Founding congress of Society of Eritrean Earth Science and Mining Engineers
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Asmara, 14 December 2019
The National Association of the Society of Eritrean Earth Science and Mining Engineers conducted its founding congress today, 14 December at the National Confederation of Eritrean Workers Hall.
In his key note address, Mr.
Alem Kidane, D. G. of Mining at the Ministry of Energy and Mining, said that before independence few Eritrean Earth Scientists residing in Europe used to meet at the annual Eritrean festival in Bologna and came with the idea of supporting in the geological and hydro- geological studies that were conducted for road construction.
Mr. Alem went on to say, that the establishment of the association will have significant contribution in the development of the mining sector in the country.
The participants conducted extensive discussion, on the draft constitution of the association and on the process of election of executive members and board of advisors.
At the event research papers were presented focusing earth science and mining, human resources development as well as earth science related researches.
Indicating the significance of establishing the association of the Society of Eritrean Earth Science and Mining Engineers, Ms.
Lewam Asfaw, assistant lecturer at the Eritrean Institute of Technology, called for due attention to the students of Mining Engineering for better outcome.
The congress also elected, five members executive committee.
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Meningitis vaccination launches in Anseba region
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Keren, 14 December 2019
Meningitis vaccination program was officially launched in the Anseba region at a ceremony conducted on 13 December in Keren.
Speaking at the event, the Governor of the Anseba region, Mr.
Mahmud Ali expressed readiness of the regional administration to play its part in the success of the program and called on the sub-zonal administrations, stakeholders and the public to strengthen participation.
Noting that the successful implementation of vaccination programs in Eritrea have been the result of the increased awareness of the public, Dr.
Kesetebrhan Solomon, head of the Ministry of Health branch in the region, said that sufficient experience had been gained from the implementation of the program in the other regions.
Mr.
Biniam Fesehatsion, head of Family and Community Health, said that according the plan the program will cover over
400 thousand citizens from age 1 to 30 and that every preparation has been finalized to successfully conduct the program.
It is to be recalled that meningitis vaccination program has been conducted in the regions of Central, Northern Red Sea and Southern Red Sea from 15 to 30 November.
"አሁን ያለው አዝማሚያና የፍልሰት መጠን “ኤርትራ ባዶዋን ልትቀር ይሆን እንዴ?” የሚል ጥያቄ ማጫሩ እንደማይቀር የፖለቲካ ሣይንስ ፕሮፌሰር፤ ዶ/ር ብሩክ ኃይሉ ተናግረዋል።"
