For nearly a month, doctors, nurses and other health workers across Ethiopia have been on strike, as part of a nationwide protest against poor working conditions and low pay that has brought the ...

In a hospital in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, in mid-May, Tewodros* was at work treating patients when two police officers barged into the emergency room. Earlier that same month, the doctor had ...

A month ago, Yonas, a student I cherished since his time at Jimma University, asked me to write a recommendation letter for a hospital position in the United States. He had never missed the top spot ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Three patients who would have normally died of kidney failure received the first kidney ...

Semegnew Molla Hodes was in constant pain, and his twisted back slowed his breathing. Still, he was determined to reach Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, approximately 200 miles from his rural village.

(JNS) A delegation of Israeli surgeons faced a daunting challenge when a general power failure interrupted a life-saving surgery they were performing in Ethiopia. But thanks to their quick thinking ...

For years, Dr. Rick Hodes has been going about his lifesaving work in Ethiopia with little fanfare but with a loyal following. From medical specialists scattered about the United States who offer free ...

Biggest hospital in Ethiopia's Tigray has not been resupplied since June Doctors say patients dying due to shortages of drugs and equipment All children admitted are showing signs of malnutrition ...

Every weekday at noon, radio host Mehret Debebe heads to his studio for a live call-in show devoted to a single topic: what the coronavirus means for Ethiopia. The answers come from even farther ...

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Education, Berhanu Nega, has issued a new directive forbidding recipients of honorary doctorates from using the prefix “Doctor.” The decree applies to use of the moniker outside ...