By UNDP, Eritrea has achieved impressive progress on health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), members of the United Nations and the Government observed here in an event organized during the UN General Assembly. The discussion was hosted by the Permanent Mission of Eritrea to the United Nations, the UN Resident Coordinator in Asmara, Christine Umutoni, with the […]
Continue ReadingBy Shabait, ERITREA‘s experience in implementation of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been presented to representatives of national and international organizations side by side with the 69th UN General Assembly session. In a meeting conducted yesterday at UN headquarters in New York in which Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Ms. Yoka Brandit, Deputy Executive Director […]
Continue ReadingBy AFP, FOR a town seen as a key trading centre for khat, a drug that is banned in many countries, Ethiopia’s Awaday can seem pretty drowsy and laid-back. As the sun sets on the small eastern town, farmers and brokers of the amphetamine shrub rouse from an afternoon slumber to cut deals in the bustling […]
Continue ReadingBy SelamTribune, THE Eritrean Ministry of Health has released timely information as regards the means of transmission, symptoms and the necessary measures towards prevention of Ebola which has posed serious threat at the international level. Accordingly, the members of communities most vulnerable to the incurable disease constitute patient caretakers, health professionals and quarantine workers, and nationals […]
Continue ReadingBy WHO, ERITREA has recorded significant achievements in disease control and made substantial progress towards the attainment of health MDGs through the implementation of proven interventions. Overall, the health status of the population has improved significantly. The country has succeeded in reducing its child mortality significantly and is currently on record as being on track with […]
Continue ReadingEritrea designates Dr. Berhane Ghebretinsae Ghilagaber, Director General of the Department of Health Services at the Ministry of Health, as its representative on the Board from 2014 – 2017 By Shabait, ERITREA has been elected as a 3-year member of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) at the 67th International Conference conducted […]
Continue Reading“The low prevalence rate of HIV in the country is a plus for Eritrea as the country has reduced the prevalence by more than 60% compared to 1990 levels, thus reaching the MDG target” – Dr. Luis G. Sambo, WHO Regional Director for Africa By UN Eritrea, WORLD TB DAY was commemorated with enthusiasm in Asmara, the capital city of […]
Continue ReadingBy Fikrejesus Amahazion, According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 9 million people per year are infected with Tuberculosis (TB), with the large majority of these cases located within the world’s poorest, least developed countries [i]. In Eritrea, a young, developing country, TB has long been a significant public health issue – representing a […]
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