Zewditu Hospital

Zewditu Hospital is a hospital in central Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was built, owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, but was nationalized during the Derg regime in about 1976. The hospital is named after Empress Zauditu, the cousin and predecessor on the throne of Emperor Haile Selassie. Today the Zewditu Hospital is operated by the Ministry of Health.

Zewditu Hospital
Ministry of Health
Geography
LocationAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
Coordinates9°1′6″N 38°45′22″E
Organisation
FundingGovernment hospital
History
Opened1976

Zewditu Hospital is Ethiopia's leading hospital in the treatment of ART patients and currently treats over 6,000 each month. CDC-Ethiopia helped launch Ethiopia's first ART program at Zewditu in July 2003, and in March 2005 it received technical assistance from Johns Hopkins University’s (JHU) TSEHAI Program. Zewditu became the largest HIV clinic in Ethiopia, with 14,000 patients in its care.[1] Since, ART programs have been initiated in other hospitals around the country, relieving pressure on the hospital.

The hospital also deals with palliative care, HIV counseling and testing, STI services and Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) services.

The hospital was temporarily closed down in 2007 after a serious leakage was found in the building.

References
  1. "Zewditu Hospital to Get a New Outpatient Department". US Embassy of Ethiopia. November 19, 2009. Retrieved January 3, 2009.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.