PRESS RELEASES 2009

List of press release issued by the U.S. Embassy – Addis Ababa during the Year 2009 organized by month:

October  

• USAID Provides $400 Million in Humanitarian Assistance (11/05/09)
• Saving Children’s Lives from Pneumonia (11/02/09)

November   

• Partnership Improves Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Ethiopia (10/24/09)
• New Program to Prevent Spread of HIV Among Mobile Populations (10/22/09)
• United States Unveils Sudan Strategy (10/20/09)
• USAID Unveils Impressive Results in HIV Care and Treatment (10/13/09)
• World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Celebrated (10/10/09)
• HIV-Positive Mothers to Gain Silk Production Skills (10/07/09)
• 2011 Diversity Visa Lottery Begins on October 2, 2009 (10/01/09)

September

• USAID Provides Over $80 Million to Support Quality Education (09/28/09)
• USAID Loan Agreement Increases Credit Access for Microfinance Institutions and Credit Cooperatives (09/25/09)
• U.S. Commits Funds for Economic Development, Health,and Education in Ethiopia (09/17/09)
• U.S. Committed to Strengthen HIV Counseling and Testing in Ethiopia (09/10/09)

August

• U.S. Embassy Hosts Iftar Dinner in Harrar (08/26/09)
• U.S. Africa Command Academic Symposium held in Addis Ababa (08/20/09)
• African Diaspora Marketplace Program Receives 733 Business Plan Proposals for Economic Growth in African Communities (08/13/09)
• United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk Visits Key Trading Partner Ethiopia (08/08/09)

July

• PEPFAR Supports HIV Surveillance Activities in Ethiopia (07/27/09)

June

• U.S. Embassy Provides Grants for Cultural Preservation in Harar (06/25/09)
• Dire Dawa Secondary School Dedication (06/24/09)
• USAID Teams Up with Western Union to Launch African Diaspora Marketplace (06/08/09)
• First Private Health Sector Exhibition Held in Addis (06/05/09)

May

• Renovated Wahil Clinic to Improve Community Health Care (05/27/09)
• USAID Provides Additional 87,910 Metric Tons (05/15/09)
• U.S. and Ethiopian Experts Share Best Practices to Improve Water Resource Management (05/13/09)

April 

• USAID Announces New Program to Strengthen Community HIV/AIDS Response (04/24/09)
• U.S. Government Supports Initiatives of Prevention with Positives Programs (04/21/09)
• Malaria Communities Program Launched (04/09/09)

March  

• Livelihood Baselines for Ethiopia Will Improve Programming (03/26/09)
• USAID, CARE Launch PSNP PLUS to Improve Micro-Finance and Market Linkages (03/17/09)
• On Women’s Day, U.S. Honors Female Students for Work to Fight HIV/AIDS (03/05/09)

February

• Ethiopian AGOA Exports Show over 100% Annual Increase in 2008 (02/24/09)
• New Peace Corps Volunteers Start Work in Ethiopia (02/13/09)
• U.S. Embassy hosts a panel discussion on civil rights movement (02/10/09) 
• Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP) Provides Basis for Sound Public Health Policymaking (02/02/09)
• Admiral Kurta Assumes Command of CJTF-HOA (02/01/09)

January

• Financing Reform Aims to Improve Quality of Health Services (01/16/09)
• USAID Donates Vehicles to Strengthen HIV Program Management (01/15/09)
• Great Ethiopian Run launches 2nd edition of EDUCATION FOR GIRLS Series (01/12/09)
• Launch of American Chamber of Commerce in Ethiopia (01/12/09)
• New Lagoda Mirga Health Outpost to Improve Community Health Care (01/09/09)