Jun 13, 2024
On June 6, 2024, Last Mile Health and the International Institute for Primary Health Care – Ethiopia (IPHC-E) hosted “Non-communicable diseases: The next frontier for community health workers.” This webinar explored the vast potential for professional community health workers to provide non-communicable disease care in communities around the…
May 1, 2024
In Ethiopia, non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death. These illnesses—which include diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory diseases, cancers, kidney diseases, and others—account for 52% of deaths in the country.* And for those living in rural and remote communities, lifesaving screening and treatment is often out…
Jan 23, 2024
In 2021, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health estimated that nearly 800,000 children across the nation had received zero doses of routine childhood vaccines. Facing a serious risk of illness or death from preventable causes, nearly 90% of these children were concentrated in four regions. In 2023, having identified immunization…
