Saving Newborn Lives: Ethiopia

Authors

  • Hailu Nida Departmenl of pediatrics and child health

Abstract

There are 120,000 neonatal deaths in Ethiopia each year. 85,000 deaths are preventable with the existing care if this reached the poor
There is dramatic reduction in the under 5 mortality, but less progress in NMR,
despite known solutions to save lives
• Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children US is working with the Ethiopian Ministry of Health and partners to help find sustainable ways to scale up in the Ethiopian context, especially through Health Extension Workers

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Published

2021-03-29

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2007): EJPCH

Section

Articles