In line with global aspirations to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Ethiopia has formulated
its Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP II) and set its targets to intensify interventions to end
preventable ...
Stunting remains a major public health problem in Ethiopia. The current study shows that 39% (37-42: 95% confidence interval) of children under five years of age are stunted (height-for-age below -2SD).
The national ...
The national Food and Nutrition Policy (FNP), endorsed in November 2018, has comprehensively
addressed food security, food safety, food quality and post-harvest management, as well as other
systemic issues, including ...
Ethiopia still faces a high burden of malnutrition due to environmental,
social, political, economic, and cultural factors. Inadequate agricultural
productivity, post-harvest losses, poor food safety and quality, ...
In the past two decade, Ethiopia has shown significant improvement in reduction of maternal and
child mortality. The Reports indicated that the rate of maternal mortality ratio in 2000 EDHS was
871 per 100,000 live ...
Cholera is an acute watery diarrheal
disease caused by infection of the
intestine with the gram-negative
bacteria Vibrio cholerae, either type O1 or O139.
Both children and adults can be infected. It is
one of the key ...
This summary booklet is illustrating the core concept of the Food
and Nutrition Strategy Document to serve as a quick reference. The
main Strategy document has 245 pages with detail action points
and budget. This summary ...
Ethiopia is prone to recurrent droughts that impact food security and water availability, and contribute to high rates of malnutrition in the country. Over the past decade, the Government has applied a two-pronged approach ...