Health Minister Dr. Mekdes Daba visited the expansion projects of Jimma University Hospital in Jimma city and the administration building which is nearing completion. The building will include a high-capacity data center and will be fully completed by next year.

Dr. Mekdes also toured the hospital's cancer center, research laboratory, intensive care unit, and other expansion projects.

Under the coordination of the Ministry of Health, the 2024 free health check-up and treatment service at the national level has been launched at St. Paul's Hospital, Millennium Medical College and Eka Kotebe Hospital, and will continue throughout the summer in coordination with other stakeholders.

The projects were carried out at a time when our country was facing various problems such as covid-19, various conflicts and drought, but it was possible to use the fund to achieve encouraging results. A workshop was held to expand the results obtained and solve the problems encountered in a sustainable manner.

The Ministry of Health, Regional Health Bureau and agency officials, support experts and other relevant stakeholders participated in the workshop.

In their discussion, the World Health Organization has announced that it will support measures to strengthen human resources development, health financing, regular vaccination services, and to control malaria and cholera in Ethiopia.

Minister of Health Dr. Mekdes Daba stated that Ethiopia will work with the World Health Organization to ensure universal health coverage and further strengthen primary health care services.

Speaking at the forum, the Minister of Health, Dr. Mekdes Daba, said that Ethiopia is working on a strategy for the proper use of antibiotics and the prevention of AMR( anti Microbial Resistance).

The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Health Education and Promotion Professionals Association and partners, is holding the third National Social and Behavioural Change Conference under the theme "Social and Behavioural Change Activities for Sustainable Health Development" in Addis Abba, where more than 400 participants including experts from 13 international countries attended.

The support costs three million US dollars and it is known that it is the support of Ten Colored Gene Expert Machines, which can quickly detect TB disease through rapid molecular diagnosis of TB. It has been stated that the gene expert machines obtained will be transferred to health institutions in affected regions and areas where TB is prevalent.