Integrated Youth Activity (IYA) – Kefeta Project – Formative and Needs Assessment

2021 – 2022  

Integrated Youth Activity (IYA) is USAID funded youth development program in Ethiopia, also called ‘Kefeta’ (meaning ‘Elevation’), being implemented for five years (2021 – 2025).  MERQ is one of the resource partners, participating starting from its design, for evidence generation and MEL system development in this Amref-led consortium. By virtue of its role in IYA, MERQ undertook a formative and needs assessment. The assessment is a compendium of eight integrated subcomponents (assessments). 

• Youth-led Regional Market Assessment,

• Community Asset and Youth Network Mapping,

• Conflict Analysis,

• HEI Needs Assessment,

• Gender and Social Inclusion Analysis,

• Insight Gathering for SBCC and Branding Activities,

• Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) Assessment among youths, and

• Training Needs Assessment of project targets.

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Integrated Youth Activity (IYA) – Kefeta Project – Assessment of the state of youth in post-conflict settings 

2022-09  

As part of the Kefeta – Integrated Youth Activity, the status of youth, youth serving organization and youth context are assessed with the purpose of adopting kefeta’s programming towards needs of the youth in conflict affected settings.

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Evaluation of Programming to address reproductive, Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Equity in Developing Regional States & Equity Zones of Agrarian Regions in Ethiopia. (Technical Report)

2021-11  

The objectives of this equity evaluation were:

1. To assess reduction of health inequities in key programmatic areas in DRS and equity zones of agrarian regions and the contribution of equity-focused programs into this reduction.

2. To examine the effectiveness of equity-focused programs in achieving their equity targets/goals in DRS and equity zones of agrarian regions.

3. To investigate the complementarity of equity-focused programs in DRS and equity zones of agrarian regions with the efforts of other donors, government and implementing partners.

4. To document the lessons from practices on the ground in addressing health inequities in DRS and equity zones of agrarian regions

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Primary Health Care in Ethiopia  

2022-04  

An assessment using PHCPI Framework.

Objectives

1. To assess the status of financing of PHC in terms of PHC spending, prioritization of PHC, and sources of PHC spending

2. To assess the capacity of Ethiopia’s PHC system and identify strengths and limitations for the delivery of effective PHC in order to work toward UHC and improved health status.

3. To describe the level of performance of PHC in terms of access, coverage, effective coverage and quality of essential services for key population groups.

4. To examine the situation of equity in access, coverage, and outcomes of PHC services by income, education, and residence.

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Competency-Based Training (CBT) of Women Development Army Leaders in Ethiopia 

2021 – 2022  

The Ministry of Health has been building the capacity of community-based volunteer groups (called Women Development Army) through an initiative called – Competency-Based Training Program. MERQ undertook evaluation of the effectiveness of the initiative to answer the following evaluation questions:

•        What extent do WDA leaders react to the delivery process of the CBT?

•        Will CBT improve the knowledge, attitude, and skills of the primary targets, WDA leaders?

•        Did CBT improve adoption of HEP-related behaviors among trained WDA leaders?
 Did participation of WDA leaders in CBT lead to better knowledge, attitude, skills and health behaviors among their network members?

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Surveying households for evidence-based insurance systems in Ethiopia willingness and ability to pay for CBHI; impact of CBHI on health service utilization, financial protection, equity, and women empowerment 

2021  

Ethiopia has initiated Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) scheme in 2011. In order to investigate the impact of the scheme, the Ethiopian Health Insurance Agency commissioned two assessments entitled:

1) The Impact of Community-Based Health Insurance on Health Service Utilization, Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures, and Related Outcomes in Ethiopia; Download Impact of CBHI – Final Report  | VIEW 

2) The willingness and ability to pay for Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes in Ethiopia;

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OPM Urban CoVID Impact Study’s Sixth Round Report 

2022-02-04  

The effect of COVID-19 and government response measures on poor and vulnerable groups in urban areas in Ethiopia Research report:  

Results from the fourth round of a mixed method panel study in urban areas in nine cities in Ethiopia. 

 Donna Harris, Biniyam Tadesse, Israel Mitiku, Mekdes Demissie, Alula M. Teklu, Girmay Medhin, and Frehiwot Belachew  

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HEP Assessment Report 

2021-11-16 

National Assessment of The Ethiopian Health Extension Program  

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OPM Urban CoVID Impact Study’s Fourth Round Report 

2021-05-20  

The effect of COVID-19 and government response measures on poor and vulnerable groups in urban areas in Ethiopia Research report:  

Results from the fourth round of a mixed method panel study in urban areas in nine cities in Ethiopia. 

 Donna Harris, Biniyam Tadesse, Israel Mitiku, Mekdes Demissie, Alula M. Teklu, Girmay Medhin, and Frehiwot Belachew 

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The effect of COVID-19 and government response measures on poor and vulnerable groups in urban areas in Ethiopia – third round 

2021-02-22  

Research report: Results from the third round of a mixed-method panel study in urban areas in 10 cities in Ethiopia.

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Bridging the Implementation Gap: Using implementation research to understand how six countries implemented evidence-based interventions to reduce amenable under-5 mortality 

Between 2000 and 2015, most countries were able to decrease under-5 mortality (U5M) supported by the advocacy and funding of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) efforts. All countries implemented evidence-based interventions (EBIs) known to reduce U5M, but some countries emerged as Exemplars in reducing U5M compared to other similar countries. 

All countries implemented evidence-based interventions (EBIs) known to reduce U5M, but some countries emerged as Exemplars in reducing U5M compared to other similar countries. 

The University of Global Health Equity partnered with Gates Ventures to study six Exemplar countries (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal, Peru, Rwanda, Senegal). We used implementation research to understand why and how these six countries were more successful than others in addressing amendable causes of U5M through the health system EBIs and to extract key transferable and actionable knowledge for policy-makers and implementers in other countries hoping to achieve the same progress in U5M reduction. 

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The effect of COVID-19 and government response measures on poor and vulnerable groups in urban areas in Ethiopia – Second round 

2020-10-25

The second in a series of six reports which provide an insight into the extent to which COVID-19 and associated government responses and measures affect the urban poor and vulnerable individuals in Ethiopia. 

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Exemplars in Under-5 Mortality: Ethiopia Case Study 

2020-10-08

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The effect of COVID-19 and government response measures on poor and vulnerable groups in urban areas in Ethiopia – First round 

2020-08-23  

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