AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoClean Ethiopia Campaign: Ethiopia’s Deputy Prime Minister Temesgen Tiruneh launched the third national “Clean Ethiopia for the Next Generations” drive, linking cleaner cities and reduced plastic waste, pollution, and noise to better public health and greener development. GLI Support: The Catholic Church of Ethiopia pledged full backing for the Green Legacy Initiative, saying tree planting is a moral duty and that the church already works in schools and health facilities. Food Security Data Gap: Ethiopia was omitted from the latest Global Report on Food Crises because required acute hunger data wasn’t provided to technical standards—raising concern that monitoring may be weakening even if conditions haven’t improved. Trachoma Fight: A spotlight on Ethiopia’s trachoma eradication work describes how the disease—driven by repeated infection and poor water and sanitation—can lead to preventable blindness, and highlights long-running public health efforts. Biodiversity Fund Delays: Ethiopia’s genetic resources benefit-sharing fund, long underused, is set to move toward community projects after an audit exposed delays and Parliament approval is awaited. Rabies Cruelty Alert: A coalition condemned the mass killing of dogs in Hosanna, calling it a public health failure and urging stronger rabies prevention and animal welfare enforcement. Health Supply Aid: A nonprofit mission from Georgia plans to ship $2.6 million in cardiac supplies to Ethiopia for heart surgeries for hundreds of patients.
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