Abstract:
The Health sector in Ethiopia has registered a remarkable progress throughout the last two
decades. This paper begins by highlighting the improvements achieved in the core areas;
Maternal and Newborn Health, Child Health, Communicable Diseases, Non-communicable
Diseases and Health Systems. The following section shows how these successful results were
based on the effective policies undertaken by the Ministry of Health. None of the above would
have been possible had it not been for the financial support of the international partners.
Therefore, the third section looks at the funding of the sector drawing the attention to the limited
per capita donor support. In view of the framework presented, the closing remarks call for further
investment in order to fill in the current gaps and accomplish the desired high quality health
service in Ethiopia.
