| Next Ethiopia Visit |
20/03/10 - 27/03/10
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The Link runs many projects tailored for the local requirements. All the projects are conducted in close collaboration with local health authorities in Ethiopia as well as the World Health Organisation and Tropical Health and Education Trust. The link has rapidly expanded over the past 8 years and has transformed from the Dilla-Abergavenny Link to the Southern Ethiopia-Gwent Link reflecting the wider involvement on both sides of the partnership. However, our focus has always been and will continue to be the training of front-line health professionals like health officers, nurses and midwives who work in rural Ethiopia with extremely limited facilities. While we continue to liaise with Hawassa Referral Hospital to conduct training workshops for front-line health professionals, our focus is strongly on capacity building at health centres as exemplified by the exemplar health centres project. We have had excellent support not only from health professionals both in the UK and in Ethiopia but also from organisations like THET, the WHO, British Embassy in Addis as well as the Welsh Assembly. We hope to expand our activities and collaborate with other NGOs in the region to improve health care provision in rural Ethiopia. Read more...
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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. |