Just Distributing School Lunches Reduced Dropouts—An 8-Year Study of 638,000 Students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The school lunch program covers 24 public primary schools (grades 1–8), and across the entire region, it reaches 638,857 ...
Forbes

Support For Children With Disabilities In Ethiopia

The story of how a UNICEF-supported program that promotes inclusion for children with disabilities changed young Kibra's life. Kibra, 15, met her social worker, Mikal, after teachers helped her ...
Phys.org

Nine million Ethiopian children have been forced out of school: What the government must do

More than 9 million Ethiopian children are currently out of school. They are caught in the crossfire of armed conflicts, natural disasters, tribal tensions and economic hardships. In 2023, Ethiopia ...
afro.who.int

Ethiopia launches groundbreaking UN initiative to prevent child wasting

The Federal Ministry of Health, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Food Programme (WFP), officially launched the Joint UN ...
Forbes

UNICEF Is Working To End Child Marriage In Ethiopia

Child marriage robs girls of their childhood and threatens their well-being. After 13-year-old Zemzem was abducted in southern Ethiopia, quick-thinking members of a UNICEF-supported youth group ...
BMJ Global Health

Trajectories of child undernutrition in Ethiopia: a multivariate GEE approach

Background and objectives Child undernutrition remains a significant public health issue in Ethiopia despite Millennium ...