National family planning communication guideline, 2020

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