International Journal of
Sociology and Anthropology

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Sociol. Anthropol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-988X
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJSA
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 334

Full Length Research Paper

Ethiopia’s health extension program: Opportunities and challenges of its implementation in Shiromeda

Dessalegn Mekuriaw Hailu
  • Dessalegn Mekuriaw Hailu
  • Department of Sociology, Faculty of College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Debre Markos University, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 08 April 2017
  •  Accepted: 17 October 2017
  •  Published: 31 July 2018

References

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Awash T, Kitaw Y, Girma S, Seyoum S, Desta S, Ye-Ebiyo Y (2007). Study of the Working Conditions of Health Extension Workers in Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development 21(3).

 
 

FDRE (2008). Federal Ministry of Health-Health Extension and Education Center: Report on the Assessment of Factors Contributing to and Affecting Performance of Health Extension Workers in Selected Woredas of Amhara National Regional State and Southern Nation, Nationalities and People's Region, Addis Ababa.

 
 

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ministry of Health (2005). Health service extension programme draft implementation guideline.

 
 

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Ministry of Health (2010). Health Sector Development Programme IV, 2010/11 – 2014/15. FINAL DRAFT.

 
 

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (1993). Health policy of the Transitional government of Ethiopia.

 
 

Health Extension and Education Center (2007). Health extension program in Ethiopia. Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

 
 

Ministry of Health (MoH) (2005). Health service extension programme Draft implementation Guideline. Addis Ababa MoH. 2007. Health Extension Program in Ethiopia: profile. Addis Ababa.

 
 

Ministry of Health (MoH) (2010). Health Sector Development Programme IV, 2010/11 – 2014/15. FINAL DRAFT. Addis Ababa.

 
 

Ministry of Health (MoH) (2013). Health Management, Ethics and Research. Blended Learning Module for the Health Extension Programme.

 
 

Netsanet WNV, Ramana G (2013). The Health Extension Program in Ethiopia: UNICO Studies Series 10. The World Bank, Washington DC.

 
 

World Health Organization (WHO) (2013). Country cooperation strategy. Retrieved April 25, 2014, from 

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