Factors associated with hypertension care follow-up in the Ethiopia HEARTS program
In World Heart Federation’s Global Heart, this article co-authored by Resolve to Save Lives dives into the impact of HEARTS interventions and improvements to access to medicines made in 2022 in controlling high blood pressure in Ethiopia, and provides recommendations for further progress. Through patient-centered interventions such as extending appointment intervals, prescription refills, and expanded […]
Ethiopia National Infection Prevention and Control Policy
The Ministry of Health Ethiopia, in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders; in line with internationally acclaimed standardized recommendations has developed this National Infection Prevention and Control Policy for Health Care Services to assist health care workers and other IPC stakeholders in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of IPC programs in Ethiopia. The Ministry remains […]
Ethiopia National Infection Prevention and Control Program (IPC) Monitoring and Evaluation Plan 2021/22-2025/26
This IPC Monitoring and Evaluation Plan 2021-2026 from Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health was developed to be used at all levels of the health care system and will help to measure and monitor the progress of the implementation of the national IPC Policy, Strategy recommendations and Strategy Roadmap activities including the IPC practices at health facility […]
Ethiopia National Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) Surveillance Guideline
Ethiopia National Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) Surveillance Guideline is intended to serve as a guide for health care professionals in general, and for IPC professionals in particular, to ensure that the critical elements and methods of surveillance for health care-associated infections (HAIs) are incorporated into their practice. It provides guidance for each of the surveillance […]
Ethiopia National Infection Prevention and Control Strategy and Roadmap 2021/22-2025/26
Ethiopia’s national IPC strategy and roadmap for 2021-2026 is intended to guide and outline the strategic interventions required to prevent, reduce and control the development of health care-associated infections (HAIs) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), ultimately improving patient safety and health outcomes.
Ethiopia national IPC reference manual, Volume 2: Advanced and special settings
Full title: National infection prevention and control reference manual for healthcare service providers and managers, Volume 2: Advanced and special settings infection prevention and control, Third edition. The manual is divided in two volumes: Volume I covers general IPC and Volume II addresses more advanced IPC and special settings. The document serves as a standardized […]
Ethiopia national IPC reference manual, Volume 1: General infection prevention and control
Full title: National infection prevention and control reference manual for healthcare service providers and managers, Volume 1: General infection prevention and control, Third edition. The manual is divided in two volumes: Volume I covers general IPC and Volume II addresses more advanced IPC and special settings. The document serves as a standardized IPC reference manual […]
Ethiopia National Non-Communicable Diseases Management Protocols
Ethiopia’s National NCD management protocols for: Hypertension Diabetes Rheumatic heart disease Chronic respiratory diseases Cardiovascular Disease (Risk Assessment)
Ethiopia Pharmaceuticals Procurement List: Third Edition
The Third Edition of Ethiopia’s Pharmaceuticals Procurement List, published in 2024 by The Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Service (EPSS).
VEN Classification of The 3rd Pharmaceuticals Procurement List
The Ethiopia VEN Classification grades medicines on the country’s 3rd Pharmaceuticals Procurement List as Vital, Essential, or Non-essential, serving as a tool to prioritize pharmaceutical procurement based on the criticality of medicines to public health, ensuring that the most crucial medicines are consistently available. This initiative not only strengthens the pharmaceutical supply chain but also […]
Common Non-Communicable Diseases and their Pharmaceuticals Management: Facilitator’s Guide
A facilitation guide for a three-day training course designed for pharmacy professionals in Ethiopia to enhance their knowledge, skills, and attitude in the effective management and rational use of medicines and health technologies for NCD management. After completion of this course, trainees will be able to: Describe major NCDs in accordance with the national […]
Better blood pressure monitors will help Ethiopia save lives
We donated over 100 validated digital monitors to support Ethiopia’s national strategy to combat heart disease.
Ethiopia adopts proclamation to improve delivery of health services
The Proclamation aims to improve the management and delivery of health services across Ethiopia.
Salt reduction media campaign (Ethiopia): Avoid Food That Is High in Salt (Mok Kalebet) – concept 1
Salt reduction media campaign (Ethiopia): Avoid Food That Is High in Salt (Mok Kalebet) – concept 2
Enhanced situational awareness: taking action to stop outbreaks before they begin in Ethiopia
Resolve to Save Lives partnered with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute and local community leaders to prevent a surge in cholera cases during a popular religious holiday.
Connect, detect, protect, treat: learnings from implementing Epidemic-Ready Primary Health Care
Resolve to Save Lives is partnering with primary health facilities to make sure they’re ready to stop the next epidemic.
How Ethiopia established its first ever national infection prevention and control budget
The nation’s recent success represents a milestone for global health security efforts.
Celebrating World Health Worker Week
Amanda McClelland tells the story of how Resolve to Save Lives partnered with Ethiopia to create the nation’s first domestic IPC budget, a much-needed step for health worker safety.
Scaling-up purchase from Africans for Africa (2014)
Multi-stakeholder initiative by the FAO, World Food Programme, Brazil and the UK, and the governments of each pilot country: Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger and Senegal, to procure food from small farms for schools.
Hypertension treatment protocol: Ethiopia
Sample treatment protocol used by RTSL partners in Ethiopia
Sharing lessons from dedicated preparedness teams
The Prevent Epidemics team held the first-ever gathering of its dedicated preparedness teams, also known as acceleration teams, in Nairobi, Kenya. Teams from DRC, Ethiopia, Liberia and Uganda gathered with RTSL staff from the global and Nigeria offices to share their successes and challenges in making epidemic preparedness a priority in their countries.
Improving the sightline on cardiovascular disease in Ethiopia
With support from Resolve to Save lives, this first-of-its-kind program helps track heart disease on the African continent.
Health security bulletin helps coordinate epidemic preparedness in Ethiopia
Dedicated preparedness team uses regular communication to support multi-sectoral collaboration.
Celebrating advances in blood pressure control in Ethiopia
Our Ethiopia team marked World Hypertension Day with an event at Maychew Health Center in Addis Ababa featuring representatives from the Ministry of Health, the Addis Ababa Health Bureau and the Cardiac and Heart Association. A patient from the Ethiopia Hypertension Control Initiative also spoke about the experience of receiving hypertension care. Participants highlighted the […]
Implementation of the 7-1-7 target for detection, notification, and response to public health threats in five countries: a retrospective, observational study
The 7-1-7 target supports timely detection, notification, and response to outbreaks. Writing in the Lancet Global Health, experts from Resolve to Save Lives assessed 41 public health events in Brazil, Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, and Uganda between 2018 and 2022 to understand the frequency at which targets for detection (7 days), notification (1 day) and respones […]
Protecting, safeguarding and investing in the health and care workforce
The World Health Assembly passed a resolution, Protecting, safeguarding and investing in the health and care workforce , calling for countries to improve data collection in tracking health and care workers’ morbidity and mortality. Ethiopia led advocacy efforts, which we supported in our January report, Protecting Health Care Workers: A Need for Urgent Action .
Mass media campaign on salt reduction launched in Ethiopia
A new mass media campaign targeting high salt consumption and promoting healthy diets launched in Ethiopia, and will be shown on television, heard on radio and seen on social media for the next month. This is the first evidence-based behavior change campaign that Resolve to Save Lives has supported in Ethiopia to reduce high intake […]
Ethiopia Launches Hypertension Program
Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health announced a new program that will bring treatment for high blood pressure to approximately 3 million people.
Training of Trainers in Ethiopia
With support from WHO and the Federal Ministry of Health, our Ethiopia team led a training of trainers on hypertension prevention and control in Addis Ababa