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1 %HIV-attributed mortality among infants and children was 1% in Ethiopia (one [1%] of 140).

ÉthiopieVIH/sidaobserved Dec 3, 2016 to Dec 31, 2024published 2026The lancet. HIVPubMeddocument of 23 observations

49 deathsIn Ethiopia, as of 31 July 2025, 49 cholera deaths were reported with a case fatality rate of 0.9%.

Éthiopiecholéraobserved 31 July 2025Africa CDCdocument of 176 observations

91 %South Sudan, Sudan, and Ethiopia accounted for 91% of cholera cases and 97% of deaths in the Eastern Africa region from 1 January to 31 July 2025.

Éthiopie · Soudancholéraobserved 1 January to 31 July 2025Africa CDCdocument of 176 observations

The Health Extension Program enabled Ethiopia to achieve significant improvements in maternal and child health, communicable diseases, hygiene, sanitation, and health care seeking.

Éthiopiecommunicable diseasesAfrica CDCdocument of 261 observations

1.57 %Prevalence of nonsynonymous k13 mutations was 1.57% in Ethiopia across the study period 2018–2022.

Éthiopiepaludismeobserved 2018–2022published 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 7 observations

612 respondentsThe study used hypertension data from Ethiopia with 612 respondents.

Éthiopiehypertension artérielleHAL · Unilimdocument of 283 observations

3.4 %The prevalence of newly diagnosed diabetes was 3.4% by fasting glucose test among participants surveyed in Ethiopia and Nigeria.

Éthiopie · Nigeriadiabète (non précisé)observed 2020 to 2021published 2025Journal of diabetesPubMeddocument of 8 observations

100,000 peopleOver 100,000 people are at risk of Human African Trypanosomiasis in Ethiopia.

ÉthiopieHuman African Trypanosomiasispublished 2004Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmc

4 isolatesThe WHO-validated R622I k13 mutation was detected in four Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Ethiopia.

Éthiopiepaludismeobserved 2018–2022published 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 7 observations

7 %The overall prevalence of diabetes was 7.0% among 1727 participants surveyed in Ethiopia and Nigeria.

Éthiopie · Nigeriadiabète (non précisé)observed 2020 to 2021published 2025Journal of diabetesPubMeddocument of 8 observations

50 per_100Malaria transmission was high in Cameroon compared to Kenya and Ethiopia with over 50% of the infected bites recorded outdoors.

Cameroun · Éthiopie · Kenyapaludismepublished 2021The Journal of infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1093/infdis/jiaa774

11 %A single-center study conducted in Ethiopia reported a lower in-hospital mortality rate, at 11% (47/422), during the years 2020–2021.

ÉthiopieCOVID-19observed 2020–2021HAL · Unilimdocument of 63 observations

53 %In Ethiopia from 1 January to 31 July 2025, men represented approximately 53% of cholera cases.

Éthiopiecholéraobserved 2025 and as of 31 JulyAfrica CDCdocument of 176 observations

35 %The highest pooled prevalence of pfhrp2 deletion was observed in the Americas at 35%.

Éthiopiepaludismepublished 2026MalariaWorld journaleurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

4.1 %Lower Plasmodium–Schistosoma co-infection rates were reported in Ethiopia (4.1%), Ghana (2.8%), and Benin (1.1%).

ÉthiopiepaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 74 observations

26 %In Ethiopia, 26% of cholera cases were among children under 15 years old.

ÉthiopiecholéraAfrica CDCdocument of 176 observations

11.8 %Impaired fasting glycaemia prevalence was 11.8% among participants surveyed in Ethiopia and Nigeria.

Éthiopie · Nigeriaimpaired fasting glycaemiaobserved 2020 to 2021published 2025Journal of diabetesPubMeddocument of 8 observations

5,755 casesIn Ethiopia, there were 5,755 cholera cases and 49 deaths from August 2022 to July 2025.

Éthiopiecholéraobserved Aug 2022 – 31 July 2025Africa CDCdocument of 176 observations

26 %In Ethiopia from 1 January to 31 July 2025, children under 15 years accounted for 26% of cholera cases.

Éthiopiecholéraobserved 2025 and as of 31 JulyAfrica CDCdocument of 176 observations

53 %In Ethiopia, men represented approximately 53% of cholera cases.

ÉthiopiecholéraAfrica CDCdocument of 176 observations

Active case search data from June 2026 revealed a high burden of unreported suspected VPDs, primarily measles, concentrated in the East and Southern Africa Block (Mozambique, Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, and Madagascar), in the DRC-Angola Block (DRC and Angola), in the West Block (Benin, Togo and Guinea), and in the Lake Chad Basin (Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Central African Republic).

Angola · Bénin · Cameroun · Éthiopie · Guinée · Kenya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mozambique · Nigeria · RDC · Tanzanie · Tchad · Togo · Zambierougeole · VPDsobserved June 2026WHO Africadocument of 17 observations

5,755 suspected_casesIn Ethiopia, as of 31 July 2025, 5,755 suspected cholera cases and 49 deaths (CFR: 0.9%) were reported.

Éthiopiecholéraobserved 31 July 2025Africa CDCdocument of 176 observations

63.9 %63.9% of studies on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa focused on six countries: South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia.

Afrique du Sud · Éthiopie · Kenya · Nigeria · Ouganda · Tanzanieadolescent sexual and reproductive healthpublished 2021BMJ global healthPubMeddocument of 12 observations

5,755 suspected_casesFrom 1 January to 31 July 2025, Ethiopia reported 5,755 suspected cases and 49 deaths (case fatality rate: 0.9%) of cholera from Amhara, Gambella, Afar and Dire Dawa regions.

Éthiopiecholéraobserved 2025 and as of 31 JulyAfrica CDCdocument of 176 observations

3 %The pooled prevalence of pfhrp2 deletion in Asia was 3%.

Éthiopiepaludismepublished 2026MalariaWorld journaleurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations