On July 5, 2021 we agreed with the Food, Medicine and Health Care Administration and Authority (FMHACA) Director Mr. Tamene Achamo on strengthening the Addis Ababa Smoke Free Initiative (AASFI). AASFI project aims at increasing awareness creation among the community…
Ms. Heran Gerba, Director General of EFDA, the winner of WHO World No Tobacco Day award, 2021 and the CTFK Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence, including the Addis Ababa AAFMHACA Director Mr. Tamene and Subcity, woreda leaderships…
Meqoamia Community Development Center (MCDO) Executive Director Mr. Eliayas Klayu had a great discussion with the Minister of Women, Children ,and Youth Affairs, Her Excellency Filson Abdullahi on Drug Abuse and Prevention of Addiction. የሴቶች ህፃናትና ወጣቶች ሚኒስቴር ሚንስትር ክብርት…
“ሱስ የምንከላከለውና የሚድን የአዕምሮ በሽታ ነው!” የሲጋራ ሱስ የአዕምሮ ህመም ነው!🚭 ዛሬ ከጤና ሚኒስቴር ዴኤታ ክብርት ዶ/ር ሊያ ታደሰ ጋር ሲጋራን ጨምሮ ስለ አደገኛ እፆች ተጠቃሚነትና ሱሰኝነት ቅድመ መከላከል ውጤታማ ውይይት አደረግን። Addiction is a chronic Brian disease Including Tobacco…
TRAINING OF TRAINERS FOR ETHIOPIA ON THE UNIVERSAL CURRICULUM FOR PREVENTION/TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS Addiction is a disease! Just as an individual can fall ill, so too can a community. When an individual is physically sick, their body is…
We had a productive meeting on substance abuse with the State Minister of Health Dr. Lia Tadesse, Advisor of the Minister of Health Dr. Tedla W. Giorgis and Mr. Elias kalayu (MCDO Excutive Director). Thank you all for your willingness…
The First Colombo Plan DAP Substance Use Disorders (SUDs), UPC and UTC Ethiopia, Addis Ababa Training Week The opening ceremony of this landmark training week began with speeches by H.E. Dr. Lia Tadesse (State Minister of Health), Dr. Tedla W. Giorgis (Advisor to the…
Discussion with Heran Gerba, EFDA Director General focused mainly on COVID-19 and addiction. During the discussion Heran assured EFDA’s commitment to cooperate with Meqoamia Community Development Center to raise awareness and prevent addiction amid the pandemic.