Ethiopia’s Health Extension Program: Improving Health through Community Involvement
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| author | Hailom Banteyerga |
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| contents | Ethiopia’s Health Extension Program: Improving Health through Community Involvement Hailom Banteyerga Medicina Ethiopia sanitation Family health health policy health program The Health Extension Program is one of the most innovativecommunity-based health programs in Ethiopia. It is based on theassumption that access to and quality of primary health care inrural communities can be improved through transfer of healthknowledge and skills to households. Since it became operational in2004–2005, the Program has had a tangible effect on the thinkingand practices of rural people regarding disease prevention, familyhealth, hygiene and environmental sanitation. It has enabledEthiopia to increase primary health care coverage from 76.9% in2005 to 90% in 2010. 2011 artículo científico 1555-7960 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=437542079010 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4375 MEDICC Review application/pdf Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba MEDICC Review (Estados Unidos de América) Num.3 Vol.13 |
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| spellingShingle | Ethiopia’s Health Extension Program: Improving Health through Community Involvement Hailom Banteyerga Medicina Ethiopia sanitation Family health health policy health program Ethiopia’s Health Extension Program: Improving Health through Community Involvement Hailom Banteyerga Medicina Ethiopia sanitation Family health health policy health program The Health Extension Program is one of the most innovativecommunity-based health programs in Ethiopia. It is based on theassumption that access to and quality of primary health care inrural communities can be improved through transfer of healthknowledge and skills to households. Since it became operational in2004–2005, the Program has had a tangible effect on the thinkingand practices of rural people regarding disease prevention, familyhealth, hygiene and environmental sanitation. It has enabledEthiopia to increase primary health care coverage from 76.9% in2005 to 90% in 2010. 2011 artículo científico 1555-7960 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=437542079010 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=4375 MEDICC Review application/pdf Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba MEDICC Review (Estados Unidos de América) Num.3 Vol.13 |
| title | Ethiopia’s Health Extension Program: Improving Health through Community Involvement |
| topic | Medicina Ethiopia sanitation Family health health policy health program |
| url | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=437542079010 |