MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'ethiopia'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:22:59 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5152893&cid=t_166272_46_f&fid=38787&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Fphotos%2F2011%2F08%2F19%2Fliben-ethiopia%2F Liben region, Ethiopia – July 26, 2011 After losing her entire livestock to the drought, 47-year-old Idimo Mohied walked for seven days with her youngest child. Having spent ten days in the pre-registration camp, she has been at the transit camp for over a week. She would like to be rehoused in a ‘normal’ camp as soon as possible. At present, her food rations are insufficient and she has nowhere to sleep. Idimo’s experience is typical of the 118,000 Somali refugees now seeking aid in camps in Ethiopia’s Liben region. Almost half arrived in the last two months, having fled drought and hunger, not to mention a war that has raged for two decades. The massive influx of refugees has overstretched the resources of the Liben camps, which were initially built to shelter 45,000 pe... MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5152893 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:21:14 +0100 5152893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4950290&cid=t_166272_46_f&fid=38787&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Fphotos%2F2011%2F06%2F20%2Ftunisia-2%2F Shousha camp, May 2011 A recently arrived Oromo clan (Ethiopian ethnic group) are having a meeting. The war in Libya has forced more than 600 000 civilians – foreign workers, migrants and Libyans – to flee the country, mainly to Tunisia in the west and Egypt in the east, but also across the desert to Niger, Chad and beyond or across the Mediterranean to Lampedusa. Assistance to Libyan refugees in southern Tunisia is mainly provided by local communities out of solidarity, while a minority is assisted by the international community. Tataouine governorate alone is hosting around 60’000 Libyan refugees. (Source: MSF Blogs) MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4950290 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:03:00 +0100 4950290 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4761650&cid=t_166272_46_f&fid=38787&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Fphotos%2F2011%2F04%2F28%2Fethiopia-5%2F West Imey, Ethiopia – October 2010 Cows drinking and people bathing while the ferry boat waits for the MSF team to cross the river before dark. On the West side of the Shebele river at dusk. It is not permitted to cross the river after dark. (Source: MSF Blogs) MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4761650 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:16:54 +0100 4761650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399767&cid=t_166272_136_f&fid=35302&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FWhitePebble%2F%7E3%2FxM4JCGuedSw%2F Image via Wikipedia Because I read Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese last summer, and loved it so much that I insist on dragging it across country with me, just to have it close by, it has had at least one unexpected effect on me: namely, my cooking. The book is not about cooking; food is mentioned in the due course of things, but no more than you might expect. One thing mentioned many times: berbere. Berbere is not a spice, but a mix of spices. It is heavily used in Ethiopian cooking, especially in a common chicken stew called doro wat. And so, I wanted some. I looked in the ethnic cooking sections of grocery stores both regular and organic. I looked online and in spice and cookware stores: no berbere. Nobody even to tell me how to pronounce the word, since I know no Amharic. But lo ... white pebble blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399767 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:58:10 +0100 4399767 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4318285&cid=t_166272_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2011%2F01%2F06%2F2011%2F Happy 2011 to all! Hope this is a fruitful year for everyone! some facts about 2011 : it is the year of the Rabbit, in the Chinese calendar it is also the international year of truth about Islam, according to the counter-Jihad calendar (Yikes! don’t think I’ll be subscribing to that one… lots of nutty stuff hitting my email lately) it is the year of the Cricket World Cup, to be held in South Asia (yay!) – my brother will no doubt be supporting the Canadian national cricket team eh? And with the current Australian team, that might not be as crazy as it sounds. according to the Ethiopian calendar, we are currently in 2003, until New Year on September 12. U2 will be taking their 360 tour to South Africa, South & North America… and if I won the lottery my fir... Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4318285 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 06:41:43 +0100 4318285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3743504&cid=t_166272_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2010%2F07%2F12%2Fuganda-terror%2F Terror attacks on Uganda World Cup fans Shocking news. I used to walk past this Ethiopian Restaurant almost every day the first time I was in Uganda. It was very close to the guesthouse we stayed in. In fact in recent months as we became more interested in Ethiopia I often thought about that Restaurant and wished I had had dinner there… News of terrorist attacks like this is always sad and disturbing, but this time for me it’s a little more so as I know the place (Source: Baggas' Blog) Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3743504 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:44:37 +0100 3743504 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3652359&cid=t_166272_85_f&fid=34924&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.baggas.com%2Fposts%2F2010%2F06%2F11%2Four-adoption-journey-so-far%2F This report went to the State committee  at the beginning of June, and we received their formal approval letter today. This means we’ve now successfully jumped through all the hoops on the Australian government side thus far, and we begin the long wait to be allocated a child from our chosen country, Ethiopia. This will probably take another 3-4 years, but it is very difficult to predict, as the Ethiopian program is in a transitional phase at present. Thus far it’s taken nearly a year, about $3000 and many many hours of our time to get to this point. And we’ve actually had a fairly quick and smooth run through the process compared to many people. In the future we have another few years of waiting, mountains of paperwork, costs of another $40,000+ (including government fe... Baggas' Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3652359 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:27:12 +0100 3652359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3117814&cid=t_166272_46_f&fid=38787&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Fphotos%2F2009%2F12%2F24%2Fethiopia-4%2F Photo: Stephan Vanfleteren Bale Province, Ethiopia – March 2003 Two sisters posing inside the former military barrack. A communist symbol is painted on the wall. Shortage of fertile land, combined with a persistent drought, drove tens of thousands of Ethiopians from their homes in Harraghe province. On their way to a new and better life they got stranded in an old army base in Bale province. (Source: MSF Blogs) MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3117814 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:44:40 +0100 3117814 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3089289&cid=t_166272_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FHZ5a7F78f-I%2F The following guest post by Ellen Dorsch, Founder of Creative Women, is part of Disruptive Women’s “The Value of Health: Creating Economic Security in the Developing World” series. Building on her commitment to women’s well being, her love of travel, her desire to experience the challenges of the private sector, and her love of hand-made products, Ellen Dorsch decided to leave the non-profit sector and start Creative Women. Today, Creative Women imports elegant hand-woven products from women-owned businesses in Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Swaziland, and Mali. Each product Creative Women sells, allows the company’s colleagues to hire more workers and to pay them decent wages and benefits helping them, and their families, to live a healthier lifestyle, and to receive hea... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3089289 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:54:04 +0100 3089289 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2953533&cid=t_166272_46_f&fid=38787&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Fphotos%2F2009%2F11%2F02%2Fethiopia-3%2F Photo: Eymeric Laurent-Gascoin Koysha Shewkare – July 2008 Koysha Shewkare, in the area of Wolayita (SNNP region), Kindo Didaye district. (Source: MSF Blogs) MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2953533 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:19:54 +0100 2953533 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2803867&cid=t_166272_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blisstree.com%2Fbreastfeeding123%2Ffeed-the-mother-who-feeds-the-baby%2F In celebration of my 1,000th post here at Breastfeeding 1-2-3, I want to share a very happy story I came across. You might remember this post I wrote for Blog Action Day last year on Breastfeeding and Poverty (read it if you haven’t already — it’s one of my better posts if I do say so myself ). In that post I shared what I learned about how a malnourished mother should continue breastfeeding and not wean and give her baby f*ormula. I remembered that information as I started to read a post by Mary at Owlhaven.net on her sister Sophie’s medical mission in Ethiopia (you can read my review of Mary’s book A Sane Woman’s Guide to Raising a Large Family and check out her newly released book Family Feasts for $75 a Week: A Penny-wise Mom Shares Her Recipe for C... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2803867 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:54:01 +0100 2803867 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2641275&cid=t_166272_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F26%2Fa-walk-to-beautiful-available-on-dvd%2F Last year, I posted about the shortened version of the film, “A Walk to Beautiful,” which appeared as part of the NOVA program on PBS. The full feature-length version with filmmaker commentaries and two new short films is now available on DVD, and can be ordered online via walktobeautiful.com. The film focuses on the impact of obstetric fistula in Ethiopia, and the short version I saw was extremely moving, so I encourage you to check out the website and find out more. Posted in Birth, Global Issues, Vaginas & Vulvas, Women's Health (Source: Women's Health News) Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2641275 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:04:38 +0100 2641275 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2609189&cid=t_166272_46_f&fid=38787&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmsf.ca%2Fblogs%2Fphotos%2F2009%2F06%2F04%2Fethiopia-2%2F photo: Robin Utrecht Duna, Ethiopia - October 2008 A severely malnourished child is being weighed in MSF’s feeding centre. Duna, Ethiopie - octobre 2008 Un enfant sévèrement malnutri est pesé au centre nutritionel de MSF. (Source: MSF Blogs) MSF Blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2609189 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:11:34 +0100 2609189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2306057&cid=t_166272_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F29%2Fweekly-news-round-up-4%2F The New England Journal of Medicine has a Perspectives piece from Julie D. Cantor, M.D., J.D. about the HHS conscience rule. Don’t forget - you have only until April 9 to submit your public comment regarding the potential rescinding of the rule. At Our Bodies Our Blog, Christine points to real problems with the seemingly innocuous Real Age quiz online, including how your responses are sold off to advertisers. A colleague found this story that I see as related, How Big Pharma Listens in on Doctor Networks. C also linked to the webcast, The Effect of the Economic Downturn on the Health of Communities of Color, which is archived online. I haven’t seen it yet, but I recently learned of the film Not Yet Rain, and the descrip sounds promising: Not Yet Rain, a Lisa Russell film pro... Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2306057 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:01:47 +0100 2306057