“The outbreak took so much from all of us, especially from the people of DRC, but we came out of it with valuable lessons, and valuable tools”, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC began in August 2018 and ranked second only to the 2014-2016 outbreak, which, in an active…
“I love mechanics,” says Sergeant Almaz Kabtimer Desta from Ethiopia who is currently serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Field Office in Yambio, Western Equatoria. Sergeant Desta admits that her passion for mechanics can be seen as an unusual choice for a woman: “I know that anything to do with cars…
Eid-ul-Fitr 2020 is an auspicious festival celebrated by Muslims all around the world. The occasion marks the end of the Islamic holy month fasting of Ramadan, during which the Muslim community fasts from dawn to dusk. It is believed that Prophet Muhammad got the first revelation of the Holy Quran in this month. This year, Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated on Sunday,…
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The seamless connection between research and approval is the major reason behind the fast development of vaccines. BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhua) — China has approved three COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials, said an official with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) on Tuesday. An adenovirus vector vaccine, developed by a research team led…
The case was no different when I met a group of young people two weeks ago for work reasons. Although it was my first time meeting them, I greeted them from a distance and sat next to them at the same round table. They joked around with the way I greeted them and continued telling…
Yared Tsegaye Akin to the recently introduced national motto in all government offices and beyond, “Ethiopia, a New Horizon of Hope”, which brings a single page (dashboard) of 100 days plan, the Office of Attorney General is preparing a draft bill aiming to curb hate speech and bring accountability towards public speeches and every other…
