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Following Ethiopia’s receipt of the prestigious 2025 Good Governance for Tobacco Control Integrity Award at the CoP11 side event in Geneva, a high-level national ceremony was held on January 13, 2026, to launch the findings of the Ethiopia 2025 Tobacco Industry...

Over the past 21 years, your unwavering and continued support has helped us grow from humble beginnings, founded in memory of Mathiwos, into a comprehensive organization promoting health and wellbeing through programs addressing a wide range of cancers,...

Mathiwos Wondu Foundation (MWF) conducted a comprehensive training on Palliative and End-of-Life Care for healthcare professionals from ALERT Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. The trainees were drawn from various service units and are members of the...

Best practice in decentralizing quality care for severe chronic NCDs closer to the community! We’re proud to share our best practice article: “PEN-Plus Implementation in Ethiopia: A Best Practice in Decentralizing Severe Chronic NCD Care Closer to Community” —...

“Addis Ababa Must Become a Smoke-Free City to Protect Residents from Lung Cancer” Mr. Wondu Bekele, Founder and Chief Executive Director of Mathiwos Wondu – YeEthiopia Cancer Society (MWECS) MWF was invited to the Africa Think Tank Summit 2025, held from October 8–10...

“At the funeral of my son Mathiwos, I did not cry; I was in deep grief,” said Ato Wondu Bekele. Mathiwos Wondu, who would have been 22 today, was born on Meskerem 13, 1996 (E.C.), and passed away from cancer. In remembrance of little Mathi and children living with...