Health in Ethiopia

by Hally Sasser, Cecianna Sjolseth, Landry Jenkins, Katey Gilbert,

and Will Llanez
 Warm Up:
Fill in the KWL chart in your packet and students will
share with the class what they come up with.

Know Want to Know Learned

● In Africa
● Poor Health care
● Refugees
● Mal neutrition
● How did it become ● It is land locked
● Ethiopean children have oe
so poor
of the highest mortality rates
● Average life? ● Healthcare Statistics
● Life style/culture? ● .03 for every 1000 people
● How big is the population below poverty
line is 29.6%national animal
population is a lion
● ● About 45% live on less than
a a dollar a day
● \One of its landmarks is Blue
Nile Falls
●
 Can you
identify
where
Ethiopia is?
About Ethiopia
● Geography: Near the Horn of
Africa, Landlocked, and split by
the great Rift Valley

● Population: 102,374,044 people

● Population below poverty

line: 29.6% (2014 est.)
Ethiopia Facts
Capital:
Addis Ababa meaning the “white flower”

UNESCO:
(united nations, educational, scientific and cultural organization)

Ethiopia is known for many sites including:

● Axom
● Lalibela
● Harar
Amharic dialect English Amharic

Hello my name is.. hēlo simē

I am 16 inē 16 nenyi

Can I have some inē ānidanidi wiha

water? līnorewi yichilali

Where is the mets’edaja bētu yeti

bathroom? newi
Blue Nile
Falls
(Tis Abay)
Simien Mountain
National Park
National Animal: Lion
Common Diseases in Ethiopia
● Food or waterborne diseases: bacterial
and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid
fever
● Vectorborne diseases: malaria and
dengue fever
● Respiratory disease: meningococcal
meningitis
● Animal contact disease: rabies
● Water contact disease: schistosomiasis
Health in Ethiopia
● Ethiopia has one of the highest infant
death ratios in the world at 675 deaths
to 100,000 child births
● ¾ people in Ethiopia are said to be
malaria prone. Every few years there is
an epidemic - In 2005 3 million people
had malaria
● Malnutrition is a reason for the 50% of
childbirths to have stunted growth and
34% of kids are born underweight
● 2.4% of the population is HIV/AIDS
positive which is low compared to many
Sub Saharan countries
Health Care in Ethiopia
● About 45% of the people in Ethiopia are living on less than one dollar per
day
● The health system is
unable to provide
health care for more
than half of the
population and much
of the rural population
has no access to any
type of modern health
care service.
Health Care in Ethiopia
● Facilities are staffed with health workers of low qualifications and
drugs and clinical supplies are not available at many health
facilities all of the time.
● The government contributes
approximately 55% of the
annual health budget, while
donors contribute 42.5% and
user fees amounts to 2.1%
 Doctors vs People

Country Population Number of Doctors per

Person
Ethiopia 102.37 million 0.03 per 1,000 people

United States 323.95 million 2.3 per 1,000 people

Italy 60.80 million 4.2 per 1,000 people

France 66.81 million 3.37 per 1,000 people

Excerpt from “Cutting For Stone”
“‘We got notice today of a site visit soon
from the people who accredit our
residence training program. If they don’t
like what they see, they can shut us
down. We’ve got too few interns. And too
few resident physicians at every level for
the patient volume we handle. Not to
mention too few faculty” (496).
Surgical Simulation Directions
● Split the class in half: there will be 2 sides - one is representing the
United States, the other is representing Ethiopia.
● The objective of this simulation is to see which country can
perform a “surgery” the best and fastest.
● Each team is given a bowl of sand mixed with assorted beads and
tools.
● To perform this “surgery”, your team (country) will be trying to
transfer the beads from the sand to the medical tray in the
cleanest and fastest way without using your hands, only using the
tools provided.
 Simulation Reflection
Team Ethiopia
● Got little metal things
● Could only get one bead at a time
● Did not find tumor
Team United States
● Able to get a lot moe beads
● Us got spoons with holes in yhem
● Found tumor (had the tools)
● Has more efficent tools/better
technology
Kahoot
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