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News: National emergency coordination center finalizing #COVID19 multi-sector response as cases in Ethiopia rise to 52
Addis Abeba, April 07/2020 – The National Emergency Coordination Center (EEC) for COVID-19 response, in close consultation and partnership with the United Nations (UN) and other partners, is finalizing a COVID-19 Multi-Sectoral Preparedness and Response Plan (MSPRP), The UN Said. This comes as the number of the latest patients who …
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News: Displaced for more than seven years, IDPs in Afar region seek meaningful support
Addis Abeba, February 18/2020 – Some 400 people remain displaced in the outskirts of Manda town, Elidaar woreda, zone 1, Afar region for more than 7 years now. They fled Akule, their areas of origin, along the Eritrean border mainly due to a recurrent drought but also to some extent …
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News: Thousands affected by measles outbreak in five regions
Addis Abeba, February 13/2020 – A total of more than 12 thousand cases of measles were reported in 36 zones of 5 regions of Ethiopia in the past 13 months beginning January 2019, according to the UN. “Oromia region bore the brunt of the outbreaks, with 67 per cent of …