ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a milestone for one of Africa’s biggest healthcare developments, Roha Medical Campus (RMC) announces it has received fresh investment from shareholders for a major new advanced multispecialty hospital in Addis Ababa, bringing total initial capital to US$42 million..

埃塞俄比亚亚的斯亚贝巴--（商业新闻短讯）--作为非洲最大的医疗保健发展之一的里程碑，罗哈医学院（RMC）宣布，它已收到股东的新投资，在亚的斯亚贝巴新建一家大型先进的多专科医院，初始资本总额达到4200万美元。。

The equity funding represents the first tranche of a US$130 million investment to build phase 1 of Roha Medical Campus, a 350-bed world-class hospital. Additional shareholder funding as well as US$70 million in debt led by a development finance institution are earmarked for the first half of 2024. Already midway through construction, the first hospital is due to open in 2025, with a further US$200 million investment planned to expand the campus to include additional specialized hospitals and medical facilities, as well as a teaching, research, and innovation hub..

该股权融资是投资1.3亿美元建设罗哈医学院第一期的第一部分，罗哈医学院是一家拥有350张床位的世界级医院。2024年上半年，将指定额外的股东资金以及由一家发展金融机构牵头的7000万美元债务。第一家医院已经在建设过程中，预计将于2025年开业，计划再投资2亿美元扩建校园，包括更多的专科医院和医疗设施，以及教学、研究和创新中心。。

Located less than a kilometer from East Africa’s busiest international airport, the hospital puts Addis Ababa on the map for the continent’s US$5 billion-a-year medical tourism industry while stemming Ethiopia’s US$500 million annual healthcare outflow. Currently the standard connector for Africans flying to South Asia or the Middle East for medical care, Ethiopian Airlines’ Addis Ababa Bole International Airport will soon become the gateway to one of the most significant health treatment hubs on the continent..

该医院距离东非最繁忙的国际机场不到一公里，它使亚的斯亚贝巴成为非洲大陆每年50亿美元医疗旅游业的重要组成部分，同时也遏制了埃塞俄比亚每年5亿美元的医疗保健外流。目前，埃塞俄比亚航空公司的亚的斯亚贝巴博勒国际机场是飞往南亚或中东进行医疗保健的非洲人的标准连接器，很快将成为通往非洲大陆最重要的医疗中心之一的门户。。

Designed to be Ethiopia’s first JCI-accredited1 hospital, Roha Medical Campus will alleviate an acute shortage of advanced medical facilities and healthcare services for Africa’s second largest nation and patients in the region. With over 4,000 medical, administrative and ancillary staff, RMC will provide many pioneering treatments that are brand new or limited in availability locally and across Africa.

罗哈医学园区旨在成为埃塞俄比亚第一家JCI认证的医院，将缓解该地区第二大非洲国家和患者严重缺乏先进医疗设施和医疗服务的问题。RMC拥有4000多名医疗、行政和辅助人员，将提供许多开创性的治疗方法，这些治疗方法在当地和整个非洲都是全新的或有限的。

Alongside emergency treatment and routine care focused on comprehensive and preventative medicine, specialty treatments will include orthopedics, neurosurgery, spine treatment, interventional cardiology, cardiac surgery, endovascular interventions, nuclear medicine, and oncology treatments..

除了以综合和预防医学为重点的紧急治疗和常规护理外，专业治疗还将包括骨科、神经外科、脊柱治疗、介入心脏病学、心脏外科、血管内干预、核医学和肿瘤学治疗。。

At least three-quarters of patients are expected to be Ethiopian, and Roha Medical Campus has committed to receiving significant numbers of referrals from the government health system at discounted rates. Ethiopia’s hospitals currently have only 6% of the total hospital beds required, significantly below East African peers, according to the World Health Organisation.2.

预计至少有四分之三的患者是埃塞俄比亚人，罗哈医学院承诺以折扣率从政府卫生系统接受大量转诊。根据世界卫生组织的数据，埃塞俄比亚的医院目前只有所需病床总数的6%，大大低于东非同行。

“It is critical for us to ensure that treatment is widely available across all communities,” said Welela Haileselassie, General Manager of Roha Medical Campus. “Living in Ethiopia, you hear too often of people who suffer without access to treatment. This is not right, it’s not equitable. This hospital will change lives and save lives.”.

