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The link visit in November 2011 involved teaching and training, donation of equipment, evaluation & monitoring, standards setting and needs assessment. Between the 4th and 19th November 2011, 14 members from the health link visited Ethiopia. During this period, the link members organised the following activities for over 400 front line health workers. Read the complete reports here. Click here for an overview of the activities performed during this visit.

 

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Visit Photos - Nov 2011

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 53 yrs and women for 56 yrs. In UK men and women live for 77yrs and 81yrs respectively.