Misty weather carrying pleasant breeze of the sea welcomes one to port city of Massawa and accompanies you with an atmosphere of festivity. Massawa just celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Fenkil Operation—the operation that paved the way for independence—from 11 to 14 February, 2010.
A few years from now, the horizon of economic prosperity will prevail in Eritrea with the commencement of the free zone in Massawa. The strategic geographic advantage Eritrea is endowed with, coupled with the sea corridor that the Red Sea provides to the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean is a professionally proven favorable business environment.
Enhancing productivity through the adoption of appropriate technology has been identified as perquisite to achieving sustainable food security. The different departments within the Ministry of Agriculture have been setup to the realization of efficient, competitive and sustainable agricultural sector. Revitalizing and developing the agricultural infrastructure, has also been the focal point in achieving envisaged plans. The ministry recently conducted a comprehensive annual assessment meeting with regards to the overall agricultural projects and activities that were undertaken in 2009.
Recently Orota School of Medicine and Dentistry has graduated 39 doctors, following which the Asmara school of Associate Nurse graduated 416 associate nurses in certificate level and now, on the 23rd of January 2010, the college of Nursing and Health Technology has, in its 9th commencement, graduated 221 specialists as comprehensive nurses and midwives in advanced diploma. With such continued developments, one could easily establish a vivid picture of what the future health care provision in Eritrea would look like.
Building healthy families is central to any national development program and humanity at large. What comes closely associated with it is the need for safe Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) since it is one of the basic determinant of the very existence of humankind.
With the introduction of highly advanced communication systems of all kinds regardless of geographical location, people from around the world have been able to retain and exchange relevant information via telephone, internet, postal services and other means.
It is a universally accepted fact that human power plays a determinant role in any developmental activity, however, it is also true that without the proper supplementary machinery human power alone cannot achieve speedy development. It is to meet this demand of necessary equipment that Eri-Equip was established following independence and has been acting as a facilitator to date by providing modern machineries as per the demand in different parts of the country.