Ethiopia: Some 1,700 Health Professionals in Tigray Return to Job

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Out of the 2,500 health extension workers that were serving the community in the pre-war period, some 1,700 have been returned to duties, the Tigray State Health Bureau disclosed.

Bureau Health Extension and Promotion Team Coordinator Michael Hagos told the Ethiopian Press Agency that capacity building and refreshment training have been offered to the returned health professionals.

In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the bureau trained experts to resume the health extension programs, and now it is in complete readiness to ensure health service delivery across Tigray, Michael added. Noting 80 percent of the state health facilities were affected by the war, the bureau head highlighted that experts have been providing services in areas that needed immediate health support including schools, large settlements and others.

 

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