📢 Blood Donation Event Announcement
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Join us for our upcoming Blood Donation Drive and make a difference in someone’s life. Your generous donation could be the gift of life for patients in need.
📅 Date: Date] 18th to 20th Nov. 2024
🕒 Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 PM
📍 Location: St. Paul’s main Building
#BloodDonation #SaveLives #SPHMMC BloodDonation

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በተለያዩ የማህበራዊ መገናኛዎች የስኳር ህመምን ጨምሮ ሃሰተኛ የጤና መረጃዎች ሃላፊነት በጎደላቸው አካላት እየተለቀቁ ይገኛሉ። ከሰሞኑም ቴክኖሎጂን በመጠቀም በሰዓታት ውስጥ የስኳር በሽታን ማጥፋት ተችሏል በሚል እየተሰራጨ የሚገኘው መረጃ ከእዉነት የራቀና አሳሳች ነዉ።

የህክምና ሞያ ሳይኖራቸውና ለሚሠጡት አገልግሎት ህጋዊ የሆነ የብቃት ማረጋገጫ ሳይኖራቸው በማህበራዊ ሚዲያ ማህበረሰቡን የሚጎዱ፣ ከእውነት የራቁ ሀሰተኛ መረጃዎችን የሚለቁ አካላት ተበራክተዋል። ይህ ተግባር ማህበረሰቡን በእጅጉ እየጎዳና ለአላስፈላጊ ወጪና እንግልት ከመዳረግ አልፎ ፈውስ ፈላጊ ዜጎቻችን ላይ ከፍተኛና የተወሳሰበ የጤና ችግር እየፈጠረ ይገኛል።

ስለሆነም በዚህ መሰል ተግባር ላይ ተሰማርታችሁ የምትገኙ አካላት ይህ ተግባር በህግ የሚያስጠይቅ መሆኑን ተገንዝባችሁ ከእኩይ ተግባራችሁ እንድትታቀቡ እናሳስባለን።

ማህበረሰቡም ምንጫቸው ካልተረጋገጠ አካላት የሚላኩ መልእክቶችን እንዲመረምር፣ አገልግሎቶችንም ከመጠቀማችን በፊት ጥንቃቄ እንድናደርግ፣ አስፋላጊ ሆኖ ሲገኝም በ"Regulatory.moh@moh.gov.et" ላይ ጥቆማ እንድሰጠን እየጠየቅን ፤ ህዝባችን ሀሰተኛ የጤና መረጃ የሚለቁትን በማጋለጥ ፣የጤና ባለሙያ በማማከር ጤንነቱን እንዲጠብቅ እናሳስባለን።

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Professor Senait Fisseha and Dr. Zerihun Abebe Honored for Advancing Radiology at SPHMMC
The St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) and the Radiological Society of Ethiopia have honored Professor Senait Fisseha and Dr. Zerihun Abebe for their pivotal contributions to establishing and expanding the Radiology Residency Program at SPHMMC.
The awards were presented during the 28th Annual Ethiopian Radiological Society Conference, recognizing their instrumental roles in advancing radiology training and healthcare services in Ethiopia.
Professor Senait Fisseha, Director of Global Programs at the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, was commended for her efforts in launching the Radiology Residency Program. Her work included supporting curriculum development, drafting the department’s first strategic plan, and forging a partnership with the University of Michigan’s Radiology Department. She also provided financial support for travel between the two institutions, supplied teaching aids such as tablets for residents, and facilitated access to diagnostic tools like STATdx. Additionally, her contributions extended to covering the costs of radiology fellowship training.
Dr. Zerihun Abebe, currently CEO of King Faisal Hospital in Rwanda and former Provost of SPHMMC, was lauded for his transformative leadership. Under his tenure, SPHMMC introduced critical healthcare services, including Ethiopia’s first public hemodialysis and renal transplant center and a state-of-the-art CAT-Lab. He also laid the foundations for establishing major centers of excellence in cardiology, gastroenterology, and oncology.
Dr. Zerihun played a key role in securing funding and resources, enabling the successful implementation of numerous initiatives. His leadership and close follow-up were credited with strengthening the radiology department during its formative years. “Without his leadership, the department's current achievements would not have been possible,” attendees noted during the ceremony.
A Leading Program in Ethiopia
Established in 2014, the Radiology Residency Program at SPHMMC has grown into one of Ethiopia's premier institutions for radiology specialty and subspecialty training. To date, it has graduated over 110 radiologists, accounting for 33% of the nation’s radiology workforce.
The program equips trainees with cutting-edge knowledge and skills in imaging technologies, including computed tomography (CT), ultrasound (US), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and X-rays, enabling them to make significant contributions both locally and internationally.
SPHMMC and the Radiological Society of Ethiopia emphasized the lasting impact of the contributions made by Professor Senait and Dr. Zerihun in transforming radiology training and healthcare delivery in the country.
(By Neway Tsegaye)

Dr. Mariamawit Asfaw Appointed Director of Maternal, Child Health and Adolescent health service Lead Executive office at the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health.

