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Moving the conversation forwards: Religious leaders vow to join hands for...
Ethiopia has come a long way, in development terms, since it adopted the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as part of its national agenda. Remarkable achievements have been registered within various...
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UNICEF signed Ethiopian Fiscal Year 2007 Work Plans with government.
The signing ceremony of Ethiopian Fiscal Year 2007 Work Plans with government was held on Monday 30th June 2014 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Addis Ababa, facilitated by the Ministry of Finance and...
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UNICEF Ethiopia Enhance Performance Through PPP Training
By Sacha Westerbeek ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, June 2014: As an integral part of enhancing staff capacity in programming and planning, UNICEF Ethiopia rolled out a Programme Planning Process (PPP)...
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Abduction survivor Gelane Degefa is clear where her priorities lay
By Elshadai Negash February 1st 2012 was supposed to be a regular school day for then-15 year old Gelane Degefa*. She started her day in Lugiatebela village, Sebeta Awas district, Oromia region, 25kms...
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Divergent Journeys – Child Marriage and Education
By Indrias Getachew Famia Abadir and Rasso Abdella are teenage girls living in Sheneni Village of Dujuma Kebele, located 20 kilometers outside of Dire Dawa town in Eastern Ethiopia. They both share...
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Education in adversity: South Sudanese refugee children insist on their right...
By Elissa Jobson Crowd of around 100 children, some as young as 6 or 7 years of age, who have gathered outside the chicken-wire fence of the school compound in Kule refugee camp demand to be allowed...
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UNICEF provides much needed clean water to new refugees from South Sudan and...
By Elissa Jobson South Sudan refugees cross the Baro river, which is the border between South Sudan and Ethiopia. Crossing the river means that they have reached Burebiey entry point in Gambella,...
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In Ethiopia, Nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign Reaches 13 Million Children
Somali Region, Ethiopia, 12 May, 2014 – Ethiopia kicked off a polio vaccination campaign on 3 October 2013, targeting 13 million children across the country following an emergency response that began...
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In Ethiopia, Nationwide Polio Vaccination Campaign Reaches 13 Million Children
Sahro Ahmed vaccinates a child in Warder, Somali region, Ethiopia. © UNICEF Ethiopia/2013/Sewunet Somali Region, Ethiopia, 12 May, 2014 – Ethiopia kicked off a polio vaccination campaign on 3 October...
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Saving the innocent: Ethiopia is keeping the promise it made to its children
By: Dr KesetebirhaneAdmasu, Minister of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Co-Chair, A Promise Renewed and the African leadership for Child Survival Initiative Dr Peter Salama, UNICEF...
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Girl’s Empowerment: the key to Ethiopia’s development
By: Dr Peter Salama, UNICEF Representative to Ethiopia Julius Court, Acting Head of Office, DFID Ethiopia As we rapidly approach the deadline of 2015 for reporting our progress against the Millennium...
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Ten million childhood disabilities prevented in campaign to end polio – UNICEF
ADDIS ABABA/NEW YORK, 23 October – Every day, a thousand or so children have been protected from disability during a 26-year global effort to eradicate polio. The worldwide campaign has immunised...
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World Health Organization, UNICEF and Rotary International, appreciate...
Addis Ababa, 24 October 2014 – The World Health Organization, UNICEF and Rotary International stand together in the fight against polio and in commemoration of World Polio Day, 24 October 2014....
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Ethiopia hosted the 3rd Africa’s Nutrition Security Partnership Annual Review...
By Selamawit Negash Ten month old Hanan Mohammed Ibrahim has her mid upper arm circumference measured ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2012/Getachew Malnutrition in Africa is at present one of the leading causes of...
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World Polio Day 2014 commemorated in Ethiopia
By Shalini Rozario On 24 October 2014, UNICEF, WHO, Rotary International and Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) gathered to commemorate World Polio Day, which also coincided with United Nations Day. In...
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South-South Cooperation: Brazil shares models for universal access to water...
Opening session of the two-day seminar in Brasilia, Ministry of Cities. ©UNICEF Brasilia, 14 October 2014. – Within the framework of the Brazil–UNICEF Trilateral South–South Cooperation Programme, the...
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Lack of toilets dangerous for everyone, UNICEF says
Girls’ toilet at Beseka ABE Center in Fantale Woreda of Oromia State ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2014/Ose NEW YORK/Addis Ababa, 19 November 2014 – Slow progress on sanitation and the entrenched practice of open...
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UNICEF Ethiopia Appoints young rap star Abelone Melese as its New National...
Abelone Melese and Patrizia DiGiovanni, Acting Representative for UNICEF Ethiopia hold a UNICEF T-shirt to officiate Abelone’s new title. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2014/Sewunet 20 November 2014, Addis Ababa:...
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State of the World’s Children report launched in Ethiopia
As we mark 25 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the 2015 edition of The State of the World’s Children calls for brave and fresh thinking to address age-old problems that still affect...
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Thousands more mothers, babies can be saved in Ethiopia
New Lancet Series finds major progress in improving survival for Ethiopia’s babies, but more can be done ADDIS ABABA: 24 November 2014: By 2025, Ethiopia could save as many as 76,800 mothers and babies...
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