Southern Ethiopia - Gwent Health Link

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.

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.

The Government has published its long-awaited response to the Crisp Report on Global Health Partnerships. In its latest publication titled 'Global Health Partnerships: The UK contribution to health in developing countries - The Government Response', the Department of Health/Department for International Development has responded to each of the 16 recommendations contained in the Crisp Report. You can download the Crisp report as well as the government response here.

Two teams from the Southern Ethiopia Gwent Health link and the Abergavenny - Yirgachaffe Community link have returned after a very productive 2 weeks (Oct/Nov) in Southern Ethiopia. This visit marked the start of the Exemplar Health Centres project as well as the establishment of the community link. We also conducted skills workshops for 27 health officers and 48 nurses/midwives.