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| Fourth International Conference of Parliamentarians on Implementation of ICPD/PoA conducted
The Fourth International Conference of Parliamentarians on the Implementation of the ICPD Programme of Action was conducted between 27 and 28 October 2009 in Addis Ababa. Lawmakers from 115 countries reaffirmed their support to the principles and goals of the 1994 Cairo International(...) |
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| High Level Meeting takes place on Maternal Health
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| Ministers Recommit to full Implementation of ICPD Programme of Action
African ministers responsible for population and development re-committed themselves to fully implement the 20-year Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD PoA) by the time it expires in five years. The ministers expressed their recommitment at(...) |
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| UN Commemorates World Humanitarian Day
UNFPA today commemorated the first World Humanitarian Day with other members of the UN family. The commemoration took place at the Africa Hall in the UN Economic Commission for Africa. The State Minister for Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector, Dr. Aberra Deressa; and(...) |
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| UNFPA Disseminates Assessment Findings, Handover Ceremony Takes Place
There is just one midwife for every 18,800 women of reproductive age in Ethiopia, and a new capacity gap assessment has found a significant need to improve the quality of training both for those who currently practice and for those attending midwifery training institutions. |
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| Rural Facilities, Services Atlas Disseminated
A dissemination workshop was held on July 30, 2009 in Addis Ababa to obtain input of all regions on the draft version of the Atlas of Rural Facilities and Services of the 11 regions of Ethiopia. UNFPA Ethiopia provided financial and technical support to the Central Statistical Agency (CSA)(...) |
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| Landmark Conference held on Human Resources for Maternal Survival
Some 350 participants , including Ministers of Health, senior government officials, health programme managers, clinicians and heads of health training institutes, from 36 African countries, met in Addis Ababa between 29 June and 2 July 2009 in a conference on "Human Resources for Maternal Survival(...) |
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| UNFPA TD Director pays visit to projects
The Director of the Technical Division (TD) of UNFPA Dr. Werner Haug, paid visits to UNFPA supported projects in Addis Ababa. In his first visit he saw project sites under the program titled "A right based approach to youth and adolescents for SRH and HIV/AIDS Information and Services and(...) |
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| Panel discussion held on scaling up midwifery services in Ethiopia
UNFPA, together with the Ministry of Health, World Health Organization and the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), organized a panel discussion on July 7, 2009 on the scaling up of midwifery services in Ethiopia. The panel discussion had the objective of discussing and reflecting on(...) |
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| World Population Day Commemorated
The World Population Day and the 16th anniversary of the official launching of the National Population Policy of Ethiopia was celebrated on 10 July with a half-day symposium held at the premises of the Ministry of Finance & Economic Development (MoFED) here in Addis Ababa. |
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| Regional conference held on HIV/AIDS Response
A regional conference on HIV and AIDS response which brought together officials of the Amhara regional government, development partners, donors and leading experts in the field was held in the regional capital Bahir Dar between 22 and 24 June 2009. Titled “Regional Conference on HIV/AIDS Response(...) |
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| Developmental Bible Project Manual Reviewed
The "Developmental Bible," a new manual created for a special Ethiopian Orthodox Church education programme, will soon help clerics and key religious leaders in the Ethiopian Orthodox church to incorporate messages about reproductive health, gender equality, harmful traditional practices (HTPs)(...) |
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| UNFPA/ICM launch new Midwifery Programme
A new programme to support midwifery in Ethiopia was launched on 5 May 2009 by UNFPA and the Internaitonal Confederation of Midwives (ICM) to mark the International Day of Midwives (IDM). The UNFPA/ICM Midwifery Programme will contribute to the achievement of two of the Millennium Development Goals(...) |
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| MSc Programme on Integrated Emergency Obstetric Surgery launched
The three year MSc programme on Integrated Emergency Obstetric Surgery which was initiated at Jimma, Hawassa and Mekele Universities in January this year was officially launched on 4 April 2009 at the Ayder Hospital in Mekelle in the Tigray Regional State. The programme is being implemented by(...) |
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| UNFPA Launches the Leave No Woman Behind Campaign
