Annual Review Meeting Conducted in West Harerge
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The Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ESOG) together with the West Harerge Zone health department organized an annual review meeting from August 27-28, 2021 in Chiro Town. Hospital and health center managers, MCH focal persons, woreda health office managers, family health officers, and zonal health department staff attended the meeting. Opening speech and keynote addresses were given by zone health department heads. All zonal MCH activities including the project activity were presented by the MCH coordinator of the zone health office. Facility managers presented their MCH performance including FP and CAC services and discussion was made. The discussion was led by the zone health bureau head and zone MCH department heads. Finally, zone health department participants and district health office participants recognized the performance of the MCH activities and promised to give attention to provide quality services.
ESOG works in two general hospitals and 20 health centers in West Harerge Zone under the strengthening the capacity and improving quality of Reproductive Health and reducing stigma on safe abortion care providers’ project funded by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The project activities performed in the zone were presented at the review meeting.
Following reports on shortages of supplies, the Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ESOG) provided Medical Supplies and drugs to hospitals and health centers. Five MVA Kits with 4-12 mm cannula, 25 gowns, 25 Aprons, four boxes of Miso-Mifo drugs were provided for hospitals while the health centers got four MVA kits with 4-9 mm and 4-12 mm cannula, 15 Gowns, and 15 Aprons, two boxes of Miso-Mifo drugs. 
Virtual training for data collectors has been underway beginning July 19, 2021, for two weeks to end on July 30, 2021. Attending the training were about 50 participants from 10 hospitals from four regions of the country.
The Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ESOG) in collaboration with Mindray have conducted a series of CME courses on ultrasound on August 29, 2021. The online session was attended by dozens of Ob-Gyns, and health care professionals.
The above picture was randomly selected from Google by one of the participants at the Providers Share Workshop conducted in Adama from July 9 to 11, 2021. The picture was selected by the participant in response to an activity challenge posed by Dr. Tesfaye Hurisa, one of the trainers on the workshop. Dr. Tesfaye challenged the participants to google a random picture in a couple of minutes that they would think show best how they feel about safe abortion care.