Despite the challenges, the team did not compromise on their commitment to stay and provide, supporting those most affected! OPA-ERT provided basic and emergency healthcare services ti IDPs in d/t woredas of Guji zone (Girja, Wadera & Saba Boru) https://t.co/y0LbMLY0Co #IDPs
OPA is very grateful to #OPA_ERT_to_Borana team’s relentless effort, IOHPA’s invaluable collabn & Borana Zone Health Office cooperation
OPA’s ERT travelled to Dire Wereda Gololcha kebele, 40km away from Mega town and provided emergency medical services at site. Support continued
#OPA_at_Borana
OPA’s Emergency Response Team is @ Borena zone with emergency medical supplies to deliver emergency medical services at Drought Induced IDPs sites.
We are working with zonal health bureau to identify and address priority health related issues
#drought#Borana#OPA
It is mesmerizing to see that Ethiopia is still struggling with Cholera in 2023, while the last Cholera outbreak in the United States occurred in 1911 and Europe has not seen an outbreak since 1970 https://t.co/FeZ8SvuBU5
In Oromia region, hundreds of thousands of households have fled their homes in zones of Wollega, Guji, & Shewa
Mothers are giving birth in the shade of trees and, in shrubs, holding their newborns with blood-stained sheets with no roofs over their heads https://t.co/k9RgKtekUG
Henrietta Lacks’ family appointed WHO Goodwill Ambassadors for #CervicalCancer Elimination. HeLa cells have contributed to countless medical breakthroughs, incl the development of the HPV vaccine, & #COVID19 research.
Know her legacy:
https://t.co/rGhlVtkyYX
Marking #Irreechaa2022 ♥️💚.
My heart is aching for millions of my people who are unable to celebrate this year - from Wallaga to Guji to Wallo. But Irreechaa isn’t just a celebration, it’s also a moment of reckoning; a moment when the #Oromo remember & resist!
Ayyaana naga!
The need for blood is universal, but access to blood for all those who need it is not!
Blood shortages are acute in our setups
Pictures taken on another round of blood donation campaign organized by OPA on 16th July 2022
Selfless commitments to give back!
#donateblood#SaveLives
OPA has successfully conducted its 2nd round training on Medical Ethics and Organizational Culture for >60 GPs &Senior Physicians
Honored to have discussion with very experienced physicians on related issues
We thank OHB and AHMC for support
#Medical_Ethics#OPA OHB AHMC
#CPD
Oromia Physicians Association in collaboration with Oromia Health Bureau, gave a two days training for 60 GPs and Senior Physicians from 20 hospitals on Health Ethics and Organizational Culture
Selfless commitments to give back!
#Health_Ethics#CPD#OPA
OPA is looking for Authors who want 2 b part of content creation w/c will be published on OPA website & other media outlets. For this tremendous work OPA will issue *CoR, *LoS, *Rec letter, *priority in CPD activities
If you are interested register through https://t.co/xVtsXx6zGJ
OPA gives recognition to outstanding personnel each yr on various role they hd in the community & for zr contribution.
This yr’s award in the category of achvt in appreciable # of research & publications goes to Prof. Esayas
Read his short biography here https://t.co/VGms82mJuh