We are pleased to announce that our colleague, Dr. Mariamawit Asfaw, has been appointed as the new Director of the Maternal, Child Health, and Adolescent health Service Lead Executive office at FMOH .

We congratulate her on this well-deserved appointment .
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Pioneering Evidence Based PPH Management in Ethiopia!
We are proud to announce the successful completion of the consultative workshop on EMOTIVE implementation at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College—the first institution in Ethiopia to implement this groundbreaking intervention for postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) management! 🇪🇹
This milestone marks a significant step forward in advancing maternal health in the country. The workshop brought together stakeholders, including representatives from the Addis Ababa regional health bureau, partners, professional associations and healthcare providers from different facilities to develop a comprehensive strategy for rolling out EMOTIVE effectively.
💡 Key Highlights:
✅ First-ever implementation of EMOTIVE in Ethiopia.
✅ Contribution to improved maternal health outcomes and reduced maternal morbidity and mortality.
✅ Strengthened collaboration among stakeholders to ensure sustainability and scale-up.
SPHMMC is honored to lead this initiative and contribute to improving maternal health across Ethiopia. Together, we are creating a future where every mother receives the care and support she deserves.

We would like to extend our gratitude to the Margaret C. Ryan Global Health Program at Boston Children’s Hospital for sending two of their nurses to our college. Their visit focused on our Pediatric Emergency and Pediatric Critical Care Units. Throughout the week, they raised awareness about nursing practices in infection prevention and control.

Additionally, the team had a productive consultative meeting with the Pediatrics Department, the School of Nursing, and the ARVP of the college to explore opportunities for further collaboration.

In light of these fruitful meetings, we look forward to continuing the conversation with Boston Children’s Hospital’s Global Health nursing colleagues to build pediatric critical care expertise in preparation for the upcoming residency launch. In collaboration with the St. Paul’s School of Nursing, the nurses from Boston Children’s Hospital aim to assist with capacity building for nurses, mentoring department-based nurse leaders and nursing specialists, and supporting the development of nurse-driven protocols and evidence-based practices.

The college is committed to working collaboratively with Boston Children’s Hospital and their Global Health Nursing team in education, research, and quality improvement, with the goal of positively impacting patient care in the Pediatric Emergency and Critical Care Units at St. Paul’s.

Announcement for enrollment to Pediatric Emergency & Critical Care program for the year 2025 G.C

The department of pediatrics and child health kindly invites all qualifying candidate to apply for Pediatric emergency & critical care fellowship program for the year 2025 G.C.
Three fellowship positions are available for this academic year and the final date for application is December 19, 2024 G.C.

Admission requirements

•  The candidate must complete the screening process for admission which will be conducted by Saint Paul hospital millennium medical college.
•  The candidate should be graduate from a recognized medical school with Doctor of Medicine and specialty in pediatrics and child health.
•  The candidate should provide a recent work experience in government institute at least for the past two years.
•  The candidate should be able to submit a sponsorship letter from government institute.
•  The candidate should be registered and licensed to practice pediatric and child health by the relevant authority in Ethiopia.
•  The candidate should provide recent GAT test result upon request.
•  The candidate should have adequate mental and physical health.

All interested applicants can apply to the office of pediatrics and child health department or to the office of registrar from the date of announcement until December 19, 2024 G.C.
Applicants should write a letter of intent with no more than 500 words describing why they are interested to join this fellowship program and should avail the following documents as well:
o  Application letter
o  Recent CV
o  Recommendation letter (at least two)
o  Copy of credentials (degree and grade report)
o  Sponsorship letter

Application can be submitted either in person to the above-mentioned offices or electronically attached to the following mail addresses: <Tigist.bacha@sphmmc.edu.et>  OR: <million.dechasa@sphmmc.edu.et>

