Eritrea - Ministry of Information

Culture represents traditions, beliefs and customs which form the background of a particular so-ciety and distinguish it from other societies. It is an important source of a nation’s vitality and creativ¬ity and constitutes a key factor in uniting the nation, and in making it distinct. It acts as a profound force that affects the development of a country. It not only shapes human concepts and impacts their behavior, but also contributes to the betterment of their material as well as spiritual comfort.

The main vision of the Ministry of Health (MoH) is to develop a healthcare system that gives people easy access to quality health services at affordable cost.

The number of school children has been rising globally. But to ensure that children attend schools, their health has to be secured. In less developed countries school-age children are at risk of diseases due to poor health and nutrition and overcrowded classrooms that aggravate the transmission of communicable diseases. To mitigate the problem, the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) jointly launched in 2014 a program named School-based Health and Nutrition Services as part of a joint strategy.

Trachoma is an eye disease and one of the many causes for people’s loss of vision and blindness. It is one of the eighteen underestimated tropical diseases that infected around a billion people with lower standard of living. According to the 2016 WHO Alliance for GET 2020 Database, 200 million people live in areas where trachoma is highly likely to spread. At the moment, 2.2 million of the world population has developed a vision problem due to trachoma. Out of this figure, it is sad to see the 1.2 million have already become blind. Trachoma is an easily communicable and gradually developing disease; but, it can be prevented if people follow the commonly prescribed health precautions.

It would be an understatement to say soil plays a significant role in human livelihoods. More than 90% of food is produced in soils. The importance of soil quality for food security, healthy ecosystems and human well-being makes soil a symbolic representation of life itself. Soil is a vital contributor to food, water and energy security and a key component in mitigating loss of biodiversity.

Micro-credit financing has been a great deal of assistance for people who envision improving a lifestyle. It has been practised in Eritrea since 1996, and for the last decade and a half; it has been operating as an autonomous organization under the umbrella of the Ministry of National Development. Saving and Microcredit Program (SMCP) is a component of Eritrean Community Development Fund providing financial services to people.