The second commonest cancer among women aged 15 to 44, and often diagnosed late, cervical cancer has a brutal mortality rate in Eritrea. Now, community health workers are pushing prevention.
Nura Hassen of Mekeserat, a village on Eritrea’s northern border, remembers the days of single-figure vaccination rates and “ordinary” childhood deaths. Things have changed.
Yosief Abraham is on his way to Stanford and earned the Bill Gates Scholarship. Author: Abbie Alford (Reporter) Updated: 11:40 PM PDT April 22, 2021
SAN DIEGO The shock hasn’t worn off for a Hoover High School student who received a competitive scholarship to attend his dream school.
Yosief Abraham was awarded the Gates Scholarship and plans to attend Stanford in the fall where he will study environmental engineering.
The valedictorian says he’s dreamt about Stanford since he was in middle school. Four years later he received the acceptance letter.
“I was shocked for three days because I didn’t expect that all,” said Abraham.