Announcement -Adult Nephrology Fellowship program
The department of internal medicine, SPHMMC, kindly invites all qualified and competent applicants to apply for the fellowship program in adult nephrology
Admission requirements:
The candidate should fulfill the following requirements
1. Must have a doctor of medicine from a recognized medical school.
2. Completed residency program in internal medicine from a recognized medical school
3. Served at least two years as an internist
4. Must complete the screening process for admission to be undertaken by the department of internal medicine including the entrance examination
5. Registered and licensed to practice internal medicine in Ethiopia by the relevant authorities
6. Should have adequate physical and mental health to deliver both his/her academic and clinical service responsibilities

Applicants should write a brief letter of intent describing
•  Their interest in the fellowship and their expectations
•  Where they would serve as a nephrologist and their plans after they complete the fellowship

Applicants should submit the following documents:
•  Application letter
•  Updated CV
•  Copy of credentials: degrees/student copy
•  Two letters of recommendation preferably via email
•  Letter of sponsorship from sponsoring institution (not applicable for private/self-sponsoring applicants)
•  GAT exam result



Interested applicants can apply in person to the department of internal medicine or use the following email addresses:
Azebpaul1@gmail.com
lejahamza@yahoo.com
Available spots: 3
Application deadline:  December 6, 2024
Entrance exam and Interview of candidates: December 19,2024
Registration: December 26 and 27, 2024
Class begins: January 15, 2025

For further information, you can use the following telephone numbers:
Dr. Azeb Kebede 0912630770
Dr. Leja Hamza  0917804057

1.  መድኃኒት በትክክል መውሰድ ስንል ምን ማለታችን  ነው?
በትክክል ተመርምሮ ለተረጋገጠ በሽታ (በየትኛው የጀርም ዓይነት ወይም በምን ምክንያት እንደመጣ ለተረጋገጠ በሽታ) ትክክለኛው መድኃኒት ለትክክለኛው ታማሚ በትክክለኛው ጊዜና መጠን  እና ታማሚውም በባለሙያ የተሰጠውን ምክር ተግባራዊ በማደረግ መድኃኒቱን በትክክል ሲወስድ አግባባዊ የመድኃኒት አጠቃቀም (Rational Medicines Use) አለ እንላለን፡፡ ከእነዚህ ተግባራት ውጭ በሆነ መንገድ ማለትም በትክክል ተመርምሮ የትኛው ዓይነት በሽታ አምጭ ተህዋስ እንዳስከተለው ለማይታውቅ በሽታ፣ ከታዘዘው መጠን በታች ወይም በላይ ሲወሰድ፣መወሰድ ከነበረበት ሠዓት ታልፎ ሲወሰድ፣የታዘዘውን ጸረ-ተህዋስ  መድኃኒት ሙሉ በሙሉ ሳይወስድ ከቀረ (ከተቋረጠ)፣  ወዘተ አግባባዊ የመድኃኒት አጠቃቀም የለም እንላለን፡፡መድኃኒትን በአግባቡ አለመጠቀም ደግሞ  የተለያዩ ¾Ö?“'ማህበራዊና ኢኮኖሚያዊ ጉዳቶች ሲኖሩት ከእነዚህ ችግሮች አንዱ የጸረ-ተህዋሲያን መድኃኒቶች መላመድ ነው፡፡
2.  ተህዋሲያን (ጀርሞች ) ጸረ -ተህዋሲያን መድኃኒቶችን  ይላመዳሉ ይባላል፡፡ ይህ ምን ማለት ነው?  ሕመምን የማያድነውስ  መቼ ነው ?
የጸረ-ተህዋሲያን መድኃኒቶች መላመድ ማለት ከዚህ ቀደም በበሽታ አምጭ ተህዋሲያን (ጀርሞች) አማካኝነት የሚመጡ በሽታዎችን ለማከም ሆነ ለመከላከል ሲሰጥ የነበረው አንድ ጸረ-ተህዋስ መድኃኒት ሲሰጥ በነበረው መጠን ወይም ከዚያም በላይ የሰውነታችን ሴሎች ሊቋቋሙት በሚችሉት መጠን ሁሉ ሲሰጥ ተህዋሲያኑ የማይሞቱ ወይም መራባትን የማያቆሙ እና ህመምተኛው ከህመሙ የማይፈወስ ከሆነ ተህዋሱ ከመድኃኒት ጋር ተላምዷል ስንል ሂደቱንም የጸረ-ተህዋሲያን  መድኃኒቶች መላመድ (Antimicrobial Resistance) እንላለን ፡፡ ስለሆነም መድኃኒቱን በተላመደ ተህዋስ የታመመ በሽተኛ ምንም እንኳን በሽታው በትክክል ታውቆ መድኃኒቱን እየወሰደ ቢሆንም ከበሽታው የማይፈወስ ይሆናል፡፡

