Learning from Ethiopia’s success in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality through a health systems lens

• Ties Boerma,
• Mirkuzie Woldie,
• Neil Spicer,
• Yohannes D Wado,
• Theodros Getachew,
• Awoke Mihretu,
• Meseret Zelalem,
• Biruk Abate,
• Cauane Blumenberg,
• Mulugeta Gajaa,
• Tewabe Manaye,
• Ashenif Tadele,
• Naod Wondirad,
• Getachew Tollera,
• Elsabe du Plessis,
• Dessalegn Y. Melesse,
• Shegaw Mulu,
• Tefera Tadelle,
• Asrat Arja,
• Geremew Gonfa,
• Elisabeth Hamilton,
• Abdurehman Usamael,
• Magdelawit Mengesha,
• Solomon Kassahun Gelaw,
• Aschale Worku

Affiliations

Ties Boerma

Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Mirkuzie Woldie

Maternal and Child Health Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Neil Spicer

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK

Yohannes D Wado

African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya

Theodros Getachew

College of Medicine and Health Science, Institute of Public Health, University of Gondar College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Gondar, Ethiopia

Awoke Mihretu

1 Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Meseret Zelalem

Ethiopia Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Biruk Abate

2FMOH of Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Cauane Blumenberg

International Center for Equity in Health, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Brazil

Mulugeta Gajaa

Health System and Reproductive Health Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Oromia, Ethiopia

Tewabe Manaye

Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ashenif Tadele

Health System and Reproductive Health Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Oromia, Ethiopia

Naod Wondirad

Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Getachew Tollera

Department of Nutrition and Environmental Health Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Elsabe du Plessis

Institute for Centre for Global Public Health, University of Manitoba Faculty of Health Sciences, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Dessalegn Y. Melesse

Countdown to 2030 for Women`s, Children`s and Adolescents` Health, Institute for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Shegaw Mulu

Maternal and Child Health Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tefera Tadelle

Health System and Reproductive Health Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Asrat Arja

National Data Management Center for Health, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Geremew Gonfa

Health System and Reproductive Health Research Directorate, Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Elisabeth Hamilton

Countdown to 2030 for Women`s, Children`s and Adolescents` Health, Institute for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Abdurehman Usamael

Maternal and Child Health Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Magdelawit Mengesha

Maternal and Child Health Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Solomon Kassahun Gelaw

Maternal and Child Health Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Aschale Worku

Maternal and Child Health Directorate, Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia