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The global health sector, particularly in the developing countries, faces critical workforce shortages. Africa ranks the lowest in the availability of health personnel. Sub-Saharan Africa …

n “5 Things We’re Watching” this week, we’re highlighting a national perspective. Politico puts out a daily health policy newsletter called “Pulse.” It’s one of the better things which appears in my inbox every morning. But earlier this month, they made an interesting observation from the recent Aspen Ideas Festival. Really? Ethiopia? Is the US health system really that bad? Sure, we can learn from other countries. And, those don’t have to be only industrialized, developed countries, like the UK or Italy. But we have a strong community health worker program in various parts of Washington State. The Foundation for Healthy Generations is leading some of that work and testified before the legislature this year on the topic. I don’t believe it’s un-American to say the US health system produces highly varied, low quality health care in many instances – in fact most. But that smart, experienced journalists suggest that we can learn from Ethiopia to improve our system strikes me as a sign that we are worse off than we really allow ourselves to admit in the US health system.

In Addis Ababa, the Alert Hospital is on the frontline of treatment for multi-drug resistant TB, providing free treatment for patients that is funded by the Ethiopian government and international donors...

When Ethiopians need an iron health boost, they don't turn to supplements - they eat kitfo, says Bebeta Asfaw. - New Zealand HeraldKitfo is a traditional Ethiopian dish that consists of marinated minced raw beef and is usually eaten with a sourdough-risen flatbread called injera.

Dr. Gelila Goba hasn’t forgotten where she came from.Instead of joining a comfortable practice in the U.S. after completing her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University, Goba instead will be caring for patients in her native Ethiopia, where in many communities light and heat qualify as luxuries.

Addis Ababa, 16 January 2015 (WIC) – Blood and urine samples taken from a recently deceased Ethiopian aid worker who travelled from Sierra Leon to Ethiopia tested negative for Ebola and Marburg, the Ministry of Health confirmed.

Addis Ababa, 12 January 2015 (WIC) - The capital of Ethiopia's northern Tigray region, Mekelle, has banned smoking in public areas, making it the first Ethiopian city to implement a tobacco control proclamation bill passed by parliament last year.

Kenya is the first African country to embark on an ambitious program to completely eliminate rabies by vaccinating the country’s dogs.

Almost 200 Ethiopian health workers have gone to West Africa to bolster the fight against ebola.