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Will you support Vision Aid Overseas to help train 20 optometry students in Ethiopia to bring local eye care to over 1 million people? Vision Aid Overseas urgently needs to raise a minimum of £9,950 to help train and support 20 final year optometry students at Hawassa University College of Health and Medical Sciences (UCHMS) in Ethiopia. The Hawassa Graduates will go on to provide vital eye care to over a million patients in the coming 20 years. To read more click  here

Photo@ CDC Abstract: Evaluation of health programmes is essential to assist programme managers in decision-making and accountability to the population they serve. Additionally, regular monitoring and evaluation of TB/HIV collaborative activities are used as a means to assess quality, effectiveness and coverage of services; yet little attention has been given to this in most developing countries.  In the southern region of Ethiopia, since the inception of the TB/HIV collaborative activities in 2005, there has not been any formal evaluation pertaining to the implementation status of integrated TB/HIV services at routine program level. However, a series of TB/HIV reviews underlined many challenges that have adversely affected the implementation nationally. However, studies conducted on the quality of TB and HIV/AIDS services tend to be broad and not targeted to the integrated TB/HIV program and therefore, it was necessary to assess the implementation status in a more focuse

Photo@ Source McKinsey and Company, an American management consultant, is undertaking a study aiming to come up with low-cost housing development opportunities related to workers at the Hawassa Industrial Park (HIP). After about three months of study, McKinsey submitted its proposal on June 21, 2017, and indicated its initial plans about the research monitored by the Ethiopian Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC). McKinsey was advised to take wider perspectives so that it can point solutions usable even for other industrial parks. At its full capacity, HIP expects 60,000 workers and currently has 10,000 employees. A similar attempt was made previously using about 50 million Br as loan support for locals who built residential houses in the city and rented them to workers at HIP. The rental was mandatory upon borrowing the money. Similarly, HIP constructed 1,000 apartments for expatriate workers inside the park. For domestic workers in the manufacturing process

Source By Girmachew Gashaw Have you ever heard of experts talking about dried out of water bodies due to human activities? This may seem difficult to accept for the people who have no connection with lakes. However, those people who rely on lakes for their livelihoods could witness this scenario unfolding. This is true for people residing around Lake Hawassa and experiencing its day to day menace. The Lake which a sanctuary for fascinating birds and is a habitant for diversified aquatic floras and faunas, is severely threatened due to human activities that its water level has been dropping alarmingly. Experts, stakes and dwellers talk of the ecological threat that the Lake has encountered with in fear and anxiety. Lake Hawassa, which is located in the main Rift Valley, about 275km southwards from the capital with a surface elevation of 1,686 m above sea level and a maximum depth of 21m, is in a real threat. The ecological threat of the Lake is worrying dwellers whose lives a

Crisis overview The Fall Armyworms infestation worsened significantly in June in Ethiopia, with 145,000 hectares of land affected – compared to 53,000 hectares at the end of May. The infestation, which affected at least 16 other African countries and millions of people since late 2016, has spread to at least six states out of 11 in Ethiopia, and is likely to spread further. Three to four million hectares of maize crops are expected to be affected at this rate. The Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ State (SNNPS) is the most affected by livelihoods loss, with about 100,000 people (or 20,000 households) affected. This region was already one of the most affected by drought since 2015, causing food insecurity. As the next belg harvests are planned for August, the impact on food security will be clearer then. The impact on meher yields will be seen in October, during harvest season. Key findings Anticipated scope and scale Fall Armyworms spread rapidly and further damage