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Workneh Eshete or Azaj Warqnah Ishete, also known as Charles Martin (21 October 1864 – 8 October 1952) was an Ethiopian physician and politician. He was the first Ethiopian educated as a medical doctor and led the Ethiopian diplomatic mission to the United States in 1927, which negotiated a contract to build a dam on the upper Abay River; [1] and, beginning in 1934, he served as Ethiopia's ...
[1] [2] The first Ethiopian hospital was established in 1897. [3] As of 1988, there were 87 hospitals in Ethiopia with 11,296 beds. [ 4 ] Medical care in Ethiopia, a nation of more than 100 million people, is provided by numerous clinics in the countryside, and hospitals located mostly in larger towns.
According to the head of the World Bank's Global HIV/AIDS Program, in 2007 Ethiopia had only 1 medical doctor per 100,000 people. [10] However, the World Health Organization in its 2006 World Health Report gives a figure of 1936 physicians (for 2003), [11] which is about 2.6 per 100,000.
The Medical School opened in 2014. It was intended to alleviate the severe shortage of medical doctors in the country.In line with various encouraging efforts performed by the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health in this regard, it is clear that the newly opened school, with a practical modular and integrated curriculum, [clarification needed] will be providing much-needed medical ...
Black Lion Hospital was established in 1964. It has 200 doctors, 700 beds, 379 nurses and 115 other health professionals offering health care services. The hospital consists of 950 permanent contract administrative staffs that supports the hospital activities. [2]
The Ministry of Health (MoH) (Amharic: ጤና ሚኒስቴር) is the Ethiopian government department responsible for public health concerns. Its head office is on Sudan Street in Addis Ababa.
Located in Mekele, [1] the teaching hospital is the largest hospital in the Tigray Region [2] and the second largest hospital in Ethiopia. [3] It is one of only a few referral hospitals in Ethiopia. [3] The hospital opened in 2008 and serves a population of over 8 million people. [3]
ALERT is a medical facility on the edge of Addis Ababa, specializing in Hansen's disease, also known as “leprosy”. It was originally the All Africa Leprosy Rehabilitation and Training Center (hence the acronym), but the official name is now expanded to include tuberculosis: All Africa Leprosy, Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre.