Ethiopia Population, Health, and Environment Consortium

What is PHE?

Population, health and environment (PHE) interventions in Ethiopia are a holistic, participatory development approach whereby issues of environment, health and population are addressed in an integrated manner for improved livelihoods and sustainable well-being of people and ecosystems.

Population: Family Planning (Birth Spacing, limiting births, emergency contraception, adolescent sexual and Reproductive Health, etc.)

Health: HIV/AIDS, ARI Prevention, water and sanitation, malaria prevention, primary health care, child survival, etc.

Environment: Environmental conservation, natural resources management (NRM).

Publications

» Policy Brief on Improving Access to Family Planning and Food Security One and Two (NEW)

» PHE EC Newsletter No 5

» PHE EC 5th General Assembly Proceeding

» Three Years Strategic Plan of PHE Ethiopia Consortium (2011-2013)

» PHE Ethiopia Online Forum Report

» Validation Workshop on the Linkages of Population Food, Security and Climate Change Conducted


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As of 2008, an estimated 41% of all pregnancies in Ethiopia were unintended.
Unintended pregnancy is lowest in Somali (9%) and highest in Addis Ababa (72%), where motivation to have small families is strongest.
If Ethiopia’s unmet need for modern contraceptive methods was satisfied, maternal mortality would drop by almost one-third from current levels, and unplanned births and unsafe abortions would decline by 89–92%.
Investing in contraceptive commodities and services to fulfill all unmet need among women wanting to avoid pregnancy would result in a net annual savings of US$34 million (314 million Ethiopian birr over what would otherwise be spent on medical costs associated with unintended pregnancies and their consequences.
Meeting just half of Ethiopia’s unmet need for modern contraceptive methods would result in 754,000 fewer unintended pregnancies each year, leading to 178,000 fewer unsafe abortions and 3,300 fewer maternal deaths
More than seven in 10 Ethiopian women who want to avoid pregnancy either do not practice contraception or use a relatively ineffective traditional method.
An estimated 235,000 infants die before their first birthday (80 per every 1,000 live births)
In Ethiopia, the mortality rate is twice as high among infants born to women without schooling than among those born to women with some secondary schooling
An estimated 21,300 Ethiopian women died from pregnancy-related causes in 2008; about 7,300 of these women had not wanted to become pregnant.
In Ethiopia, unmet need for any contraceptive method among sexually active women wanting to avoid a pregnancy is 68%.
In Ethiopia, the proportion of women with unmet need for modern contraception rises consistently with declining wealth, ranging from 47% in the highest wealth category to 90% in the category.

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Tel: +251 11 663 0833
Fax: +251 11 663 8127
Email: info@phe-ethiopia.org
Address: Bole Medhanalem Area,Mamitu Bld, 3rd floor