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WHO AFRO Outbreaks and Other Emergencies, Week 42: 12-18 October 2020

World Health Organization WHO (2020) C_WHO

The WHO Health Emergencies Programme is currently monitoring 118 events in the region. This week’s main articles cover the following events: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Togo Measles in Chad Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Équateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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The twin epidemics: Prevalence of TB/HIV co- infection and its associated factors in Ethiopia; A systematic review and meta-analysis

B. Tesfaye; A. Alebel; A. Gebrie; et al. PLOS One (2018) CC

PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0203986 October 3, 2018

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Facility Delivery and Postnatal Care Services Use among Mothers Who Attended Four or More Antenatal Care Visits in Ethiopia: Further Analysis of the 2016 Demographic and Health Survey

Abeje Fekadu, G. F. Ambaw Getahun; and S. Ayenalam Kidanie (2018) CC

Demographic and Health Surveys, Working Paper

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The nature and contribution of innovative health financing mechanisms in the World Health Organization African region: A scoping review

Nabyonga-Orem J., Christmals C.D., Addai K.F. et al. Journal of Global Health (2023) CC

Achieving financial risk protection for the whole population requires significant financing for health. Health systems in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) are plagued with persistent underfunding, and recent reductions in official development assistance have been registered. To create fiscal ... more

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Women’s Empowerment as a Determinant of Contraceptive Use in Ethiopia

Tadesse, Mekonnen, Habtamu Teklie, Gorfu Yazew, and Tesfayi Gebreselassie ICF International (2013) C2

Further Analysis of the 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey. DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 82

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Analysis of the nature and contribution of innovative health financing mechanisms in the WHO African Region

World Health Organisation (WHO) (2023) C_WHO

Africa is off track to reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 and lags behind in building resilient health systems and health security, against a backdrop of limited resources. The world envisaged a significant role for governments in funding the Sustainable Development Agenda, but inadeq... more

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A profile of female genital mutilation in Ethiopia

UNICEF (2020) CC

Ethiopia is home to 25 million girls and women who have experienced FGM. More than half are in the regions of Oromia and Amhara. Overall, 65 per cent of girls and women aged 15 to 49 have undergone FGM. The highest prevalence is in the Somali (99 per cent) and Afar (91 per cent) regions

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Amnesty International Report 2021/22: The state of the world's human rights
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Amnesty International (2022) C1

mnesty International’s annual report on the state of the world’s human rights in 2021, published in March 2022, shows that promises to “build back better” after the Covid-19 pandemic were little more than lip service. Hopes of global cooperation withered in the face of vaccine hoarding and c... more