THE HEALTH OF ETHIOPIA'S CHILDREN

Saturday, 26th of May 2012

THE HEALTH OF ETHIOPIA’S CHILDREN

This government/UN report, the first of its kind since 1993, gives facts and figures not only on trends in spending, but also on trends in outcomes. Inter alia, ‘The Ethiopia National Malaria Indicator Survey (2007) showed that malaria-related deaths fell by 55 per cent nationally, in-patient admissions related to malaria went down by 54 per cent and 14,000 child deaths related to malaria were prevented during 2006 and 2007.Forty two per cent of children under five slept under a bed net thenight before the survey.’

An impressive piece of work, it is accessible at http://www.unicef.org/ethiopia/Chapter_5_(72dpi).pdf

The larger report, of which this forms a chapter, is accessible at

http://www.unicef.org/ethiopia/resources_679.html

For trends in literacy, mortality, nutrition, and fertility, go to

http://www.unicef.org/ethiopia/ET_2011_DHS_Factsheet.pdf