Reproductive Health Professionals Changes Lives
The University of Gondar (UoG) has presented the Center for International Reproductive Health Training (CIRHT) with the “Best Partner of the Year” award. UoG, one of the oldest medical schools in Ethiopia, is one...
At an environmental conference center above Addis Ababa, some 160 academics, researchers, students and staff from 23 Ethiopian institutions and the University of Michigan gathered for three days of dialogue and information-sharing. The third...
How can women’s family planning needs be better served? And how can that improvement be quantified and targeted? CIRHT is working with its partner universities from across Ethiopia to answer those questions and implement...
The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) is confronting an enviable problem: its efforts to increase the number of medical students has proven to be so successful that there isn’t enough space at the...
Feiruz Surur, head of the department of OB/Gyn at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, reviews his notes, squints into the bright lights and prepares to give his lecture. But...
Midwifery is a growing part of the maternal health care system in Ethiopia. 47 schools already offer degree programs or advanced diplomas. CIRHT is taking an innovative approach in focusing on pre-service training, revising...
A milestone in healthcare in Ethiopia was achieved Sunday, July 24, 2016, as the first OB/Gyn residents graduated from a groundbreaking program at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) in Addis Ababa, and...
In Addis Ababa, 2016 will be filled with more opportunities for girls, women and families. The CIRHT team was proudly in attendance when on January 6, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) opened...
Medical training is often considered as having three key areas of focus: education, clinical service and research. The “publish or perish” mindset that is a common motivating factor in academic environments has been less...
The Oromia region of Ethiopia is the country’s most populous region and has one of the highest rates of unmet need for family planning. Women rely on Adama Hospital Medical College (AHMC) for family...
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