Risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in different settings, Amharic translation by me Benyam Worku, MD. #WearAMask #COVID19 #Ethiopia Lia Tadesse Professor Senait Fisseha Tsion Firew, MD, MPH 🐘 Mahi 5th Gen Addis Abeban Wongel Tamene

The oil industry, fearing for its future, is pushing the U.S. to cut a trade deal designed to flood Africa with more plastics, documents reviewed by The New York Times show. nyti.ms/2GbJBYa

We need to turn our attention to #COVID19 transmission through aerosols!! time.com/5883081/covid-…

Finally!! Open windows Ethiopia!

Another piece of the puzzle on why Africa is less affected by #COVID19? Neanderthal haplotype is almost nonexistent among Africans.

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A very thought provoking article by zeynep tufekci on the stochastic/non-linear nature of the #COVID19 pandemic and back tracing. This must be a required reading for public health policy makers everywhere. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay You never know what people are going through, so let's be kind and be there for each other. #BananaOfTheDay

Meet Dr. Hanna Demissie Assistant Professor of Neurology Celebrated for her outstanding achievements, contributions and leadership which are inspirational. #EMeWA #CelebratingWomenInMedicine #EthiopianWomenPhysiciansLead #LetsCelebrateEachOther

📍Worrisome new data—new B117 variant is not only more infectious, it’s potentially more infectious in children 0-9 (+24%) and 10-19 (+14%), and less among 60-79, compared to common strains. More sobering—the R estimate is much higher. THREAD🧵 #COVID19 imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial…

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We're back with another session on trauma informed care with Dr Benyam worku Benyam Worku, MD this Saturday. RSVP so you don't miss it. Yetena Weg / የጤና ወግ

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Very interesting work by Gharad Bryan & Alexia Delfino (LSE Department of Economics), Christian Meyer and Ashley Pople (University of Oxford), and Benyam Worku, MD (University of Toronto) where they test the effectiveness of a psychological program designed to build “positive imagery” among a sample of Eritrean refugees in Addis Ababa.

8th day of the YL enumerator training Dr Benyam, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry at Addis Ababa University Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital has delivered the mental health section & guidance on conducting surveys in post-conflict settings Young Lives PSI Ethiopia

2023Annual conference of AEN started with opening speech from H.E Dereje Duguma MD MPH and welcome note from AEN president Hanna D Ministry of Health ETHIOPIA International League Against Epilepsy World Stroke Org Movement Disorders Clinical Practice IBRO - International Brain Research Organization SONA