Ethiopia hosts a first: the world's emergency medical teams gather in Africa

When disaster strikes, the teams that fly in matter — and increasingly, Africa is training its own. Ethiopia is hosting the first-ever Emergency Medical Teams Global Meeting held in the WHO African Region, bringing more than 800 participants from over 100 countries to Addis Ababa from 3 to 5 November to work on clinical care during emergencies, sustainable financing and readiness standards. Ethiopia speaks from fresh experience: its national team recently became the first civilian Emergency Medical Team in Africa to achieve international classification under WHO's rigorous assessment. The Regional EMT Training and Knowledge Hub in Addis Ababa now trains and drills teams from across the continent.

SDG 3 · Good health and well-being — Mechanism: institutional program