The health bureau in central Ethiopia has focused on improving access to basic health services. In the first half of this budget year, 891,000 people became beneficiaries, covering 45 percent of the region's population.
The Central Ethiopia Region Health Bureau conducted a performance assessment for the first half of the 2018 budget year in Wolkite town. It reported achievements across all sectors in the undertaken works.
Bureau head Ato Samuel Darge highlighted efforts to expand health institutions by strengthening primary care, implementing the new Health Extension Program Carta na Tsadu Ethiopia, and making maternal waiting areas more comfortable for effective operations.
The bureau noted that focused work on enhancing health insurance accessibility has resulted in 891,000 people becoming members, covering 45 percent of the region's population and marking improved performance compared to the previous year.
Multiple interventions to reduce maternal and child mortality have shown results in their sector. The bureau stated that government health institutions must collaborate closely with partners to address service delivery, goal fulfillment, and human resource shortages, emphasizing the need to sustain observed improvements in service quality.
