Maternal health in Ethiopia

It has seventeen goals and 169 targets as a whole where SDG 3 deal with ensuring health lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.The improvement in infrastructure, resource mobilization and leadership and governance in health sector and in the country as a whole have a key contribution for the achievements.Maternal and child health is the major area and target where different efforts and contributions have been made from the beginning of HSDP I.The blood banks are located within 150 –200 km radius of their catchment are where both private and public health facilities are able to get safe blood[4][5] Community based house hold surveys conducted in Ethiopia indicated that trends of process indicators of maternal health services including reduction of maternal death has been improved over time (Table 1).At community level it is provided by Health Extension workers focusing on preventive services and promotion of skilled birth attendant.[4] Similar to global situation, the causes of maternal mortality in Ethiopia ranges from Obstructed labour and Postpartum bleeding where access to skilled birth attendant and emergency obstetric care have a crucial role for the survival of women during pregnancy, delivery and postnatal period.
Number of health centers and hospitals in Ethiopia
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