Ethiopian Public Health Institute on Wednesday launched assessment on Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) services at national level aimed at generating evidence based health research on the availability, utilization and quality of the services across the country.The assessment helps to strengthen the national EmONC program and identify key determinants as well as to facilitate the plan of action for the improvement of EmONC service in the Ethiopian health service facilities, according to the director general, Institute’s Director-General, Dr. Amha Kebede.
The assessment will cover all public and private health facilities throughout the country that have been providing delivery services over the past 12 months, he said.
About 4,242 health facilities throughout the country will be assessed within six months and more than 200 health professionals are deployed for the purpose.
The World Health Organization data shows that Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) in Ethiopia has declined from about 1,400 per 100,000 live births in 1990 to 370 per 100, 000 live births to date.
Maternal mortality rate is now down to 69 percent with annual average reduction rate of five percent.
It was indicated that the proportion of maternal death among women of reproductive age also reduced from 40 percent in 1990 to 16.1 percent in the stated period.
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