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Home Recent News THET awards £5000 grant for evaluation
THET awards £5000 grant for evaluation Print
The Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) has shown it's continuing support to our link by accepting our application for a grant of £5000 towards evaluation of the impact of the link's projects in Southern Ethiopia. Click here for more information.
 

Maternal Mortality

Ethiopia has one of the highest maternal as well as infant mortality rates in the world.

Total expenditure per capita on health (Intl $, 2004):

Ethiopia : $21 >>

UK : $2560 >>

Life Expectancy at Birth

Men on average live for only 50 yrs and women for 53 yrs. In UK men and women live for 77yrs and 81yrs respectively.