罗哈医学院总经理韦莱拉·海尔·塞拉西（WelelaHaileselassie）表示：“确保治疗在所有社区广泛开展对我们来说至关重要。”。“生活在埃塞俄比亚，你经常听到人们无法获得治疗。这是不对的，这是不公平的。这家医院将改变生命，挽救生命。”。

In addition to advancing healthcare outcomes, Roha Medical Campus will support economic development through expanding inbound medical tourism as a potential key driver of much-needed foreign exchange. RMC will also advance Ethiopian Airlines’ already dominant position in African medical tourism and drive increased traveler volumes, as well as visitors to the airline’s 5-star Skylight Hotel, less than a kilometer from the campus..

除了提高医疗保健成果外，罗哈医学院还将通过扩大入境医疗旅游来支持经济发展，作为急需外汇的潜在关键驱动力。RMC还将提升埃塞俄比亚航空公司在非洲医疗旅游业中已经占据的主导地位，并推动游客数量的增加，以及该航空公司距离校园不到一公里的五星级天窗酒店的游客。。

“Ethiopia is the right place for transformative African healthcare investment,” said Brooks Washington, Executive Chairm of Roha Medical Campus, and a partner of Roha Group, RMC’s founding investor. “Ethiopian Airlines’ global connectivity strengthens the case for medical tourism and ensures strong US dollar revenue for the hospital.

Roha Medical Campus执行主席、RMC创始投资者Roha Group合伙人布鲁克斯·华盛顿（Brooks Washington）表示：“埃塞俄比亚是非洲变革性医疗投资的正确地点。”。“埃塞俄比亚航空公司的全球连通性加强了医疗旅游的理由，并确保了医院强劲的美元收入。

This is complemented by a fast-growing local population in need of better care and the government’s support of environmentally sustainable and impactful projects. Combined, this makes RMC an incredibly exciting prospect and a very promising investment.”.

与此同时，当地人口迅速增长，需要更好的照顾，政府支持环境可持续和有影响力的项目。综合起来，这使RMC成为一个令人难以置信的令人兴奋的前景和一个非常有前景的投资。”。

Demand for specialty healthcare among Ethiopia’s 126 million people has been increasing as a result of a growing middle-class, the impact of rapid urbanization and changing lifestyles, and the expanding presence of major international organisations in Addis Ababa, including the African Union and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.

由于中产阶级不断壮大，快速城市化和生活方式改变的影响，以及包括非洲联盟和联合国非洲经济委员会在内的主要国际组织在亚的斯亚贝巴的存在不断扩大，埃塞俄比亚1.26亿人口对专业医疗保健的需求一直在增加。

Roha Medical Campus will reduce costs and increase accessibility relative to other local hospitals and comparable international medical tourism packages..

相对于其他当地医院和可比的国际医疗旅游套餐，罗哈医学园区将降低成本并增加可达性。。

Public medical organizations in Ethiopia have historically focused on the acute need to expand healthcare to rural communities, control epidemics such as HIV and tuberculosis, and improve vaccination rates against communicable diseases. However, there is now an increased need to also treat heart disease, cancer, strokes, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes, among other non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

埃塞俄比亚的公共医疗组织历来关注将医疗保健扩展到农村社区、控制艾滋病毒和结核病等流行病以及提高传染病疫苗接种率的迫切需求。然而，现在越来越需要治疗心脏病、癌症、中风、慢性呼吸道疾病和糖尿病以及其他非传染性疾病（NCD）。

Deaths from NCDs in Ethiopia are nearly twice the average rate in developed nations, at 553 per 100,000 people, accounting for more than 50% of deaths in the country. Over half are below the age of 40.3 The high mortality rate is primarily due to a lack of adequate infrastructure, including a shortage of skilled workers and unreliable supply chains for medicines and other essential products, says Dr.

埃塞俄比亚非传染性疾病死亡率几乎是发达国家平均死亡率的两倍，为每10万人553人，占该国死亡人数的50%以上。超过一半的人年龄在40.3岁以下。高死亡率主要是由于缺乏足够的基础设施，包括缺乏熟练工人和不可靠的药品和其他基本产品供应链。

Senait Beyene, Deputy General Manager for Healthcare at RMC..

RMC医疗保健副总经理Senait Beyene。。

“NCD treatment is resource-intensive, demanding sophisticated infrastructure, high-quality supplies and medications, and skilled healthcare professionals,” said Dr. Senait. “To address these issues, RMC will offer personalized, holistic and comprehensive care for diagnosing, treating, and following up with patients, ultimately improving health outcomes and long-term quality of life for individuals with NCDs.”.

Senait博士说：“非传染性疾病治疗是资源密集型的，需要复杂的基础设施、高质量的用品和药物以及熟练的医疗保健专业人员。”。“为了解决这些问题，RMC将为患者的诊断，治疗和随访提供个性化，整体和全面的护理，最终改善非传染性疾病患者的健康状况和长期生活质量。”。

An extensive training programme will transfer skills to enable Roha Medical Campus to have a predominantly Ethiopian medical team within five years. Initially, some of the physicians will be expats. Advanced hospital facilities and opportunities to work on complicated procedures will facilitate expat recruitment and help to reverse the African health sector brain drain.

