Archive for March 2019
Medical Clinic Recap
Recently, Ethiopia ACT hosted a Baltimore based team of healthcare professionals for two weeks of medical clinics in the communities of Suki and Akaki Kality. In that time 974 patients received high quality medical care as each physician, nurse, and nurse practitioner took time to sit one-on-one with each patient while they listened to the…
Read MoreSurvey: Akaki Kality
As Ethiopia ACT is working to transform the lives of hundreds in the communities of Addis Ababa, it is crucial to identify the gaps and needs of the families before taking steps to intervene. Identifying these needs helps us to track and measure the impact Ethiopia ACT will bring to the communities. As you may…
Read MoreFamily Advocates
A new and significant change in how ACT works is the creation of a new staff position we are calling Family Advocate. Last year we realized that we were not keeping close enough connections with the families in the project. We often didn’t know what was happening medically or socially, and it became clear that…
Read More