Community health extension program of Ethiopia, 2003–2018: successes and challenges toward universal coverage for primary healthcare services

Background Ethiopia has been implementing a community health extension program (HEP) since 2003. We aimed to assess the successes and challenges of the HEP over time, and develop a framework that may assist the implementation of the program toward universal primary healthcare services. Methods We co...

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Published in:	Globalization and health Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 24 - 11
Main Authors:	Assefa, Yibeltal, Gelaw, Yalemzewod Assefa, Hill, Peter S., Taye, Belaynew Wassie, Van Damme, Wim
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 26.03.2019 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Analysis Challenges Child health Childrens health Collaboration Communicable diseases Communities Community Community centers Community health Community health program Data envelopment analysis Development Economics Epidemiology Ethiopia Extension education Extraction Frame analysis Health care Health care facilities Health care policy Health care reform Health extension program Health facilities Health services Health Services Research Health status Health systems Help seeking behavior Households Hygiene Implementation Infectious diseases Literature Living conditions Maternal & child health Maternal characteristics Medical screening Medically uninsured persons Medicine Medicine & Public Health Midwifery Mortality National health insurance Primary care Primary health care Production management Productivity Public Health Quality of Life Research Sanitation Scientific papers Search engines Search strategies Services Social determinants of health Social factors Social Policy Subject headings Synthesis Systematic review Universal health coverage Wellness programs Workers Ethiopia Community health program Health extension program Primary health care Universal health coverage Ethiopia
ISSN:	1744-8603, 1744-8603
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