一项广泛的培训计划将传授技能，使罗哈医学院在五年内拥有一支以埃塞俄比亚为主的医疗团队。最初，一些医生将是外籍人士。先进的医院设施和从事复杂程序的机会将有助于招募外籍人员，并有助于扭转非洲卫生部门的人才流失。

Learning opportunities will extend to all healthcare workers as well as general hospital staff to increase retention of skilled professionals and ensure global standards of care..

学习机会将扩展到所有医护人员以及综合医院员工，以增加技能专业人员的保留率，并确保全球护理标准。。

Roha Medical Campus is constructing a state-of-the-art building specifically designed for providing world-class care. In line with a commitment to sustainability and environmental responsibility, Roha Medical Campus is entirely carbon neutral, with a forest of over 12,000 native trees planted on the campus, in complement with the Ethiopian government’s ambitious Green Legacy Initiative.

罗哈医学院正在建造一座专门为提供世界级护理而设计的最先进建筑。根据对可持续性和环境责任的承诺，罗哈医学院完全是碳中和的，校园内种植了12000多种本土树木，以补充埃塞俄比亚政府雄心勃勃的绿色遗产倡议。

The surrounding forest creates a natural healing environment while lowering temperatures, reducing air and noise pollution, mitigating floods, and attracting local birds and insects. The campus will be the first IFC EDGE-certified hospital building in Ethiopia, hosting an advanced waste management system with clean technologies, solar power generation and battery storage, and a thermally-activated heating and cooling system..

周围的森林创造了一个自然愈合的环境，同时降低了温度，减少了空气和噪音污染，减轻了洪水，并吸引了当地的鸟类和昆虫。该校区将是埃塞俄比亚第一座国际金融公司边缘认证的医院大楼，拥有先进的废物管理系统，包括清洁技术、太阳能发电和电池储存以及热激活加热和冷却系统。。

About Roha Group:

关于Roha集团：

Roha Medical Campus is an investment of Roha Group, a US-based investment firm that responsibly builds profitable businesses in Africa by investing in and developing new companies across the continent. Roha Group launches and funds new businesses with large-scale potential by leading their development from origination to exit.

Roha Medical Campus是美国投资公司Roha Group的一项投资，该公司通过在非洲大陆投资和发展新公司，负责在非洲建立盈利业务。Roha集团通过引导其从创立到退出的发展，启动并资助具有大规模潜力的新业务。

Roha’s unique approach mitigates risk and delivers top-tier returns while creating lasting, sustainable value for the continent. Roha’s portfolio companies have committed investments of over US$500 million so far and are active across Africa. Roha is a UNPRI signatory, with offices in Africa, the US and Europe..

Roha独特的方法降低了风险，提供了顶级回报，同时为非洲大陆创造了持久、可持续的价值。Roha的投资组合公司迄今已承诺投资5亿多美元，活跃于非洲各地。Roha是UNPRI的签字人，在非洲、美国和欧洲设有办事处。。

Roha Group has invested over US$200 million in companies in Ethiopia. These include Juniper Glass Industries SC, which employs more than 1,000 workers producing 200 million bottles annually, replacing imports with local production. Another portfolio company, Raxio Group, recently opened Ethiopia’s first carrier-neutral, Tier 3 co-location data centre..

Roha集团在埃塞俄比亚的公司投资超过2亿美元。其中包括Juniper Glass Industries SC，该公司拥有1000多名员工，每年生产2亿瓶，以当地生产取代进口。另一家投资组合公司Raxio Group最近开设了埃塞俄比亚第一家运营商中立的三级同址数据中心。。

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1 An independent, not-for-profit organization, Joint Commission International (JCI) identifies, measures, and shares best practices in quality and patient safety around the world. https://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/

1国际联合委员会（JCI）是一个独立的非营利组织，负责识别、衡量和分享全球质量和患者安全方面的最佳实践。https://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/

2 World Health Organisation: Ethiopia currently meeting 6% of total hospital beds required. For comparison, Rwanda meets 32%, Kenya 27%, Uganda 10%

2世界卫生组织：埃塞俄比亚目前达到所需医院床位总数的6%。相比之下，卢旺达占32%，肯尼亚占27%，乌干达占10%

3 IHME (2019) Global Burden of Disease Report: https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare/#

3 IHME（2019）全球疾病负担报告：https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare/#