Medical Sector:
In Progress By Samuel Tekleyesus MBA in Finance Lecturer, Researcher and Business Consultant
Ethiopia is characterized by a predominantly rural and impoverished population with limited access to safe water, housing, sanitation, food and health care. Health, as part of the environment and social services, has recorded success marked by the increased estimated healthy life expectancy at birth to 64.8 years in 2016 from as low as 45 years in 1990. The health status of the country’s population indicates that about 80% of diseases are attributable to preventable conditions. According the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, a Non-Communicable Diseases related annual death rate of 34% in Ethiopia However, Ethiopia is displaying decreasing trend of these conditions through the effective performance of health extension programs. FDRE Ministry of Health reports indicate that Ethiopia has been implementing successive Health Sector Development Plans (HSDPs). Ethiopia’s health indicators have been remarkably improved. The quality of health care in terms of improving patient safety, effectiveness, and patient-centeredness, in both public and private facilities, is often inconsistent and unreliable. The Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP) is the national health sector strategic plan, which covers 2015 –2020. The Plan has three key features: quality and equity; universal health coverage and transformation. The HSTP sets out four pillars of excellence: 1. Excellence in health service delivery 2. Excellence in quality improvement and assurance 3. Excellence in leadership and governance 4. Excellence in health system capacity 38 Abyssinia Business Nework
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The impact-level targets of HSTP by 2020 are to reduce: • Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to 199/100,000 live births (LB) • Under five-year, infant and neonatal mortality rates 30, 20 and 10 per 1,000 live births respectively; • HIV incidence by at least 60% compared with 2010 and achieve zero new infections among children; • The number of TB deaths and incidence rate by 35% and 20% respectively. • Diminish malaria case incidence and mortality rate by at least 40 percent. Currently, more than 12,000 private health facilities are providing health services in Ethiopia. The government is playing a facilitation role and supports private sectors in the area of quality of care and quality services. The government is also working with private sectors in order to build advanced tertiary care hospitals to attract medical tourism. The Ministry of Health is committed to reform agencies such as the Pharmaceuticals Fund and Supply Agency (PFSA) for providing consistent and reliable services to the healthcare system. The MOH is also working to establish
