| Next Ethiopia Visit |
24th October 2008 Duration: 2 weeks |
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| Gold Star Communities Award |
The Southern Ethiopia Gwent Health Link and the new Bryn-Y-Cwm - Yirgacheffe link received a commendation award from the Welsh assembly at the Cardiff Eisteddfod on the 4th of August 2008 for their excellent work and inspired contribution toward community partnerships between Wales and Ethiopia. The award was presented by First Minister Rhodri Morgan and United Nations Antipoverty Champion Edith Wakumire.  |
| Ethiopia Visit - March 2008 |
 A team of eight from the Southern Ethiopia Gwent Health Link visited Ethiopia between 29th February and 12th March 2008. During this visit the team organized training workshops as well as revisited the exemplar health centres. While more detailed reports will follow in the next few weeks, read a brief summary of the visit. |
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We are a partnership between health professionals in South Wales and healthcare workers in Southern Ethiopia. Geographically and medically, the healthcare setup in Southern Ethiopia and in the Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust in South Wales are worlds apart. But, thanks to the drive and determination of a project launched in 2000, a new world of medical care and health education is being created today. Our focus has always been the skills training of front-line health professionals like health officers, midwives and nurses working in resource-poor health centres. We also provide these health centres with essential medical equipment and training material. Visit the Projects section and the Reports section for more information. The following video shows Dr. Biku Ghosh speaking on the basic philosophy of the link at the Yirgacheffee Health Centre in October 2007. |
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Maternal Mortality Ethiopia has one of the highest maternal as well as infant mortality rates in the world. |
Life Expectancy at Birth Men on average live for only 50 yrs and women for 53 yrs. In UK men and women live for 77yrs and 81yrs respectively. |
