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The government of Ethiopia is working towards building a universal health care system through a community-based health insurance model, where households can pay into the official health insurance fund of their woreda, or district, and draw upon it when in need of medical care. As of 2020, it was estimated that 45% to 50% of the population had ...
Map of Ethiopian regions and Chartered Cities. This list of hospitals in Ethiopia lists the notable hospitals in Ethiopia. The list is organized by region and city. [1] [2] The first Ethiopian hospital was established in 1897. [3] As of 1988, there were 87 hospitals in Ethiopia with 11,296 beds. [4]
Ethiopia is the second most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa, with a population of over 120 million people. As of the end of 2003, the United Nations (UN) reported that 4.4% of adults were infected with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS); other estimates of the rate of infection ranged from a low of 7% to a high of 18%.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) (Amharic: ጤና ሚኒስቴር) is the Ethiopian government department responsible for public health concerns. Its head office is on Sudan Street in Addis Ababa. [2] Mekdes Daba has been the head of the ministry since February 2024. The organization is a cabinet level organization which has authority over the ...
The Medical School opened in 2014. It was intended to alleviate the severe shortage of medical doctors in the country.In line with various encouraging efforts performed by the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health in this regard, it is clear that the newly opened school, with a practical modular and integrated curriculum, [clarification needed] will be providing much-needed medical ...
Maternal and child health is the major area and target where different efforts and contributions have been made from the beginning of HSDP I. [4] According to Health Sector Development Plan IV (HSDP IV), which was being implemented from 2012 to 2015, the performance evaluation of 2013/14 indicated progress in achievement of family planning ...
[citation needed] According to an Ethiopian health system model, a general hospital should serve 1-1.5 million population with an average of 234 staffs. [4] Even though it is named as a general hospital it is functioning as a referral hospital with the number of staffs and several services it is providing. [5]
Located in Mekele, [1] the teaching hospital is the largest hospital in the Tigray Region [2] and the second largest hospital in Ethiopia. [3] It is one of only a few referral hospitals in Ethiopia. [3] The hospital opened in 2008 and serves a population of over 8 million people. [3]