Health Extension Workers Transform Health Care In EthiopiaAmy Fowler
Health Extension WorkersJob SatisfactionDeterminants of Job SatisfactionEthiopiaSystematic ReviewMeta-AnalysisEthiopian healthcare relies heavily on Health Extension Workers (HEWs), who deliver essential services to communities nationwide. By analyzing existing research, the authors explore how prevalent job ...
During the ministerial addresses, Ethiopia’s Minister of Health, Dr. Kesetebirhan Admazu Birhane, described the three-tier health system, which is comprised of health centers and community health extension workers. “We consider our community health extension program as a pillar of our he...
The ministry also reported a major increase in the number of medical service practitioners. The number of health extension workers has risen from over 24,000 to 38,000, nurses from over 16,000 to more than 60,000 and medical doctors from 2,000 over 6,700 in the past 10 years....
Study of the Working Conditions of Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia Background: Ethiopia is well placed as a potential candidate for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) fast- tracking but the current 0.2/1000 human reso... A Teklehaimanot,Y Kitaw,S Girma,... - 《Ethiopian Journal of...
Women in rural and semi-urban Kafa Zone, Ethiopia are being encouraged to give birth in health facilities rather than at home. Using an earlier 2007 study as a comparison point, this study explored the role of Health Extension Workers (HEWs) in referring women to health centres for birth. ...
Ethiopia aims at reaching universal health coverage but faces low primary care utilisation and substandard quality of care. We assessed the health extension workers' perceived context and the preparedness of health posts to provide services. Setting This study was part of evaluating a complex ...
In Ethiopia, groups like Last Mile Health helped the Ethiopian government train their 40,000 health extension workers and their doctors and nurses on Ethiopia’s clinical protocols for COVID-19 by leveraging smartphones and creating apps that allowed the government to see whether o...
For instance, at the time of this study (2010), Ethiopia had achieved a massive scale-up of health extension workers and remarkable reductions in malaria rates and infant mortality. Ghana had accomplished dramatic improvements in maternal mortality. Liberia had established a universal package of ...
Health extension worker (cadre of CHWs in Ethiopia) HFA: Height-for-age HR-MAM: High-risk moderate acute malnutrition ICCM: Integrated community case management ICER: Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio IEC: Information, education, and communication ...