PCC Contact:
 | Mrs. Woinshet Nigatu Zeleke
PCC
Ministry of Health
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
1234 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel : 251-11-5516058
Email:
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Reproductive Health and FP in Ethiopia
| | | Background Information - Total Female Population 36.5
- Median age at First Marriage 16.5
- Antenatal Coverage 28%
- Attended delivery 6%
- Total Fertility Rate 5.4
- Contraceptive Prevalence 13.9%
- HIV Prevalence among adults15-49: Women 2% Men1%
MNCH Indicators have improved when we compare DHS 2000 Vs 2005, but still remain very poor
MMR : 673/100,000
IMR: 77/1000LB
U5 mortality : 123/1000
Every Year in Ethiopia . . .
2.8 million births
500,000 maternal disabilities
118,000 newborn deaths
25,000 maternal deaths
Causes for maternal death
Abortion 32%
Obstructed labor 22%
Sepsis 12%
Haemorrhage 10%
Hypertension 9%
Others 15%
Contributing Factors
- Lack of information and inadequate knowledge about danger signals during pregnancy and labor
- Poor road and communication
- Cultural /traditional / Economic factors that restrict women from seeking health care
- Lack of skilled care during delivery
Achievement: Heath Extension program
- Family Health Promotion
- Disease Prevention and Control
- Hygiene and Environmental Health PromotionHealth Education and Communication
- Integrated community conversation
- A total of 24543 HEWs trained and deployed in the country
Access for BEOC
- Accelerated Expansion of Health centers (700-3200)
- Equipping Health facilities with the necessary equipment and supplies
- Strengthening the Midwifery training schools
- Training Nurses/midwifes on BEOC
- Improved Incentives of health professionals
- Work with professional associations (ENMA,ESOG…)
CEOC
- Hospital Management reform
- Increase the enrollment of Physicians
- Masters program in Obstetric Emergency Surgery
- 5 University Hospitals
- 1000 professionals will be trained on the next 5 years
- Training on CEOC
- Woreda HC- Primary Hospitals
Family Planning
- Strengthening Community level FP (HEP)
- Equip HC/HOPITALS to provide long term and permanent methods of FP
- Avail the necessary Method mix
- Ensuring commodity security and
- Work on Sustainability
Safe Abortion
- Legal Aspects/law revised
- National Guideline prepared
- Draft CAC strategy prepared
- PAC is implemented in some selected health facilities
- Working with different partners to expand the service
- Promotion of Emergency contraceptive
- We are not promoting Abortion as one of the FP methods
Activities with EARHN
- Experience Sharing visit to South Africa
Role of Partnership
- Human resource development/Training
- Ensure commodity Security and RH Supplies
- Support in the HMIS/LMIS
- Experience Sharing and Implementing best practices
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