Our Work in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: PSP-One Biruh Tesfa Assessment
Background:
Slowly emerging from decades of socialist military rule, Ethiopia, the second most populous country in Africa, has shown not only considerable economic growth in recent years, but has also shown significant progress in health. Between 2000 and 2005, as measured by national surveys, modern contraceptive use has more than doubled among women and under-five mortality rates have declined from 166 to 141 per thousand live births. The private sector has emerged as an important contributor in the provision of reproductive health/family planning (RH/FP) with over 20 percent of women obtaining their method from private sector providers.
Yet despite these improvements, much work remains. The contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) is only 14 percent, the total fertility rate is 5.9, and unmet need for contraception hovers above 25 percent. Additionally, the percentage of women who delivered in a health facility showed no change from 2000 to 2005 (only 5 percent), which has lead to a maternal mortality rate of 871 per 100,000 live births, one of the highest in the world.
PSP-One in Ethiopia:
USAID/Ethiopia has provided field support to the Abt Associates led-PSP-One project to provide policy expertise to work with the government and HIV/AIDS service provision organizations, especially the PC4 project, to strengthen private sector provision of HIV/AIDS services and build consensus around how best to accomplish this goal. PSP-One will provide technical assistance to the Federal Ministry of Health and selected Regional Health Bureaus in drafting appropriate public policy to expand physical and economic access of Ethiopians to private sector HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis services.
The PSP-One project will also conduct a private provider survey of physicians, nurses, and pharmacists to determine the types of HIV/AIDS services they offer, their ability to meet current demand for these services, and whether they are adequately trained to provide them.
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