Climate risk profile: Ethiopia
This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Ethiopia, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture and crop production, livestock, water resources and human health. The
Ethiopia
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Bahir Dar tannery effluent characterization and its impact on the head of Blue Nile River
A study was conducted to characterize Bahir Dar tannery effluent and determine its impact on the head of Blue Nile River using selected physicochemical parameters. Samples were taken from the direct effluent
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Water on tap
Researchers are exploring unconventional sources of fresh water to quench the globe's growing thirst.
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UN expecting to feed 6.5 million Ethiopians this year
The World Food Programme will help to feed nearly 6.5 million Ethiopians this year, the U.N. agency said on Tuesday, with the country hit by locusts, neighboring war and sparse rainfall. "We are concerned
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World facing polio health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the spread of polio is an international public health emergency. Outbreaks in Asia, Africa and Middle East are an "extraordinary event" needing a co-ordinated
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Deal signed to upgrade roads, grid in Ethiopia
Infrastructure in Ethiopia is expected to get a boost as China vowed on Sunday to help upgrade the nation's power grid and road system. Deal signed to upgrade roads, grid in Ethiopia Premier Li Keqiang
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Deal signed to upgrade roads, grid in Ethiopia
Infrastructure in Ethiopia is expected to get a boost as China vowed on Sunday to help upgrade the nation's power grid and road system. Deal signed to upgrade roads, grid in Ethiopia Premier Li Keqiang
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CBA8 pledges to fund projects on climate change
Representatives of more than 50 countries have committed to channelise climate funds in order to finance local adaptation projects with a view to tackle the impacts of climate change. Issuing a Kathmandu
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Adapting to climate change through land and water management in Eastern Africa
This publication presents the results and lessons learned from the FAO-Sida supported pilot project “Strengthening capacity for climate change adaptation in land and water management” in Ethiopia, Kenya
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Oral polio vaccine must for travellers
New Regulation For Visitors To & From Polio-Endemic Nations Pune: India has made oral polio vaccine (OPV) mandatory for all travellers across all age groups visiting polioendemic countries such as Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Syria, Kenya, Somalia, Nigeria and Pakistan. The new regulation, which came into effect from March 1, is aimed at preventing re-entry of polio virus from these countries.
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Global warming takes malaria risk to hilly areas
Those living in the mountains or higher altitudes across the world will soon face the wrath of the world's deadliest vector borne disease — malaria. What is more worrying is that the severity of the disease is expected to be far more because the populations in the mountains lack protective immunity against the disease. Researchers estimated that a 1 degree celsius temperature increase could result in an additional 3 million malaria cases annually, in under-15 population.