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Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Potential of an Imminent Terrorist Attack in Addis Ababa, Bole Area

Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Potential of an Imminent Terrorist Attack in Addis Ababa, Bole Area
Terrorism
Africa > Ethiopia > Addis Ababa
10/14/2014

The U.S. Embassy advises U.S. citizens in Addis Ababa to avoid large crowds and places where both Ethiopians and westerners frequent. The Embassy has received threat reports of al-Shabaab’s intent to target the Bole area. Restaurants, hotels, bars, places of worship, supermarkets, and shopping malls in the Bole Area should be avoided until further notice because they are possible targets for a potential imminent terrorist attack. While the exact location of this planned terrorist attack is not known, U.S. citizens should continue to maintain heightened personal security awareness.

We strongly recommend that U.S. citizens traveling to or residing in Ethiopia enroll in the Department of State's Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP). STEP enrollment gives you the latest security updates, and makes it easier for the U.S. embassy or nearest U.S. consulate to contact you in an emergency. If you don't have Internet access, enroll directly with the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate.

Regularly monitor the State Department's website, where you can find current Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and the Worldwide Caution. Read the Country Specific Information for Ethiopia. For additional information, refer to the "Traveler's Checklist" on the State Department's website.

Contact the U.S. embassy or consulate for up-to-date information on travel restrictions. You can also call 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States and Canada or 1-202-501-4444 from other countries. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). Follow us onTwitter and Facebook to have travel information at your fingertips.

The U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa is located at Entoto Street, P.O. Box 1014. The Consular Section of the Embassy may be reached by telephone: +251-111-306-130 or e-mail at consacs@state.gov, and is open Monday-Thursday, 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. For after-hours emergencies, U.S. citizens should call +251-111-306-911 or 011-130-6000 and ask to speak with the duty officer.
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ተረጋጉ ኢቦላ ኢትዮጵያ የለም ተባለ: No Case of Ebola Detected in Ethiopia - Officials


By Nesru Jemal

The rumors that have surfaced on social media over the past few days are completely unfounded, according to the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and the Black Lion Hospital.

There are no Ebola patients at the Black Lion Hospital, the hospital has confirmed.

Extraordinary precautionary measures have been instituted and the FDRE Ministry of Health has set up several Ebola monitoring centers on major border crossings into the country and at Bole International Airport.

Deputy Director of EPHI, Dr. Dadi Girma, said the country maintains its alert surveillance for the disease.

Any case of the disease will be identified on point of entry and there has not been any such case reported in Ethiopia, the Institute said.

A quarantine hospital has been established in preparation if an Ebola case is discovered in Ethiopia.

Furthermore, modern Ebola detecting machines have been installed at the Bole International Airport.

EBOLA Hotel? Yes, EBOLA is a name of river



Most people fear the word  EBOLA  because they think it is some kind of abbreviation for a medical term for virus or disease  like HIV or AIDS. But the truth is Ebola is a name of river in Africa and the disease took its name from this river because it was discovered near Ebola river in 1976. Yes -1976! If scientists had some interest at that time, they could create a vaccine long time ago, however there is no big money the drug companies  could be make from Ebola back then and they just put it in the back-burner until there is a demand. Means, Ebola could be eradicated years ago if someone gave it enough attention.

Now, look everyone is scarred not only the disease but also the world Ebola. So next time if you hear anyone saying "I am  from Ebola"  please do not assume that person has an Ebola. Let us put it this way, it is like someone named a disease after Pacific or Atlantic Ocean, do you scare the  Atlantic Hotel or Pacific Sushi Bar? I guess not. But here in America people will force the scientists not to call a disease after a landmark or place,  because it will stigmatize their city and will hurt the local economy. But in Africa who cares. They can call anything what ever they want, after all almost all scientists are not from Africa and it is not their concern if any place, city, river, or country  is named as a disease.  Few names associated with a disease are:- Ebola, West Nile Virus, African Fever and several others. But you never hear any good products named after African, the irony is even they found it from Africa. Have you ever heard a product named like an African Coffee, African Diamond, Africa Gold, African Oil, Africa Chocolate, Africa Fur, African Honey or other, almost none. But, you may hear Belgium Chocolate, Italian Roasted Coffee, French Wine, Pure European Fur and so on. So name is nothing and virus or other organism could come from anywhere. 

So by chance if you go to the Ebola Hotel in Addis, just relax and enjoy! it is not named after the disease Ebola but something else.
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Monday, October 13, 2014

በአንድ አይንና በኢቦላ አይቀለድም





በአንድ አይንና በኢቦላ አይቀለድም

ተሳፋሪው አውሮፕላን ውስጥ ቁጭ ብሎ ትንሽ ሰውን ላስቅ ብሎ ኢቦላ  (EBOLA) ይዞኛል ይልና የውሽት ያስነጥሰዋል። ከዚይ  በሗላ ምን እንደተፈጠረ በአይነ ሂሊናች ሁ ሳሉት::
A passenger aboard a U.S. Airways flight to Punta Cana learned the hard way why you can't make jokes about Ebola.

The 54-year-old man, who apparently had a sneezing attack aboard the plane, joked haphazardly, "I have Ebola, you are all screwed," according to Dominican paper Diario Libre.

Flying from Philadelphia to Punta Cana, the flight had to be examined by a hazmat team upon landing. Patrick Narvaez, who uploaded the video, said that the remaining people were held for two hours on the plane.

After being examined, it was determined the man did not have Ebola. He was sent back to the United States.

(H/t BarstoolPhilly)

How is Mr. EBOLA?ኢቦላ እንዴት ሰነበተ?

