‘Health’ Archives
Roche Supports Cancer Care Development Program in Ethiopia
New York, USA – (Press Release) – Roche today announced a grant to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York City, which will be used for the establishment of a program to improve basic cancer care in Ethiopia. The grant [Read More]
Breakthrough in treatment to prevent blindness
By University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) A UCSF study shows a popular treatment for a potentially blinding eye infection is just as effective if given every six months versus annually. This randomized study on trachoma, the leading cause of infection-caused [Read More]
Optician helps hundreds in mercy mission to Ethiopia
By Ryan McCarthy, Southend Standard AN optician has given the gift of sight to hundreds of impoverished Africans. Lee Davis spent a fortnight travelling Ethiopia, setting up temporary eye clinics and diagnosing problems that would otherwise go unnoticed. Mrs Davis [Read More]
HealthCare Global to Setup Cancer Facility Center in Ethiopia
HealthCare Global Enterprises, (HCG) South Africa’s cancer network, announced that the company is planning to set cancer facility center in Ethiopia. The facility, which is estimated to be constructed within twenty months, needs a total investment of around [Read More]
Optician makes Africa trip with 800 pairs of specs to save sight
AN OPTICIAN has spent a fortnight helping to set up clinics in Ethiopia. Jodi Beckton, 34, travelled to Butajira in Ethiopia where she worked with the charity Vision Aid Overseas. They aim to provide eye care to people in remote communities. Jodi, who works at [Read More]
Young women aid Ethiopia’s health system
By Claudia Hammond BBC, Ethiopia The majority of Ethiopia's population live in rural areas and when they are ill many do not seek medical advice, but a new government programme hopes to change this at a local level. Eynalem Taye is 23-years-old, but her [Read More]
How Ethiopia is getting health care to rural areas by training local women to provide it. Is it improving the nation’s health?
BBC's Hammond reports from Ethiopia about the government’s ambitious programme to improve the entire country’s healthcare by training local women to do it. Ethiopia’s Health Extension Programme was started in 2003 and aims to deliver health [Read More]
City doctors restore vision of 23-yr-old Ethiopian woman
MUMBAI: Till a week ago, Sisay, an Ethiopian native, did not know how the world looked. The 23-year-old , who was blind since birth, can now see, thanks to a group of city doctors. Sisay, who lived with her family in Addis Ababa, the capital of [Read More]
Ethiopian boy to receive new face after hyena attack
By Mike Staugaitis DANVILLE – A routine trip outside his family's home in Kolu, Ethiopia, turned into a nightmare for seven-year-old Sisay last year. The young boy was viciously attacked by a hyena, losing his nose and most of his upper lip and [Read More]
Black Lion Hospital in Ethiopia is “in shambles.”
By Jack Broom Seattle Times staff reporter When Steve Sands walked into the overcrowded Black Lion Hospital in Ethiopia in late October, he knew it would be poorly equipped. Just how poorly, he hadn't anticipated. "It was actually kind of [Read More]
