MDGs in Ethiopia - Analysing Health Disparities in the Regions

Analysing Regional Performance and Disparities in Health Outcomes in Ethiopia

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MDGs in Ethiopia - Analysing Health Disparities in the Regions

August 24, 2012

This paper examines Ethiopia’s progress towards meeting health related MDGs as part of its quest to enhance and promote inclusive and equitable human development and stir the economy on a path to middle income status by 2025.

Cognizant of the fact that the country is on track on child health related goals but off-track on maternal mortality, the paper seeks to unmask this perfromsance by looking deeper into regional disparities in health outcomes. It also examines how regional disparities can be addressed to promote broad-based and equitable health delivery across the nine regional states
and two administrative cities, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa.

Understanding trends in health outcomes at regional level can help to tailor regional specific interventions to address identified constraints to service delivery or factors that inhibit access and utilization of health services at facility level. It is envisaged that regional specific analysis of disparities in health conditions and outcomes will provide invariable information to policymakers and development practitioners seeking innovative ways of accelerating progress on health related MDGs and addressing inequalities in access and utilization of health services across regions and socio-economic groups.

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Document Type
Regions and Countries