(23 Nov 2011, Biz Community)--Despite extensive poverty and limited resources, Ethiopia has made impressive strides in improving its health care system and can serve as a model for other countries seeking to make similar gains, a new paper by Yale researchers suggests.
The east African nation - which is more than double the size of California and has one of the largest populations in Africa - has successfully applied concepts of grand strategy to implement achievable priorities, work with diverse partners and external funders and develop middle-level management to promote new health policies.
Taken together, the country's wide-ranging approach has resulted in tangible changes on the ground and in improved health for more than 80 million Ethiopians. Ethiopia has, for example, constructed numerous new health centers and clinics and trained personnel to staff them, expanded access to clean water and nutritious food and sharply cut the number of deaths from malaria.
"Ethiopia's health reform strategy has been guided by an extraordinary clarity of purpose, reflecting the priorities of the country rather than the priorities of donors," said Leslie Curry, a research scientist and lecturer at the School of Public Health and one of the paper's authors.
"The real progress in areas that matter to the Ethiopian people reflects key strategic approaches, including authentic engagement of complementary partners and program implementation that can rapidly respond to front-line realities." Read more from Biz Community »
The east African nation - which is more than double the size of California and has one of the largest populations in Africa - has successfully applied concepts of grand strategy to implement achievable priorities, work with diverse partners and external funders and develop middle-level management to promote new health policies.
Taken together, the country's wide-ranging approach has resulted in tangible changes on the ground and in improved health for more than 80 million Ethiopians. Ethiopia has, for example, constructed numerous new health centers and clinics and trained personnel to staff them, expanded access to clean water and nutritious food and sharply cut the number of deaths from malaria.
"Ethiopia's health reform strategy has been guided by an extraordinary clarity of purpose, reflecting the priorities of the country rather than the priorities of donors," said Leslie Curry, a research scientist and lecturer at the School of Public Health and one of the paper's authors.
"The real progress in areas that matter to the Ethiopian people reflects key strategic approaches, including authentic engagement of complementary partners and program implementation that can rapidly respond to front-line realities." Read more from Biz Community »
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