Ebola still barely rates among the continent’s big killers. Far more deaths are attributable every day in west Africa to malaria, diarrhoea and HIV/AIDS. But the spread of infections means that death rates are rising fast: from four a day in August to 13 now. There are no licensed treatments or vaccines (although scientists are working all out to rectify that). The assumption that an Ebola outbreak could always be managed—the disease is hard to catch and people are only contagious when they are showing symptoms—is under strain.
The inadequacies of the health-care systems in the three most-affected countries help to explain how the Ebola outbreak got this far. Spain, whose first locally transmitted case was confirmed on October 6th, spends over $3,000 per person at purchasing-power parity on health care; for Sierra Leone, the figure is just under $300. The World Health Organisation estimates that Liberia needs just under 3,000 treatment beds for Ebola; its current capacity is 620. The United States, which suffered its first Ebola fatality this week, has 245 doctors per 100,000 people; Guinea has one. The particular vulnerability of health-care workers to Ebola is therefore doubly tragic: as of October 5th there had been 390 cases among medical staff in the three west African countries, and 227 deaths.
Ebola is not just a medical emergency, but an economic one. Sick people cannot work; fear of sickness keeps others from coming to work. Transportation and travel is disrupted. An impact assessment by the World Bank, released on October 8th, estimated the short-term impact of the outbreak on the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in terms of forgone GDP at $359m. Depending on whether the outbreak is contained quickly or slowly, the damage will continue into next year; under the Bank’s gloomier “High Ebola” scenario, the economic loss to Liberia in 2015 would be the equivalent of 12% of GDP.



>>Ebola still barely rates among the continent’s big killers. Far more deaths are attributable every day in west Africa to malaria, diarrhoea and HIV/AIDS.
I don't think your method of calculating deaths per day from Dec 2013 onwards is a fair comparison. For endemic diseases such as malaria, there will be very little difference between the average long term value and the instantaneous value. For ebola, where deaths are doubling every few weeks, there is of course a very large difference.
We can estimate the instantaneous ebola deaths per day from the figures for Oct 1 and Oct 8 provided by WHO:
deaths per day = (4033-3439)/7 = 85
This is very different from your long term average of 13 per day. Furthermore, ebola is already a significantly bigger killer than malaria in Liberia:
Liberia ebola deaths = 2136
Liberia malaria deaths = 40 deaths per 100k people = 1600 (2010 WHO data)
Although well researched, this article is typical of many in that it fails to capture the real concern about Ebola -- the rapid doubling up of cases and deaths.
See https://sites.google.com/site/ebolagraph/

አዲስ አበባ ስታዲዮም. Addis Ababa Staduim. Comming soon




By Dawit Endeshaw, Addis Tribune

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The Federal Sports Commission (FSC) has awarded close to 40 million Br contract to MH Engineering Plc for the design, supervision and contract administration of a new stadium, which will accommodate 60,000 people – double the capacity of the National Stadium.

The agreement was signed by Messele Haile (PhD), MH’s general manager, and Sport Commissioner, Abdisa Yadeta, at a ceremony held at the Kuriftu Resort in Bishoftu (Debre Zeit), on Monday, October 7, 2014. The contract includes 24 million Br for design and a 640,000Br monthly fee for at least two years while the construction lasts – amounting to at least 39.3 million Br.

The tender was announced two years ago, but was delayed because of complaints from bidders over the outcome of the tender. Three out of the seven bidders were selected on architectural creativity; these included JDAW Consulting Architects & Engineer, Yohannes Abey Consulting and MH. MH emerged as the winner in both the technical and financial evaluation.

The new Adey Abeba stadium, which could cost around two billion Birr, according to Tibebu Gorfu, facility director at the FSC, will be built on the grounds of FCS Sports Academy, along the ring road near Bob Marley Square at the old Imperial Hotel. The Sports Academy rests on 67ha of land, with 30ha already dedicated to the construction of a swimming pool, volleyball field, basketball field, football field and other additional facilities.

So, the remaining 27ha will be used for the new stadium. The whole plot was given to the Commission by the government for the success of the Ethiopian football team in the tenth African Cup of Nations in the 1980s.

“The project will be wholly financed by the Ethiopian government, and we have already received 205 million Br for initial works, before the construction begins,” said Tibebu.

Adey Abeba Stadium1MH will finalise the design by February, Messele says. It will be the first Ethiopian stadium built to fulfil the requirements of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) for World Cups and Olympic Games, says Messle.

According to the document – FIFA: Technical Recommendation and Requirements for Football Stadiums – such stadiums built for hosting World Cup final games should have at least 60,000 seats, parking spaces for 10,000 cars and a 100sqm warm up area for each team.

“Other additional requirements are related to the safety of the spectators, surveillance, the technological inputs needed for the stadium, space that has to be left for different stakeholders and other general requirements,” said Messle. “MH Engineering’s design will be conducted in accordance with this document.”

MH Engineering Plc, established in 1997, has previously been engaged in the design, supervision and contract administration of stadiums in Bahir Dar, Gambella, Assosa and Nekemte. The Bahr Dar Stadium is now the largest in Ethiopia, with 50,000 seats. The company has also conducted more than 400 buildings and 15 road projects over the past 10 years, according to its website.

Source: Addis Fortune

ሰበር ዜና ስለ ቴዲ አፍሮ።ጭምጭምታው ታሰሮ በዋስ ተፈቷል ነው ግን ትክክለኛነቱን እናንተው አጣሩ። ለሁሉም ዝርዝሩን ለማዳመጥ ከዚህ ይጫኑ::

ሰበር ዜና ስለ ቴዲ አፍሮ።ታሰሮ በዋስ ተፈቷል ነው