Photo Journal: Healthcare in Ethiopia

Jun 17th, 2009 4:05 PM UTC
By Morgana Wingard

Morgana Wingard is traveling with a delegation right now through Ethiopia as part of ONE’s learning/listening trip through Africa. Check out some of her photos and writings below:

Health extension workers test local villagers for malaria at this station. They typically see 5-6 cases a week except in outbreaks when they can see around 30 each day. Malaria nets are purchased by UNICEF with funds from USAID, the World Bank, and the PMI initiative and distributed through posts like these.

Rapid malaria tests performed by health extension workers at the Adama Health Post. Rory from UNICEF holds them up to display to advance team. National health system clinic partially funded by PMI through USAID.

Rapid malaria tests performed by health extension workers at the Adama Health Post. Rory from UNICEF holds them up to display to advance team. National health system clinic partially funded by PMI through USAID.

USAID funded internal residual spraying with DDT to prevent malaria.

Mosquitos and larvae for testing purposes. The larvae are 25th generation mosquitos who have never been exposed to pesticides.

Health extension worker at the Adama health post. There are 15,000 villages in Ethiopia. Two women from each village were selected to become health extension workers after year long training. The program is intended to extend primary health care servides and education throughout Ethiopia. There are now 30,000 health extension workers in Ethiopia. Part of the program is paid for by the gov’t. Other contributers include Gates Foundation, PEPFAR, PMI, and the Global Fund.

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