Ethiopia trains rapid responders to handle public health emergencies

ADDIS ABABA, June 13 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia has trained a team of 100 rapid responders to handle future public health emergencies and humanitarian crises in Ethiopia and beyond.

The 100 rapid responders were trained by the World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the WHO said in a statement issued Tuesday.