Zewditu Hospital is a hospital in central

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. It was built, owned and operated by the

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, but was nationalized during the

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regime in about 1976. The hospital is named after Empress

Zauditu , spoken = ; ''djānhoi'', lit. ''"O steemedroyal"'' , alternative = ; ''getochu'', lit. ''"Our master"'' (pl.) Zewditu ( gez, ዘውዲቱ, born Askala Maryam; 29 April 1876 – 2 April 1930) was Emperor of Ethiopia, Empress of E ...

, the cousin and predecessor on the throne of Emperor

Haile Selassie Haile Selassie I ( gez, ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, Qädamawi Häylä Səllasé, ; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (' ...

. Today, Zewditu Hospital is operated by the Ministry of Health.

Overview

Zewditu Hospital is Ethiopia's leading hospital in the treatment of

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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

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’s (JHU) TSEHAI Program. Zewditu became the largest

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clinic in Ethiopia, with 14,000 patients in its care. Since, ART programs have been initiated in other hospitals around the country, relieving pressure on the hospital. The hospital also deals with

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care, HIV counseling and testing, STI services and

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

References

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