Optimizing the Ethiopian Health Extension Program: policy options to address workforce challenges

The Ethiopia National Centre of the African Health Observatory Platform on Health Systems and Polices (AHOP) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) organized and deliberated a policy dialogue on “Optimizing the Ethiopian Health Extension Program: strategies to address workforce challenges”. In the dialogue, participants included representatives from the FMOH, Regional Health Bureaus (RHB), International Institute of Primary Health Care-Ethiopian (IIPHC) WHO country Office, MOH, Ethiopian Institute of Policy Studies (EIPS), USAID Ethiopia, and Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA).