FRONTESPIZIO - Cooperazione Italiana allo Sviluppo
FRONTESPIZIO - Cooperazione Italiana allo Sviluppo
FRONTESPIZIO - Cooperazione Italiana allo Sviluppo
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114 Tigray RHB; T.M.A.; IISMAN onlus; Italian Cooperation - HSDPImproved nutrition and health status of individuals translates into increasedproductivity and economic gains.The health status of Ethiopians is among the lowest in the world. Accordingto 2003 health and health related indicator of the FMOH the crude deathrate is estimated to be 12.6 per thousand populations. Life expectancy atbirth (LEB) of males and females is 53.4 and 55.4 years respectively. The infantmortality rate (IMR) is estimated at 96.9 per thousand live births whilethe < 5 mortality rate is 140 deaths per 1000. The maternal mortality rate(MMR) is estimated at 871 per 100,000 live births.Ethiopia’s burden of disease is dominated by peri-natal and maternal conditionsand by acute respiratory infection, followed by malaria, nutritional deficiency,diarrhoea and AIDS. Indeed, the top ten causes of mortality accountfor 59.6 percent of all deaths. Diseases that affect children under the age of5 years (ARI, diarrhoea, nutritional deficiencies and measles) account for 33percent of deaths. When peri-natal and maternal conditions are added, thehealth problems of mothers and children combined account for 50 percentof all deaths.The overall level of potential health service coverage is estimated to be approximately64 percent. Coverage estimates for individual health programs arevery low. Currently, health services for a population of some 71.1 millionpeople comprise 126 hospitals, 519 health centers, 1797 health stations and2899 health posts.2. Operational research for improvement of the basic healthservices through better knowledge on dermatological andsexually transmitted diseases and possible underlying systemicconditionsAs it is acknowledged, operational research offers significant gains on healthservice delivery and outcome at relatively low cost, and in a timeframe of fewyears. In this context, we mean operational research rooted in local experiencespecifically aiming at developing the capacity of health workers workingat a grass root level in Tigray region. The aim of this project is to develop theknowledge and skill of the health workers to diagnose, treat and refer cases ofSTIs, skin conditions and possible underlying systemic consequences.Hopefully the research will help to bring about better standard and interven-