Conversations in Development: Ethiopia Minister of Health on Country’s Historic Health Advances

By Genelle Quarles Adrien, March 4, 2014

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Over the last ten years, Ethiopia has made tremendous strides in improving health outcomes for its citizens. Last year the country made headlines for beating the global deadline for achieving Millennium Development Goal 4–reducing child mortality by two-thirds. One of the reasons behind the country’s success is its Health Extension Program, which deploys more than 30,000 health extension workers to remote areas of the country that lack access to healthcare. Dr. Kesete Admasu, Minister of Health of Ethiopia, recently sat down with BurnessGlobal’s Ellen Wilson outside of Addis Ababa to discuss the country’s historic advances and his personal motivation for improving the lives of his fellow citizens.