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Access to safe water remains a challenge for many parts of the world. More than two billion people still drink contaminated water, and 1.5 million people die each year from diarrhea. A new meta-analysis of 15 studies finds that water treatment reduces child mortality by about 30 percent, suggesting that water treatment is a highly cost-effective way of saving lives; every $35

At least 350 personnel have been trained to carry out the exercise in various parts of the country.

At least 350 personnel have been trained to carry out the exercise in various parts of the country.

The chair of a World Health Organization (WHO) body cut off Ethiopia's envoy on Monday as he tried to deliver a speech criticising the global organisation's leader and postponed a decision on a request from Addis Ababa to investigate his actions. The flare-up came at the WHO's week-long Executive Board meeting which is set to discuss a bid by current director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, from Ethiopia's Tigray region, for a second term as head of the UN health agency.

An Ethiopian ambassador slammed the World Health Organization's chief over his comments on the Tigray conflict, during the WHO's executive board meeting in Geneva.

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been nominated for the position of the World Health Organization chief before re-election in May. Currently, he is the sole nominee for the position after the procedural vote held on Tuesday. He is all but guaranteed a second term.

A Nairobi-based US businessman and his three employees have been taken into custody for allegedly issuing fake Covid-19 certificates.

GENEVA — A World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Monday that the global body would postpone a decision on Ethiopia’s request to investigate its…

On January 14, Ethiopia's Foreign ministry accused Tedros of spreading misinformation about the war in Tigray.