A workshop was held to strengthen the basic health care financial system in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, May 17, 2022 (FBC) – A workshop on Primary Health Care Finance, under the theme “Putting people first through investing in PHC”, was held focusing on the recently published Lancet Global Health Commission report.

The workshop was attended by the Minister of Health, Dr. Lia Tadesse, the heads of regional health bureaus, the Ministry of Health representatives, the Ministry of Finance and partner organizations.

Ethiopia is implementing a primary health care system by formulating a disease prevention and health promotion policy. According to Dr. Lia Tadesse, the Health Extension Program is working to create model woredas, increase community health insurance coverage and transform all health facilities into high performance.

According to Dr. Lia, over the years, maternal and child health has improved and prevention of major communicable diseases such as malaria, HIV, TB and others has been prevented.

She also said that results have been achieved in making immunization services more accessible. She said today’s forum will play a significant role in improving strong health care systems and universal health coverage.

At the workshop, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Lancet Global Health Commission, Professor Cara Hansen, presented a paper on strengthening the primary health care financing system.