አትሮን | Atron

For listeners trying to understand why preventable childbirth injuries still happen in Ethiopia, this episode turns maternal health statistics into a human story. Biniyam Abebe follows the research of Dr. Tibeb Zena Debele and Dr. Dawit Gebeyehu Mekonen to examine obstetric fistula in Ethiopia, the barriers women face in reaching timely care, and why some mothers remain invisible even inside an ex...

What if the biggest gap in diabetes care in Ethiopia is not medicine, but information? In this episode of Atron, Biniyam Abebe tells the story of two Ethiopian researchers connected to Queen’s University who are rethinking how people live with diabetes after they leave the clinic. Their focus is practical and urgent: diabetes self-care in Ethiopia, from food choices and insulin timing to blood sug...

If you want to understand disability rights law in Ethiopia beyond official promises, this episode shows where the system breaks down and what would need to change for inclusion to become real. We trace one story from a courtroom where a deaf man was sentenced without saying a word about his case to a broader investigation of why persons with disabilities are still excluded from places that matter...

How did a simple cultural practice become the baseline defense against a massive public health challenge? In this episode of ATRON , we share groundbreaking research from four leading Ethiopian scientists that completely redefines how we think about low back pain, spine health, and healing. While back pain impacts up to 80% of people in Ethiopia in their lifetime, the solution is not found inside...

What does disability really mean: a problem in the body, or a world that was not built to include everyone? In the first episode of Atron, we follow the story of occupational therapy in Ethiopia, a profession so new that for a long time, there was not even a clear name for it in Amharic. This episode traces how occupational therapy moved from an unfamiliar idea to a historic milestone: the graduat...

አካል ጉዳት በትክክል ምን ማለት ነው? በአካል ላይ ያለ ችግር ወይስ ሁሉንም ሰው በእኩልነት ለማሳተፍ ዝግጁ ያልሆነ ዓለም የፈጠረው ታጉልዖ (ማስተጓጉል)?በመጀመሪያው የአትሮን (Atron) የቪዲዮ ክፍል፣ በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ያለውን የኦኩፔሽናል ቴራፒ የጉዞ ታሪክ እንከታተላለን። ሙያው በሀገራችን አዲስ ከመሆኑ የተነሳ ለረጅም ጊዜ በአማርኛ ቋንቋ ግልጽ የሆነ ስያሜ እንኳን አልነበረውም።ይህ ክፍል፣ ኦኩፔሽናል ቴራፒ ከማይታወቅ እንግዳ ሀሳብ ተነስቶ እንዴት ወደ ታሪካዊ ምዕራፍ እንደተሸጋገረ ይተርካል፤ ይህም በጎንደር ዩኒቨርሲቲ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ በሀገር ውስጥ የሰለጠኑ የአስራ ስድስት ኦኩፔሽናል ቴራፒስቶች ምርቃትን ያካትታል።በዚህ...

አትሮን (Atron) | አዲስ አጭር ተከታታይ የፖዱመንተሪ ትንታኔ ነው። ጤናን እና አካታችነትን (Inclusion) የሚወስኑ ውስብስብ ኹነቶችን የሚመረምረው አዲሱ "አትሮን" የተሰኘ ተከታታይ የፖዱመንተሪ ትንቴኔ ለኢትዮጵያ የሚበጁ የጤና መፍትሔዎች፣ ችግሩን በሚረዱ በአገር ሠዎች ሲቀረጹ ምን ለውጥ ይፈጥራሉ? በአትሮን በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ የዕለት ተዕለት ሕይወትችንን የሚወሰኑ ሥርዓቶችን የምንመረምርበት የምርምር ጉዞ ነው። በቢንያም አበባው አበበ እየተዘጋጀ የሚቀርበው በዚህ ጥንቅር እያንዳንዱ ክፍል፣ በፖሊሲ እና በተጨባጭ እውነታ መካከል ያለውን ክፍተት ለመሙላት የሚጥሩ ተመራማሪዎችን፣ የሕክምና ባለሙያዎችን እና የ...