Reinvigorating maternal health service delivery in Ethiopia

Abstract

Introduction
Maternal mortality is one of the major public health concerns in Ethiopia despite the government’s consistent proactive measures. Scores of women are still dying in the country in connection with obstetric complications of hemorrhage, sepsis, obstructed labor, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Recent estimates reveal that maternal mortality has declined by 72%, from 1250 to 353 per 100,000 live births during the period 1990 to 2015. Yet, the rate is still one of the highest in the world (1)