pihl, Tri-City Herald KENNEWICK -- Kennewick ophthalmologist Jim Guzek's vision for the eye care program he has been providing in a poor region of Ethiopia is coming into focus. Dr. Guzek has made three tours to Dembi Dolo, ...
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Adoptive Parents Return After 2-Year Ordeal In Ethiopia
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Ethiopia Gets On the Pill, and That Matters for Africa - RH Reality Check (blog)
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Ethiopia Gets On the Pill, and That Matters for Africa
RH Reality Check (blog)
Less than 20 years ago, contraceptive use in Ethiopia among married women of reproductive age was a measly 3 percent, and maternal mortality rates were among the highest in the world. Today, contraceptive use is at 29 percent, double that of just five ...
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Medics from Gwent keeping Ethiopian mums and babies healthy
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South Wales Argus
The centre had recently taken delivery of a motorbike ambulance from the Gwent-Southern Ethiopia Link and it was soon on its way to pick Shemsia up. Later that night, a midwife, trained by the Link, helped deliver a healthy six and a half pound baby ...
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Ethiopia as a model for health care leadership
Despite extensive poverty and limited resources, Ethiopia has made impressive strides in improving its health care system and can serve as a model for other countries seeking to make similar gains, a new paper by Yale researchers suggests. ...
11/24/2011 via Google News in Health
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Bush Heads to Africa to Promote Disease-Fighting Programs
The ex-president and his wife, Laura, will visit Tanzania, Zambia and Ethiopia from December 1-5. While in Africa, the former president and first lady will promote disease-fighting initiatives started during his presidency and supported by the George ...
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Bringing organic fruit and vegetables to market in Ethiopia
NewsDire
In September VC4Africa visited Ethiopia and there we met with Kebede Gashaw, a very inspiring entrepreneur who is moving back to Ethiopia from the US. We got a chance to interview him twice and the result can be found on this page ...
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A good start to save lives
 Starting from September 12, 2011, all vehicle owners are obliged to buy a third party insurance policy. To properly manage policy holder motorists, the government set up an Insurance Fund Office. The office expects about 350,000 vehicles to buy insurance policies until December 12. Vehicles without third party insurance will be banned from the streets after the deadline. When the third party risk insurance policy comes into effect, no one suffering injuries from a car accident will be left without medical help.
Sisay Abaferda is the Director of Policy and Planning Department at the Insurance
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Messay Baye
FULL NAME: Messay Baye
EDUCATION: B.A. Degree in Development Management
COMPANY NAME: Diet House
STUDIO TITLE: Owner
FOUNDED: July 2010
WHAT IT DOES: preparing healthy
diet foods for customers.
HQ: Bole Medhanealem
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: Ten
START UP CAPITAL: 240,000 birr
CURRENT CAPITAL: Constant
Reason for starting business: Tseeing health ailments among my relatives and neighbors resulting from unhealthy food choices .
Biggest plus of ownership: Being happy with the fruition of my idea to help people with their diet choices.
Biggest strength: My confidence.
Biggest weakness: Taking decisions without analyzing their risks
Smartest move: Opening
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Paying it forward
 International Rotarians visit Ethiopia in final push against Polio
A group of 70 visiting Rotarians organized by a team from the Western US city of Seattle, composed of working professionals, retired educators and students aged from 16 to 70, were in Ethiopia this week to take part in the polio immunization campaign. Some members of the delegation have been touched by Polio, if not personally, it has affected one of their friends or relatives and they wanted to do what they could to ensure that no one has to go through that misery, wishing to
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SMS Tech for Health to Launch Next Week
A pilot project to use mobile phones to enable health professionals to collect data, have it analyzed and give feedback is to be launched next week at a projected cost of around 370,000 dollars.
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Kent Bush: Ethiopians teach us to slow down and enjoy
The Randolph County Herald-Tribune
We spent about 20 days in Ethiopia this year over the span of two separate trips to complete the adoption process. We never saw a “fast food” restaurant. There were no drive-throughs to be found. Meals were either made at home or ordered,
9/13/2011 via Google News in Health
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Smile Generation® Dentists Return to Ethiopia to Serve Those in Need - San Francisco Chronicle (pres
9/13/2011 via Google News in Health
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Bambis scandal
One of the oldest shopping stores in Ethiopia, Bambis Supermarket, was sealed last week due to health care issue.As a result, the second daughter of Charalambos M. Psimas, the founder and general manager of Bambis Supermarket, Evangeliya Chemas, was imprisoned last Monday at Sidistegna police custody in Kasanchis area, in front of the Jupiter International Hotel, Kazanchis Branch. Evangeliya Chemas, deputy general manager of the shopping giant was later reportedly admitted into Balcha Hospital for treatment last Friday around 3:00pm.
Sources at the hospital told Capital that her admission is stress related. She was hospitalized up until Capital went to
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9/13/2011 via Capital Ethiopia in Health
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