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Healthy mothers, healthy children, making healthy communities in Ethiopia

Dugem, Tigray REGION, Ethiopia, 21 December 2017 – In the health post at Dugem village, in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Berhan Zebraruk, 25, gently strokes her child’s cheek and then gives him a sweet...

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Ethiopia to Host the fourth Acting on the Call Conference of Ministers and...

Media Advisory What: The Ministry of Health will officially announce that Ethiopia will be hosting Acting on the Call conference of Ministers and high-level policy makers on maternal and child survival...

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UNICEF Signs Ethiopian Fiscal Year 2010 Work Plans with Government

By Metasebia Solomon ADDIS ABABA, 30 June 2017- UNICEF Ethiopia signed the Ethiopian Fiscal Year 2010 annual work plans with the Federal and Regional Government under the umbrella of the United Nations...

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Joint UNICEF and WFP OpED on humanitarian situation in Ethiopia

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Omar Abdi & World Food Programme Deputy Executive Director, Ramiro Armando De Oliveira Lopes Da Silva Wednesday 17 May 2017, Nairobi This past week we have met...

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Strong mothers go extra mile to keep their children safe

By Zerihun Sewunet In Ethiopia, below-average rainfall has worsened the situation in the Somali region, already severely affected by protracted drought. Access to water, sanitation and health services...

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Drought Emergency Highlights Entire Families Not Receiving Primary Education

By Rebecca Beauregard DANOT, SOMALI, 15 February 2017 – “A woman never tells her age,” says Sadeh Abdihayii with a smile, affirming that this taboo is common around the world. She then admits to be 40...

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German funds for the Horn of Africa drought response to increase from 100...

On 03 April 2017, UNICEF, WFP, and UN-OCHA went on a joint one-day field visit with the German Minister for Development Cooperation (BMZ) to Kebri Dahar and Waaf Duug Temporary Resettlement Site in...

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Borehole Rehabilitation Contributes to Children’s Education and Futures

By Ayuko Matsuhashi MIESSO, SOMALI, 15 January 2017 – “When the borehole was broken for a year and a half, I used to go to the nearby river for water, which is 12 km away from here. I have five...

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Rehabilitation of Borehole Saves Thousands of Lives and Livestock during Drought

By Ayuko Matsuhashi A signboard on the sight of the rehabilitated borehole ©UNICEF/2017/Tsegaye HARSHIM, SOMALI, 19 January 2017 – “For three months, the borehole was not functional and people suffered...

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Mobile Health and Nutrition Teams Providing Crucial Services for Pastoralist...

By Rebecca Beauregard GASHAMO, SOMALI, 15 February 2017 – Mutas does not look at his mother. He is not looking anywhere, rather he lays still, his unfocused pupils covered occasionally by heavy...

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UNICEF Ethiopia seeks US$110.5 million in emergency assistance for 9.2...

Malnutrition poses “silent threat” to children, agency’s 2017 appeal says  NEW YORK/GENEVA/ADDIS ABABA, 31 January 2017 – 48 million children living through some of the world’s worst conflicts and...

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Surviving hard times through therapeutic foods

Story – Bethlehem Kiros Photos – Meklit Mersha  SOUTHERN NATIONS, NATIONALITIES AND PEOPLE’S REGION (SNNPR), November 2016- Poverty and drought have left people in many parts of Ethiopia to grapple...

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Providing gynaecological services to Ethiopian women scarred by FGM/C

By Endale Engida AYSSAITA, AFAR REGION, 24 November 2016 – Asiya’s marriage was meant to be a joyful occasion, but on her wedding night, this 18-year-old found only pain. Like nearly all young girls in...

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Volunteers Blast Hygiene Message to Halt Acute Watery Diarrhea

By Bethlehem Kiros ADDIS ABABA, 30 September 2016 – Mickias Fikre, a taxi driver keeps soap in his car and makes sure to wash his hands thoroughly before he eats. According to him, it is a new habit he...

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Ensuring every child is accounted for and no one is left behind in Ethiopia

By Hannah Godefa On August 6th, I was fortunate to be a part of a campaign in Ethiopia when the establishment of the Vital Events Registration Agency (VERA) kicked off throughout the country. VERA is...

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Early Childhood Development- Investing in the seeds of tomorrow’s fruits

Gillian Mellsop, UNICEF Representative to Ethiopia ‘Children are today’s flowers and tomorrow’s fruit’ is a saying in Ethiopia and there is no better investment that cultivates the fruit and speaks to...

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Five in six children under two not getting enough nutrition for growth and...

 NEW YORK/ ADDIS ABABA, 14 October 2016 – Five in six children under two years old are not fed enough nutritious food for their age, depriving them of the energy and nutrients they need at the most...

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Nearly 385 million children living in extreme poverty, says joint World Bank...

NEW YORK/ADDIS ABABA,  04 October 2016 – Children are more than twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, according to a new analysis from the World Bank Group and UNICEF. Ending Extreme...

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UNICEF and WFP Regional Directors visit El Niño driven drought response in...

Afar Region – Ethiopia Ms Leila Pakkala and Ms Valerie Guarnieri, UNICEF and WFP Regional Directors for Eastern and Central Africa, have visited the ongoing government-led drought response where...

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Nearly 50 million children “uprooted” worldwide – UNICEF

28 million forcibly displaced by conflict and violence within and across borders Across the globe, nearly 50 million children have been uprooted – 28 million of them driven from their homes by...

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