Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Date of Operation: 2007 – 2012

Primary Implementing Partner: World Health Organization (WHO)

Regions of Operation: Nationwide

Goal:

Assist Ethiopia in reaching certification level for polio eradication.

Project Objectives:

• Achieve certification standards of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance at national and intermediary levels
• Assist with the timely response to any importation of the wild polio virus
• Continue implementing immunization campaigns to strengthen active and passive surveillance systems within the country

Description:

Date of Operation: 2009 – 2013

Primary Implementing Partner: John Snow, Inc.

Regions of Operation: Oromia and SNNP

Goal:

Support the Ministry of Health in improving weak health information systems.

Project Objectives:

• Assist in implementation of new systems so that managers and care providers at all levels use to produce quality data and use the information for planning and management of health services
• Establish computerized data processing and reporting system at national levels and local levels in SNNPR
• Provide technical support to Ethiopian Ministry of Health and other government institutions to scale up HMIS

Description:

See also: Crosscutting Issues

Date of Operation: 2010 – 2013

Primary Implementing Partner: Jhpiego

Other Implementing Partners: Save the Children, Johns Hopkins University, and John Snow, Inc.

Regions of Operation: Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, and Tigray

Goal:

To curb maternal, neonatal and child morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia.

Project Objectives:

Date of Operation: 2007 – 2017

Primary Implementing Partner: CORE Group

Other Implementing Partners: Care, ChildFund International (CFI), World Vision, Plan, African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), Save the Children, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), International Rescue Committee (IRC), Mekane Yesus Church, Hararghe Catholic Secretariat, Pastoralist Concern, Alem Tena Catholic Church

Regions of Operation: Nationwide, with a focus on pastoralist and hard-to-reach areas

Goal:

To support the eradication of polio from Ethiopia.

Project Objectives:

• Narrow the challenging gaps of Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP) surveillance and immunization in emerging regions and hard-to-reach areas
• Conduct active surveillance, immunization campaigns and advocacy and awareness creation events

Description:

See also: Crosscutting Issues, Central Contraceptive Procurement

Date of Operation: 2008 - 2013

Primary Implementing Partner: Pathfinder International

Other Implementing Partners: John Snow Inc., Consortium of Reproductive Health Associations (CORHA)

Regions of Operation: Addis Ababa, Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, Oromia, SNNP, and Tigray

Goal:

Improve family health, especially for mothers, newborns, and children.

Project Objectives: