Ethiopia — Publications

3 April 2019

Guideline for HIV care/ART clinical mentoring in Ethiopia

Clinical mentoring was extensively practiced by different stakeholders in the country during the scale up of HIV/AIDS programs. Currently however, the government is integrating clinical mentoring services into the existing health care system so that regional health bureaus take the primary responsibility to coordinate and implement. FMOH has also recently revised the national consolidated guidelines for HIV prevention, care and treatment based on recent national and global evidences and recommendations. Revision of this guideline thus became crucial to institutionalize the key changes and assure the implementation of the new recommendations. Therefore, the National Clinical Mentoring guideline is revised through consultation and active involvement of key stakeholders.

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3 April 2019

National HIV service quality improvement tool kit

Since the evidence of the first HIV infection Ethiopia, tremendous achievements have been documented in the prevention and control of HIV. HIV counselling & testing, Prevention of Mother to child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT), care & support to the infected & affected and antiretroviral therapy. Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with its stakeholders took different measures to improve and standardize quality improvement models for HIV related services. This quality improvement toolkit is intended to give a general guide to continuous quality improvement for HIV services in the country.

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1 April 2019

National Strategic Plan Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control 2006 – 2013 EC (2013/14 – 2020)

This is an update of a seven-year TB and Leprosy national strategic plan (TBL-NSP), which extends from 2013 to 2020. The update focuses on the plan covering from 2017-20 and is based on the 2017 external mid-term programme review key findings and recommendations; the global and national End TB strate-gies and targets; stakeholders consultation and recent revision of the national TB guidelines.

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1 April 2019

Second Edition of National Neglected Tropical Diseases Master Plan for Ethiopia, 2016

This National Master Plan for Ethiopia on Neglected Tropical Diseases updates and strengthens the first master plan 2013-15; integrating new developments in policy and programing; and covers planned NTD interventions that will be implemented during the period 2016–2020 across the country. The list of NTDs prioritized for intervention is trachoma, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, soil transmitted helminthiasis, lymphatic filariasis, podoconiosis, leishmaniasis and dracunculiasis (Guineaworm disease). This plan is developed with the overall goal of realizing a sustainable integrated national NTD prevention, control and elimination programme. This will enable the achievement of the national NTD targets by 2020 and provide a secure platform for future endeavors. Ultimately, this will contribute to the poverty alleviation efforts of the country[5,6]. Additionally, it will contribute to the attainments of the global NTD goals since the country shoulders a considerable disease burden in several of these diseases.

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1 April 2019

National consolidated guidelines for comprehensive HIV prevention, care and treatment

This revised edition of the guidelines for use of ARV and opportunistic infection (OI) drugs in adults, adolescents and children is based on recent national and global evidences and experiences. The Federal Ministry of Health believes that these guidelines, along with other national guidelines and training manuals, will be instrumental in maintaining the standard of care and ensuring quality of HIV service delivery.

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25 January 2019

Report on Joint Mission of the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the prevention and control of Non-Communicable Diseases

Executive Summary A joint programming mission of the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases (UNIATF) to Ethiopia was held from 13-17 November 2017. Ethiopia is experiencing an increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes , chronic respiratory diseases, mental neurological and substance problems, injury and eye health and their shared risk factors (tobacco use, harmful use of alcohol, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, khat use and environmental pollution). Major NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases) account for 30% of total deaths and the probability of dying prematurely (between ages 30 and 70 years) from one of the four main NCDs is 15%. Injuries account for 10% all deaths in Ethiopia. Mental disorders account for 11% of the disease burden in Ethiopia; major depressive disorder alone is the third leading cause of years of life lost due to disability. National prevalence of high blood pressure is 16%, while the prevalence of high blood sugar is 6%. Recent data suggest that by 2040, NCDs will account for nearly 70% of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) in Ethiopia. There was significant concern from almost all ministries about the impact of NCDs on the country’s economy and productivity.

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