Project title:
Advocacy and institutionalizing activities to protect the quality of family planning and comprehensive abortion care services in Ethiopia.
Objective: to advocate for and institutionalizing activities to protect the quality of family planning and comprehensive abortion care services (SRHR), strengthening and improving the quality of reproductive health, i.e. family planning & abortion, through implementing evidence-based quality improvement, anti-stigma and advocacy interventions and to enhance existing and new advocacy work targeting emerging and re-emerging hurdles on primary health care unit.
The project budget :450,000 USD
Funder: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Project period: August 1, 2023–July 31, 2025.
Project Site – at National level (MOH) and two Regions: -Oromia and Amhara,
Oromia Region: – Three Zones/ Arsi, West Shewa and West Hararege
Amhara Region: -Two Zones /North Shewa and North Wollo
Totally the project is implemented in 12 hospitals and 100 health centers.
Major activities accomplished:-
- The project provided comprehensive family planning training in collaboration with Oromia regional health bureau and 30 health care professionals from Arsi zone project health facilities.
- The project provided PPFP training in collaboration with FMOH for health care professionals from Arsi zone and West Hararege project health facilities.
- The project provided FP integration with other SRH service training in collaboration with the West Shawa Zone health office and 35 health providers attended the training.
Project title:
Self-care trailblazer group Ethiopia project
Objective: To established and support National Self-Care Network /NSN/, which are established to coordinate self-care advocacy at the national level to transform healthcare systems and place autonomy, power, and control in the hands of individuals.
The project budget: 450, 000 USD
Funder: PSI
Project period: March 1, 2023–March 31, 2027
Project Site: –National
Major activities accomplished:
- ESOG in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH), launched the project
- The MoH has officially established National Self-Care Network (NSN) for leading a consultative process to define a coordinated advocacy strategy for self-care.
- The NSN members conducted a quarterly meeting to discuss and exchange information about the activities of self-care in the country. This platform is created by MOH and ESOG.
- Conducted self-care advocacy workshop for national and international CSOs that work on reproductive health and women’s associations’ communication officers attended the meeting.
- Conducted self-care communication material development review workshop.
- Conducted self-care planning workshop and consultative meeting. The NSN members, MoH, and SCTG attended, developed the Ethiopian SC plan, and revised the Ethiopian SC country monitoring dashboard with a global indicator.
- Organized a guideline endorsement workshop and presented the final self-care guideline.
- Approved and disseminated the National RMNCH-N self-care guideline.
Project title:
Business and Revenue Planning Project
Objective: To establish and institutionalize a capacity building structure that will be tasked to oversee ESOG’s business (financial) sustainability plan.
Project budget: 62,500 USD
Funder: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Project Period: August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2025
Project Site: –ESOG
Major activities accomplished:
- Fund raising and strategic plan development training was taken by ESOG staff.
- Communication with Non-Profit Builder on consultancy service for business and revenue planning.
- Decision made to engage local consultants for cost and context reason.
- Request for proposals is prepared to be posted on newspaper.
Project title:
The use of affordable, non-invasive technology to determine the risk of CPD across duration of pregnancy in Ethiopia: Nationwide study
Objectives:
General objective , To perform a nationwide study to validate whether these two CPD risk assessment tools (i) a 3D Structure camera-, and (ii) tape measurement- based anthropometry can accurately predict CPD based on measurements made from 12- weeks to 42-weeks of gestation, in different regions in Ethiopia.
Specific objectives
Perform a blinded, prospective observational study to develop and validate the predictive capability of 3D camera- and tape measure-based anthropometry CPD risk scores across 6 geographic regions in Ethiopia.
Perform inter- and intra-user variability, usability, and participant acceptability studies to quantify and improve the accuracy, precision, usability, and participant acceptability of the 3D camera and tape measurement-based tools.
Project period: April 2021- March 2026
Project sites: Addis Abeba at Tikur Anbessa Specialized hoapital and Girar Health center
Harari region at Hiwot Fana referral hospital and Arategna health center
Funded by: support for this project is from Georgia institute of Technology and the US National Institute of Health (NIH)
Activities accomplished so far
– Data quality checking
– Currently 2,197 (70%) of study subjects are recruited.
– personnel Recruitment and timely financial management
– Facility preparation and availing material and supplies
– Coordinating facility visits and mgt of activities/ regular financial and technical reports to funding agency/
Project title:
The use of low cost, non-invasive technology to determine the risk of preeclampsia at 12-24 weeks of pregnancy in Ethiopia.
Objectives:
General Objective : To perform a prospective observational study to assess risk of pre-eclampsia based on hemodynamics measures and circulation biomarkers at 12-24 weeks and validate two low-cost tools diagnostic tools to assess pre-eclampsia risk. The specific objectives are to:
Specific objectives
- Quantify changes in maternal blood flow and blood pressure waveforms (hemodynamics) across the major vessels of the maternal vasculature from 12-40 weeks of gestation, using ultrasound, echocardiography, applanation tonometry and fluid mechanics computational modeling and to assess risk of preeclampsia based on blood pressure waveform measurements at 12-24 weeks.
- Quantify changes in circulating blood plasma biomarkers of preeclampsia from 12-40 weeks of gestation and develop to assess risk of preeclampsia at 12-24 weeks based on blood plasma markers alone, or in parallel with hemodynamic measures.
- Validate a novel low-cost blood pressure pulse wave tonometry device, based on photoplethysmogram (PPG), which is currently used in pulse oxygimeter devices.
Project period: July 2022- July 2025
Project sites: Addis Abeba at Teklehaymanot and Girar Health center
Funded by: support for this project is from Georgia institute of Technology and the US National Institute of Health (NIH)
Activities accomplished so far
– Data quality checking
– Sample size: 400 subjects /Currently 290 study subjects enrolled/
we are collecting maternal characteristics, echocardiography, Doppler ultrasound, flow-mediated dilation, applanation tonometry, blood samples for seven potential biomarkers
– personnel Recruitment and timely financial management
– Facility preparation and availing material and supplies
– Coordinating facility visits and mgt of activities/ regular financial and technical reports to funding agency
Project title:
Strengthening the capacity and improving quality of Reproductive Health and reducing stigma on safe abortion care providers’ project:
Objective:
Meri Leadership and Mentorship Program:
Objective:To empower women and cultivate future women leaders
Project period: January 1, 2019- December 31, 2022
Funded by: Federal Minsitry of Health
Activities accomplished so far:
– Announcment of bid to select leadership firm, Earuyan Solutions and Trading PLC is selected
– Partnered with Earuyan Solutions Consultancy and Training PLC for the design, organization and hosting of the Meri leadership and mentorshipprogram for young underserved women in Ethiopia
– Program launch event conducted
– Leadership trainings are conducted in 12 sessions