I am the Health Technical Manager for Save the Children UK's Ethiopia Programme. I'm based in Addis Ababa and work on programme development, effectiveness, advocacy, policy engagement and fundraising.
A comprehensive report on the outcome of the immunisation workshop and decade of vaccine meeting in Namibia, listing progresses, challenges and recommendations in strengthening immunisation programmes.
In the middle of the 7k race, I saw one girl of about 11. She looked very tired, and had slowed down to a walk. Someone threw her some words of encouragement and she said “yes, I’ll keep running and finish the whole race”. I was inspired by her enthusiasm.
It was early evening by the time I arrived in Semera, the capital of the Afar region, on 7 April. With me was an assessment team from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. They’ve come to Ethiopia for a week to assess our upcoming maternal and child health project…