Ethiopia
Manu Sancheti, MD; PGY-3
• “Origin of Mankind”
• Population: 74 million
• Language: Amharic, 84
indigenous languages
• Currency: Birr
• 80% workforce in agriculture
• Largest export: Coffee
• Religion: Christian and
Muslim
• Government: Federal
Parliamentary Republic
• Capital: Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Life
• 16% population lives on less than $1/day
• Average family: 6-7
• Literacy: 43%
• Life expectancy: 43 – 54 yrs
• Infant Mortality: 93/1000 live births
• HIV: 2.1%
• 10 million cases of Malaria/year
• 119 hospitals
• 2.6 physicians/100,000
• 200 Surgeons Total!
WSF in Addis Ababa
WSF in Addis Ababa
• Feb 13-26, 2009
• Pediatric Surgery,
Orthopedics, Urology,
General/Laparoscopic,
Plastics, Vascular, Ob-
Gyn, Thoracic,
Anesthesia, PGY3,
PGY4, CRNA, RN,
volunteers, journalists
WSF in Addis Ababa
• Black Lion Hospital of
Addis Ababa
University Medical
School
• 800 beds
• 1000 outpatients daily
• 15 cases/week
• WSF: 15-25 cases/day
WSF in Addis Ababa
WSF in Addis Ababa
WSF in Addis Ababa
WSF in Addis Ababa
WSF in Addis Ababa
WSF in Addis Ababa
WSF in Addis Ababa
WSF in Addis Ababa
WSF in Addis Ababa
WSF in Addis Ababa
WSF in Addis Ababa
WSF in Addis Ababa
WSF in Addis Ababa
How to get involved
• WSF
• Red Cross, Doctors without borders,
Operation Smile, GHO
• Local charities
• Religious Organizations
• www.operationgivingback.facs.org