3.  ከበሽታ አምጭ ተህዋሲያን ጋር የሚላመዱት የትኞቹ የመድኃኒት ዓይነት ናቸው?
እዚህ ጋር መታየት ያለበት ነገር የአንድን መድኃኒት የሚወሰደውን መጠን እየጨመርን ስንሄድ ምላሹ በዚያው መጠን ከፍ የሚል ወይም ያንን መድኃኒት ካልወሰድን ከህመማችን የምንፈወስበት ጊዜ ይኖራል፡፡ ይህ ሂደት መቋቋም (Tolerance) የምንለው ሲሆን ከጸረ-ተህዋሲያን መድኃኒቶች ጋር የተገናኘ አይደለም፡፡ ለምሳሌ የዚህ ዓይነት ባህሪ ከሚያሳዩ መድኃኒቶች የህመም ማስታገሻ መድኃኒቶች እና የአእምሮ ህመም መድኃኒቶች (የናርኮቲክ እና የሳይኮትሮፒክ መድኃኒቶ)  ተጠቃሽ ናቸው፡፡ የመድኃኒትቶች ከጀርሞች ጋር መላመድ ስንል ግን የሰውነታችን ሴሎች በሚቋቋሙት መጠን ሁሉ ሲሰጥ ከህመማችን የማንፈወስ ስንሆን ነው ማለትም መጠንን መጨመር ወይም መድኃኒቱን መውሰድ ትርጉም አይኖረውም ማለት ነው፤  መድኃኒቱ ከጥቅም ውጭ ሆኗልና፡፡ የጸረ-ተህዋሲያን መድኃኒቶች መላመድ የምንለው  ጀርሞች ከጸረ-ተህዋስያን (ጸረ- ጀርም መድኃኒቶች) ጋር በመላመድቸው ምክንያት የሚከሰት ችግርን ብቻ ነው፡፡ ሁሉም የጸረ-ተህዋሲያን መድኃኒቶች ማለትም ጸረ-ባክቴሪያ (አንቲባዮቲክ) መድኃኒቶች፣ ጸረ-ቫይረስ መድኃኒቶች፣ ጸረ-ፈንገስ መድኃኒቶች እና ጸረ-ፐሮቶዝዋ በበሽታ አምጭ ጀርሞ ይለመዳሉ፡፡

4.  ተህዋስ መድኃኒቶችን ያለ ሀኪም ትዕዛዝ ገዝተን እንጠቀማለን፣ ጉዳት ይኖረው ይሆን?

በሀኪም ትእዛዝ ብቻ የሚታደሉ መድኃኒቶችን በትክክል ተመርምሮ ላለተረጋገጠ በሽታ መውሰድ ከፍተኛ የጤና፣ ማህበራዊ  እና ኢኮኖሚያዊ  ጉዳት አለው፡፡ ህብረተሰቡ ያላግባብ ገንዘቡን ያባክናል፣ መድኃኒቱን በተላመደ ዓይነት በሽታ ይያዛል ፣ይህንንም ለሌሎች ጤነኞች ያስተላልፋል፡፡ ለምሳሌ መድኃኒቱን በተላመድ አይነት የቲቢ በሽታ የተያዘ አንድ ግለሰብ በቀን በመቶዎች ለሚቆጠሩ ሰዎች ባክቴሪያውን ሊያስተላልፍ ይችላል፡፡ ከህመም ለማገገም ረጅም ጊዜ ይወስዳል ፣ለረጅም ጊዜ የሆስፒታል ቆይታ ያዳርጋል፣ ከፍተኛ ወጭና የጎንዮሽ ጉዳት ያላቸው መድኃኒቶችን እንድንጠቀም ያስገድደናል፡፡ የዚህ ሁሉ ድምር ውጤት አገሪቱ ለጤና የምታወጣው ወጭ ከፍ እንዲል ያደርጋል፣ ምርትና ምርታማነት እንዲቀንስ ያደርጋል፣ ህብረተሰቡ በጤና ተቋማት አገልገሎት ላይ ያለው አመኔታ እንዲቀንስ ያደርጋል፡፡ ወዘተ፡፡