Abstract:
In line with global aspirations to meet Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Ethiopia has formulated
its Health Sector Transformation Plan (HSTP II) and set its targets to intensify interventions to end
preventable maternal andchild deaths by 2030. Promoting Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and
Adolescent health will continue to beone of Ethiopia’s top priorities for the coming decade. Over the past
two decades, the Government has been workingdiligently to ensure the fertility rights of women and men
by informing and making accessible safe, effective, affordable, and acceptable family planning methods.
A considerable proportion of people of reproductive age havebenefited from the services made available
at all primary healthcare delivery points and other outlets. Due to theseefforts, Ethiopia has come far from
its previous high rates of unacceptable and untimely but avoidable deaths of mothers, newborns, and
children. The ministry also acknowledges that neonatal mortality rate is disproportionally high accounting
44% of under- five deaths. In addition, neonatal and under-five mortality rates vary across income, gender,
and geographical areas. Family planning has been one of the most effective strategies implemented to
reduce this high maternal death rate by helping women, young girls, adolescents and youth to avoid
unintended pregnancies. Moreover, promotion of family planning services has immensely helped to
reduce serious pregnancy- related complications and thereby affect the disability-adjusted life years of
wome
