Understanding the drivers of reduction in maternal and neonatal mortality in Ethiopia: An in-depth case study of the global health exemplars

Abstract

By 2000, Ethiopia’s performance in health outcomes and literacy levels was among the lowest in the world and was poor even among the low-income group of countries. Several decades of war, famine and political instability had taken their toll. Ethiopia had some of the poorest health indicators in the world, including a rudimentary rural health infrastructure, poor health service coverage and some of the highest mortality rates globally.