From Distant Hospitals to Local Health Centres: Ultrasound Service Task Shifting to Mid-Level Health Professionals
Too many pregnant women in developing regions such as Afar, Somali, Gambella and Benishangul-Gumuz travel far for basic maternal health services. In places like Afar region, the topography and climate present significant barriers and health risks to pregnant women seeking
Advancing Solid Waste Collection One Step Ahead
Mohammedsani Mustefa, 25, lives in a rented room with his mother in Addis Ketema Sub-City of Addis Ababa. Two years ago, he quitted working as a daily laborer at construction sites due to the back breaking nature of the job, …
WASH first -COVID-19 response
Living in a rural Hagugeta Kuni kebele of Shameshemene district in the Oromia Regional State, Woyitue had very little information about the COVID-19 pandemic as well as its preventive measures. Lack of adequate information on COVID-19 contamination and its prevention …
From Open Defecation to Improved Household Latrine
Rahel Tareke, a mother of four in Adama city in the Oromia Regional State, recalls the tiring challenges that she had endured due to the lack of household pit latrines. “Imagine having no household pit latrine while living at the …
Challenges are Now a Thing of the Past
Amina Aman, 60-years-old, recalls the dire situation concerning access to potable water in her small vicinity of Faji Gobe Kebele in the Shashemene District of Oromia Regional State.
The old, yet vibrant, Amina endured enormous challenges as she had to …
Using Mobile Based Training to Support Community Health Workers Champion COVID-19 Prevention in Rural Communities
Equipping frontline health workers with the required knowledge and skills to respond to COVID-19 at the community level is one of the priorities of Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health.
Degsew Mezgebu, 30, is a clinical nurse, working in Bahirdar town of …
COVID-19 in Ethiopia – Timely Response at a Wider Scale Through Mobile-Based Training
Health extension workers (HEW) are a critical health workforce in the Primary Health Care Unit (PHCU) in the Ethiopian health system. They are currently leading the nation’s community-level COVID-19 response through creating awareness, conducting house-to-house active case finding, and referring …
Maintaining the Momentum of Widening Public Awareness on COVID-19
September 13, 2020 marked six-months since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Ethiopia. Collectively, many of us have felt a wide range of emotions including fear, suspense, and uncertainty. Many of us have felt confined by the restrictions …
Back to Basics: Enabling WASH to Stem the Spread of COVID -19 in Ethiopia
Like other countries around the world, Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous nation, is reeling from the effects of the pandemic on a fragile health system, while at the same time grappling with the very real threat of economic recession and …
“I Have Come From the Community, and I Will Go Back to the Community and Serve”
Ayachyol, 23, is one of the midwifery students at the Gambella Teachers Education and Health Science College. After graduating from high school, she was looking for a training opportunity that could help her become a health worker in her region. …