Strengthening Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in Ethiopia
WHO's collaborative efforts with Ethiopia's Ministry of Health are advancing the institutionalization of Health Technology Assessment (HTA), bolstering informed decision-making and resource allocation in the country's healthcare sector.The World Health Organization...
Strengthening health financing and HTA institutionalization
The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ethiopian Health Insurance Services (EHIS) works to address core health financing policy issues and advance health technology assessment (HTA).The World Health Organization...
International Conference on Primary Health Care 2023
Resilient Primary Health Care: The Foundation of Universal Health Coverage In The Era of Sustainable Development Goals September 5 - 7 | Skylight Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The International Institute for Primary Health Care (IPHC-E) in collaboration with the...
Ethiopia’s Minister of Health calls for sustainable health financing to address demands in health systems
Dr. Lia Tadesse emphasizes adequate health financing and solidarity for universal health coverage, highlighting the interconnectedness of health and the need for global prioritizationThe Minister of Health in Ethiopia, Dr. Lia Tadesse has stressed the importance of...
Orientation Workshop on the Alignment Framework 25-27 July
Between 25-27 July, an orientation workshop was organized to introduce health sector stakeholders to the Alignment Framework. The Framework comprises two linked processes. The first is a diagnostic exercise that assesses a country’s status against the Domains of One...
WHO Country Office has initiated to develop the concept note on the high-level policy dialogue on health financing for pandemic preparedness
WHO together with the P4H country focal person initiated the preparation of a concept note for conducting a high-level policy dialogue on health financing for pandemic preparedness with technical inputs from the P4H Coordination Desk. The draft concept note was shared...
Ethiopia considers to conduct a high-level policy dialogue around health financing for pandemic preparedness
In the continued dialogue with MOH on health financing for COVID-19, it was discussed that the numerous pieces of work conducted in the country along with the learnings from COVID-19 and other health emergencies now presents an opportunity for the country to conduct...
The P4H CFP undertakes activities to develop joint ownership with the development partners on national budgetary dialogue
October 2021 – March 2022 WHO together with the P4H country focal person held discussions with Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) UK, Oxford Policy Management (OPM) and the World Bank, in particular how a high-level policy dialogue between the...
Deliberations on the guidance notes for national budgetary dialogue as well as the relevance for health financing and COVID-19 work was discussed with the Health Economics and Financial Analysis team
The WHO together with the P4H country focal person conducted a meeting with technical staff of the Health Economics and Financial Analysis team to deliberate the relevance of the guidance note as well as work around COVID-19 and health financing. The guidance note was...
The process guide for national budgetary dialogue was introduced to the P4H Country Focal Person in Ethiopia
The ACT-A Health System Connector – Process Guidance for National Budgetary Dialogue was introduced by the P4H Coordination Desk in a (virtual) meeting with the P4H Ethiopia Country Focal Person (CFP). The P4H Coordination Desk explained the importance as well as the...
P4H CFP in engagement with the Ministry of Health in Ethiopia to discuss the guidance note for national budgetary dialogue
The WHO together with the P4H country focal person discussed the guidance note for national budgetary dialogue with the Partnership and Cooperation Directorate (PCD), Ministry of Health, Ethiopia. Discussions were also conducted on the ongoing work financing for...
Workshop held to strengthen the basic health care financial system in Ethiopia
A workshop on Primary Health Care Finance, under the theme "Putting people first through investing in PHC", was held focusing on the recently published Lancet Global Health Commission report. The workshop was attended by the Minister of Health, Dr. Lia Tadesse, the...
Ethiopia: 8th round of NHA dissemination workshop
The Ministry of Health is organizing a workshop to disseminate the results of the 8th round of National Health Accounts (NHA) to relevant stakeholders and carry out a policy dialogue on selected topics based on the findings of the NHA study. Event Time : 12 Apr 2022...
Improving response as Ethiopia marks two years since first COVID-19 case
Two years ago on March 13, 2020, Ethiopia recorded its first COVID-19 case. So far, the country has recorded 469,184 cases and 7486 deaths. In the two years since, public health measures, including core capacities to detect, assess, report, and respond to public...
Health Financing for UHC training co-organized by WHO and WB under the umbrella of the P4H Network in Ethiopia
Between 14-18 March 2022, WHO and WB (under the umbrella of the P4H Network) co-organized a health financing training with the Ethiopian Health Insurance Services (EHIS) and the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) on key concepts of health financing for Universal Health...