Healthcare in Ethiopia

Population

115 million

Average life expectancy

Number of doctors per 10,000 people

0.8

Maternal mortality rate

401

Neo-natal mortality rate

27.6

Births attended by health personnel

49.8%

What do we do?

In Ethiopia, our work is guided by two strategic pillars: (Human Resources for Health, and Innovative Health Services and Solutions. In 2020, Amref Ethiopia supported more than 5 million people in 142 districts, 388 health facilities, and more than 20 health science colleges. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, more than 20,000 Health Extension Workers (HEWS – the Ethiopian equivalent of Community Health Workers) were trained on COVID-19 response through Leap, Amref’s mobile learning platform. Training was provided in five local languages: Amharic, Oromiffa, Tigrigna, Afari, and Somali. Content also included messages on how to improve essential health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Addressing TB and malaria

Find out how we are building on our long-term partnership with GSK to address high rates of tuberculosis (TB) and malaria in Kenya and Ethiopia.

Leap, the mobile-learning platform

Using pioneering mobile technology to train frontline health workers at scale.

Abdi Neda, waste collector

30-year-old Abdi is the head of a solid waste collectors' union in Yeka Sub-City, Addis Ababa. He oversees the work of seven groups of waste collectors (a total of 96 people) and is directly responsible for a further three groups. Twice a week, the groups go house-to-house and collect waste that is then separated into rubbish, compostable waste, and recycling.

Vaccine Solidarity

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The midwives of the future

Working in partnership with GSK, Amref has supported the establishment of a midwifery training programme at Gambela’s Health Science College: the first of its kind in the region. Here, second-year students explain what drove them to pursue this path.

Ethiopia