Protecting the Health of Mothers and Newborns


Reporting Organization:School of Public Health, University of Alberta
Total Budget ($CAD):$ 4,477,087
Timeframe: January 28, 2013 - April 30, 2018
Status: Implementation
Contact Information: Unspecified

Partner & Funder Profiles


Reporting Organization


School of Public Health, University of Alberta

Participating Organizations


Funders (Total Budget Contribution)


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Location


Country - Total Budget Allocation


Ethiopia - $ 4,477,087.00 (100.00%)

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Areas of Focus


Health - Total Budget Allocation


Primary Health Care (50 %)

Health Promotion & Education (25 %)

Health Systems, Training & Infrastructure (25 %)

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Description


This initiative aims to improve the skills of 200 primary health workers and 4,500 midwives to deliver healthy babies, benefiting more than 50,000 women and 100,000 children in a country with one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. This project also strengthens the skills of health specialists and officers to deal with emergency birthing situations, and contributes to building the institutional capacity of the two local partners, the Federal Ministry of Health and St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College. This project seeks to reduce the incidence of illness and death in mothers during childbirth and in the period just before and just after, by enhancing the teaching and clinical skills of key frontline workers in the Ethiopian health system involved in maternal and newborn health.

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Target Population


Gender and age: Unspecified
Total Direct Population: Unspecified
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Outputs


Unspecified

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Results & Indicators


Expected Results


The expected intermediate outcomes for this project include: increased use of good quality skilled birth attendants among expectant mothers; increased use of improved referral system for emergency birthing situations; and enhanced institutional environment to support sustainable, equitable and gender sensitive maternal health services.

Achieved Results


Unspecified

Indicators


  • None Selected
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Associated Projects (If applicable)


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