EPHA signs MOU with WGH – Ethiopia.

EPHA signs MOU with WGH – Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) and Women in Global Health – Ethiopia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today 05 September 2024, to establish a collaborative partnership between two parties. The primary purpose of this MOU is to advance women’s leadership and promote gender equality within the Ethiopian health sector together. According to the MOU EPHA will serve as the fiscal sponsor for WGH – Ethiopia in providing administrative support and access to institutional resources, enabling effective implementation and management of WGH Ethiopia’s project activities. The MOU shall be effective for 2 years with possible extension upon mutual agreement of both two parties. EPHA signs MOU with WGH – Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) and Women in Global Health – Ethiopia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today 05 September 2024, to establish a collaborative partnership between two parties. The primary purpose of this MOU is to advance women’s leadership and promote gender equality within the Ethiopian health sector together. According to the MOU EPHA will serve as the fiscal sponsor for WGH – Ethiopia in providing administrative support and access to institutional resources, enabling effective implementation and management of WGH Ethiopia’s project activities. The MOU shall be effective for 2 years with possible extension upon mutual agreement of both two parties.vv

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Ethiopia’s response to WHO’s announcement of COVID-19

By Tesfaye Bulto MD, MPH Former President of EPHA Ethiopia’s response to WHO’s announcement of COVID-19 pandemic could be considered reasonably fast and politically supported. Early on, the control strategy adopted has been focused on detecting imported cases mainly at the Airports and isolation of cases, contact tracing and instituting quarantine measures. Nation-wide state of emergency is declared and preventive measures are communicated to the public mainly through media, focused on social distancing, use of face mask and hygiene. The intention has been to prevent community transmission. But now we are witnessing an uncontrolled situation as infected persons could come into the country through a number of border towns. It has taken some time to establish testing laboratories within the country in the beginning. Presently the number of people tested daily has gradually increased and the daily case report shows an escalating trend particularly in Addis Ababa. Hereafter it is particularly worrisome that the spread of this highly infectious virus to rural population, with limited health service capacity and accesses, is inevitable

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