Abstract:
Ethiopia has been committed to ensuring that Essential and emergency surgical care is accessible
and affordable to its citizens. During the first Health Sector Plan, the Ministry of Health has
developed and implemented two strategies- the National Healthcare Quality Strategy (NQS) and
Saving Lives Through Save Surgery Strategy (SaLTS)- that mainly aimed to improve the quality
and safety of the care. Besides the SaLTS initiative was launched in response to the World
Health Assembly resolution-68/15 and visioned to make essential and emergency surgical and
anesthesia care accessible and affordable as part of the universal health coverage.
