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Loza Tadesse: Influential Ethiopian Woman Under 30

Loza Tadesse, an incoming assistant professor in the engineering department at MIT, is developing diagnostics for extreme environments. To that end, she has developed a rapid system using machine learning and a light scattering approach that can identify infectious bacteria much faster which will lead both to better treatments and less reliance on the use of

December 3, 2021 • By Addis Insight

Africa News

National Responses Against Covid-19 Not Gender Conscious

It is beyond a doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has created and exacerbated various problems across the world. It has prevented millions of students from pursuing their education, pressured markets and supply chains to disconnect, triggered psychological distress to rise, and so on and so forth. Above all, the repercussions of the pandemic specifically on

April 6, 2021 • By Addis Insight

COVID-19

Ethiopia to Roll Out First COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced that the first COVID-19 vaccines will be given starting from Saturday, March 13, 2021. The nation received its first 2.2 million doses of vaccine against the coronavirus on Sunday. The doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, were allocated under the UN-led Covax

March 10, 2021 • By Addis Insight

COVID-19

UNDP Handovers COVID19 Response Materials

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with a view of supporting critical business continuity during the COVID19 pandemic, has handed personal protective equipment and ICT tools worth over 930,000 dollars to Ethiopia’s public service. The COVID19 response items were handed over to the Federal Civil Service Commission on behalf of Ethiopia’s Government. The items will

August 20, 2020 • By Kaleab Girma

COVID-19

Addis to Host Televised Virtual Music Concert

Addis Ababa City Mayor Office in collaboration with the Ethiopian Musical Sector’s Association Union (EMSAU) has planned to host a virtual concert to be aired on three TV channels including the State TV on Sunday, August 23. The hosts notified that in addition to the state TV Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, the concert will be aired

August 14, 2020 • By Eldad Damte

COVID-19

City Receives 10 Million Birr Worth Oxygen Supply Electrical Machine For COVID-19 Patients

Addis Ababa City Administration has received 100 electrical oxygen extractor machines from Bamacon Engineering PLC, a construction firm in Addis Ababa. Engineer Takele Uma, mayor of Addis Ababa received the donation in a handover event at the mayor’s office compound on Wednesday, August 12. Mayor Takele Uma thanked BamaCon PLC for the machines which he

August 13, 2020 • By Addis Insight

Health

Unexplained Childbirth Medical Bills Leave Parents Tricked in Private Hospitals 

Private hospitals in Addis Ababa have made it customary to require parents to pay a "guarantee payment," ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 birr for child delivery medical services. The hospitals claim they return the money after service charges are deducted. However, new parents complain that they never get the money back, and hospitals take the whole money creating bogus costs and bills.

August 6, 2020 • By Eldad Damte

Health

Millennium Hall Runs Out of Oxygen Support Beds  

Millennium Hall, which was redesigned as a temporary Coronavirus treatment center, has run out of beds equipped with oxygen support. All 130 beds that have oxygen support have admitted patients using them, and the center can no longer accept Covid-19 patients who need help to breathe. Built by the Ministry of Health in view of

July 29, 2020 • By Eldad Damte

Health

Addis Gets a Million Dollar COVID Response Project

Two private companies, Dalberg Group, and Roha Group, in partnership with The Addis Abeba Mayor’s office and non-governmental organizations, have launched a Novel Coronavirus response program dubbed Tenachin Bejachin at the cost of one million dollars. The program that will see the manufacturing and distribution of soaps, facemasks and installation of water tankers aims to reach

July 23, 2020 • By Abel Asrat

Health

BLACK LION RESUMES CANCER TREATMENT AFTER COVID-19 SCARE

The Oncology Department of Black Lion Hospital that’s responsible for the treatment of cancer patients has returned to its normal operations after closing its doors as five of its staff tested positive for the Novel Coronavirus. The department, which is one of the two Oncology wards found in the capital, was forced to close its

June 19, 2020 • By Kaleab Girma