Ethiopia
GHI Country Strategy
Through the Ethiopia Global Health Initiative (GHI) Strategy, the United States defines its vision for collaboration with the Government of Ethiopia and other local partners, including nongovernmental organizations and the private sector, to improve the health status of Ethiopians, specifically the most vulnerable groups of mothers, newborns, and children under five. The Ethiopia GHI Strategy aligns with the Government of Ethiopia’s Health Sector Development Plan IV and budget, with priorities across maternal and child health, prevention and management of communicable diseases, and health systems strengthening.
Under GHI, and in partnership with the Ethiopian Government, the United States has identified opportunities within existing programs to enhance support for Ethiopia’s top health priority: reducing maternal, neonatal, and child mortality. The overarching GHI country goal in Ethiopia is to improve the health status of Ethiopians through increased use of quality health services to protect women, infants, and children from preventable and treatable health conditions. The achievement of this goal depends on success in three highly interdependent focus areas:
- Improving access to health care services
- Increasing demand for health services
- Improving health systems
GHI will increase coordination with other critical investments, such as the U.S. Feed the Future initiative as well as the education, democracy, and governance sectors. Building upon past successes, efforts to expand access to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria services will continue to be accelerated.
- Download the Ethiopia GHI Strategy [PDF, 695KB].
GHI Principles in Action – Focus on Women, Girls, and Gender Equality
Ethiopia carried out a gender assessment of its U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) health portfolio, employing an interagency team of experts from USAID and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as well as international and local gender experts. The assessment applied the GHI women, girls, and gender equality guidance across multiple health elements, including HIV/AIDS; family planning and reproductive health; maternal and child health; malaria; and nutrition, and took into account the findings of a CDC gender assessment. Findings of the assessment were shared with U.S. Government partners and will drive the development of a plan to strengthen gender-integrated health programming throughout the portfolio.
Funding
For information on planned funding, please visit the Foreignassistance.gov country page.
Other U.S. Government Resources
- USAID Country Page
- CDC Global Health Initiative Country Page
- U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Country Page
- President’s Malaria Initiative Country Page
- Feed the Future Country Page
- U.S. Embassy