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Ethiopia Health Sector Development Program

This brief discusses the progress made in the Ethiopia Health Sector Development Program. The program's aims were to develop a health system that provides comprehensive and integrated primary care services, primarily based at community health...

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Main Author:	Mohan, P. C.
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	BUDGET ALLOCATION CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE COST-EFFECTIVENESS DEATHS DELIVERY SYSTEM DEMAND FOR SERVICES DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS DRUGS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH EPIDEMIC FEMALES HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE ACCESS HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH COVERAGE HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH POSTS HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT HOSPITALS HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT HYGIENE IMMUNIZATION INCENTIVE SCHEMES INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATE INFECTIOUS DISEASES LIFE EXPECTANCY LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH LIVE BIRTHS MALARIA MALES MATERNAL MORTALITY MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES MEDICINES MORTALITY NUTRITION POPULATION SECTOR PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROGRESS REHABILITATION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVISION SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES USER FEES VACCINATION WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/10/8593573/ethiopia-health-sector-development-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9549

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Summary:	This brief discusses the progress made in the Ethiopia Health Sector Development Program. The program's aims were to develop a health system that provides comprehensive and integrated primary care services, primarily based at community health level facilities. It focuses on communicable diseases, common nutritional disorders, environmental health and hygiene, reproductive health care, immunization, the treatment and control of basic infectious diseases like upper respiratory tract infections, the control of epidemic diseases like malaria, and the control of sexually transmitted diseases especially HIV/AIDS. This brief gives a brief description of the programs components, results on the ground, problems encountered, and lessons learned.