To make progress toward universal health coverage, countries should define the type and
mix of health services that respond to their populations' needs. Ethiopia revised its essential …

Background Ethiopia has been implementing a community health extension program (HEP)
since 2003. We aimed to assess the successes and challenges of the HEP over time, and …

Background Ethiopia launched the Health Extension Program (HEP) in 2004, aimed at
ensuring equitable community-level healthcare services through Health Extension Workers …

Many global health institutions, including the World Health Organization, consider primary
health care as the path towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC). However, there …

Essential packages of health services (EPHS) are a critical tool for achieving universal
health coverage, especially in low-income and lower middle-income countries. However …

Ethiopia has made substantial progress in improving health outcomes during the last
decade and is on track to achieve some of the health Millennium Development Goals …

As a low-income country, Ethiopia has made impressive progress in improving health
outcomes. This report examines how Ethiopia s Health Extension Program (HEP) has …

Introduction Aiming for universal health coverage (UHC) as a country-level goal requires
that progress is measured and tracked over time. However, few national and subnational …

Preliminary Assessment of the Implementation of the Health Services Extension Program: The case
of Southern Ethiopia Page 1 …

Estimating the required resources for implementing an essential health services package
(EHSP) is vital to examine its feasibility and affordability. This study aimed to estimate the …