Abstract:
The Ministry of Health has instituted measures to accelerate the reduction of morbidity
and mortality through the implementation of the first Health Sector Transformation Plan
(HSTP-I) from 2016 to 2020 with other strategies that helped to translate the plan into
action. As a result, the large-scale efforts to improve the health of the population and
increase access to and utilization of health services have succeeded in saving millions of
lives and preserving the livelihoods and social fabric of the population. Although
enormous progress has been made in Maternal and child health services including
improvement of skilled birth attendance, Ethiopian women are still facing complications
of pregnancy and childbirth.
