The Digest covers topics on Leadership Training Program for the health
workforce in Ethiopia, update on the World Health Organization recommended
new malaria vaccine, non-communicable diseases burden and treatment, and ...
Ethiopia still faces a high burden of malnutrition due to environmental,
social, political, economic, and cultural factors. Inadequate agricultural
productivity, post-harvest losses, poor food safety and quality, ...
According the WHO adolescence is defined
as the period from 10 to 19 years, when an
individual undergoes major physical growth,
mental development and psychological
changes. (1-6). This period is divided into
early ...
Ethiopia has made a remarkable progress against child undernutrition in the past fifteen years; however, child stunting remains a serious challenge. According to Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey, the national ...
Micronutrient deficiency is often referred to as “Hidden Hunger” as adequate food may be present, but the diet contains insufficient amounts of certain vitamins and minerals.
Micronutrient deficiencies (MNDs) are now ...
Malnutrition is a global health challenge that affects every country in the world. Children, women, and adolescents are the most vulnerable and a significant burden is experienced by children under-five (1). Globally, 22% ...
Ethiopia is in the ‘early’ phase of the demographic dividend transition and on the path to a population age structure that may enable it to experience a demographic dividend. The national total fertility rate has decreased ...
Stunting in Ethiopia is still unacceptably high. Despite the steady decline of stunting over the past twenty years, the rate in children under five was 38% in 2019 and 28% in children under two (with wide regional variation). ...
Malnutrition refers to deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in a person’s intake of energy and/or nutrients (WHO 2020). It is also defined as both under-nutrition and over nutrition, which includes micronutrient and ...
Ethiopia is prone to recurrent droughts that impact food security and water availability, and contribute to high rates of malnutrition in the country. Over the past decade, the Government has applied a two-pronged approach ...
Irrational use of drugs has been one of the major problems in the Ethiopian health care system for a long time. Among the strategies devised to improve the situation, Medicine, Food and Healthcare Administration and Control ...
WHEREAS, scientifically proved that using tobacco is a risk factor
for disease such as cancer, respiratory disease, heart disease, stroke
and non-communicable disease as well as resulted to physical injury
and death WHEREAS, ...
Stunting remains a major public health problem in Ethiopia. The current study shows that 39% (37-42: 95% confidence interval) of children under five years of age are stunted (height-for-age below -2SD).
The national ...
The EPSA has been determined to meet the increasing pharmaceuticals demand in the country since its establishment in 2007. The agency has been expanding hubs, warehouse infrastructure, increasing procurement volume, ...
Our integrated management system concerns all of the company’s activities (providing services in the outsourcing of Purchases) and complies with the quality requirements. The activities of EPSA Market Place (purchasing and ...