Sosena Kebede, MD, MPH Addis Abeba, May 08/2020 – The cause for the relatively slow rise of the COVID-19 pandemic in some African countries including Ethiopia is not fully understood. Multiple theories circulate including the weather, the fact that Africa has a much larger youth population compared to European nations, …

Addis Abeba, April 28/2020 – Ethiopia continues to receive thousands of migrants returned from countries across the region and the Middle East, in response to the COVID-19 global health pandemic. The International Organization for Migration (IOM), is assisting more than 9,400 migrants in the country’s quarantine facilities. Migrants have been …

Belete A. Desimmie @adbelete, (MD,PhD),  FitsumTilahum @fitse_t  (MD) & Ermias Kacha @ErmiasMd (MD) A World of Relentless Viral Threats Addis Abeba, April 27/2020 – Viruses are the most mysterious and tiniest lifeforms; none of them survive without a host and hence referred to as ‘organisms at the edge of life’. Most …