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Safe motherhood month -No Mother Shall Die While Giving Life
11 January 2010, Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health launched a month long safe motherhood campaign under the title “No mother shall die while giving life”. This campaign runs from 09 January to 07 February 2010. Safe motherhood is ensuring that all women receive the care they need to be safe and healthy throughout pregnancy and childbirth. On the occasion the Ethiopian federal Democratic Republic President Girma Woldegiorgis called on all Ethiopians to synchronize efforts toward reducing the existing mother and child mortality rates in the country. The Ethiopian government has already designed and implemented various policies and programs in a bid to improve provision of public healthcare services and improve the livelihood of the society, the president noted. “Thus”, he said, “the country was able to achieve remarkable achievements in the health sector that attract the attention of the international community”. Read More..

H.E. Mr. Antonio SÁNCHEZ-BENEDITO GASPAR Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Spain to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Q. What are the priority areas of cooperation of the Government of Spain in Ethiopia? In the last few years Spain has considerably scaled up its cooperation with Ethiopia, that is considered a priority country for the Spanish Cooperation Master Plan. According to the first Joint Commission that took place in Addis Ababa in January 2008, the target areas are Health, Gender and Rural Development, as well as Humanitarian Assistance. In global terms, our ODA amounted in 2008 to 40 million Euros. We attach a lot of importance to work both bilaterally and multilaterally, especially with the UN System, following the principles on Ownership, Alignment and Harmonization, enshrined in the Paris Declaration and the Accra Plan of Action. Q. The European Union like many other countries supported the UN High Level Panel on System Coherence. Even though the UN Country Team in Ethiopia is not a Delivering As One pilot, it is proceeding on a self starter basis and our readers would like to know your views on UN reforms in general and Delivering As One in particular? Spain on a national basis, and as a member of the EU, is strongly supporting the UN Reforms Process with the aim of enhancing the effectiveness and coherence of its activities. In this regard, Spain is actively engaged in the implementation of the One UN programme. Read full Interview ...

Thematic Areas
Common Services Communication Group Gender TWG HACT Monitoring and Evaluation Group Operation Management Group UNDAF Basic Social Services & Human Resource TWG UNDAF Enhanced Economic Growth TWG UNDAF Governance and HR TWG UNDAF HIV/AIDS TWG UNDAF Humanitarian Response, Recovery and Food Security TWG updated