UNFPA, United Nations Population Fund, honoured five contemporary women from around the country as part of celebrations for International Women’s Day, March 8, in an innovative theatre performance which took place at the Mega Amphitheatre on 10 March 2009. The women, who have(...) |
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| Press Release: UNFPA and AECID Exhibit 100-Metre Canvas in Madrid
Today an exhibition of the largest painting ever created in Ethiopia opens at the School of Fine Arts of the Complutense University in Madrid. The canvas, titled “Stop Early Marriage,” comprises sections painted by 30 of Ethiopia’s most prominent artists and stretches for an uninterrupted 100(...) |
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| Statement on behalf of UNFPA delivered by Dr. Monique Rakotomalala, Representative, UNFPA
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| Art as Advocacy: UNFPA Brings “Stop Early Marriage” Campaign to Mekele and Axum
As part of the 2008 “Stop Early Marriage” Campaign, which has accelerated efforts in Ethiopia to end the harmful traditional practice, UNFPA has initiated a national tour of artwork inspired by the campaign’s message. |
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| UNFPA Signs IHP+
Ethiopia became the first country to sign a national version of the global compact known as the International Health Partnership+ (IHP+). The compact, an agreement signed between the Government of Ethiopia and nine international development partners, including UNFPA on 31 August 2008, is designed(...) |
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| UNFPA to procure satellite imagery and services to CSA
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) signed an agreement with the Central Statistical Agency (CSA) on June 20 on the procurement of satellite imagery equipment. The satellite imagery equipment to be procured at a cost of around 3.2 million Euros is expected to aid the availability of(...) |
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| UNFPA holds consultative meeting on CCCA
UNFPA Ethiopia held a five days consultative meeting in Addis Ababa as part of the process to revise the existing manual on Community Conversation (CC). UNFPA Ethiopia is engaged in the process of revising the existing manual on CC in collaboration with its partners with the aim of producing a(...) |
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| UNFPA Organizes Gender orientation workshop
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) conducted a three day orientation workshop in Addis Ababa for representatives of the Ministry of Women Affairs and Regional Women's Affairs Bureaus. |
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| UNFPA hands over CD4 machine to orphanage
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Ethiopia country office on Saturday presented an orphanage in the country's capital, Addis Ababa , with a CD4 Cell Counter Flow Cytometer with lab chemicals reagents, and accessories, as well as a refrigerator. |
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| UNFPA calls for more midwives for Ethiopia
In a bid to lower one of the world's highest maternal mortality rates, the United Nations Population Fund in Ethiopia (UNFPA) is calling for immediate investment in midwifery schools in order to graduate and deploy an adequate number of professional midwives in the country. |
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| UN and Ethiopia agree on development action plan
United Nations country team funds and programmes – UNFPA, UNICEF, UNDP, and WFP - and Ethiopia 's Ministry of Finance and Economic Development signed on Tuesday 18 April an Annual Work Plan (AWP), kick starting an 18-month $200 million programme for the country's development. |
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| UNFPA Facilitates Presentation on new CD4 Machine
A new portable battery-powered laboratory can identify the level of depression of the immune system of an HIV-positive individual at USD 0.25 to 0.50 per test, dozens of times cheaper than at current costs. The instrument was presented and displayed this week at a UNFPA-sponsored conference in the(...) |
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| Ethiopia launches national youth strategy
A National Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health Strategy (AYRH) for Ethiopia was launched on Tuesday (10 April) in the country's capital, Addis Ababa , under the auspices of the Ministry of Health, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and partners. |
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| Women race to end violence in the Ethiopian millennium
Thousands of women ran, jogged and walked through the streets of Ethiopia 's capital Addis Ababa on Sunday, April 1, 2007 in a bid to end violence against women and girls in the country. |
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UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Kunio Waki visits Ethiopia
UNFPA Deputy Executive Director Kunio Waki visited Ethiopia in the end of March 2006 to chair a workshop on the Rights of People Living with HIV to Sexual and Reproductive Health , co-convened by Engender Health/UNFPA/WHO in collaboration with ICW, IPPF, GI and UNAIDS. |
| Ministry of Health Launches Reproductive Health Strategy
Ministry of Health celebrated International Women's Day on March 8th, 2006 by launching the Reproductive Health Strategy of Ethiopia. |
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