| ETHIOPIA - Country Profile |
Updated: Feb 2005 |
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National Strategic Framework
Status
Completed. (Period 2001-2005)
National policies
- A National HIV/AIDS policy guides implementation of programmes.
- Constitutional articles, especially outlining the rights of women and children, back the policy.
Ministry of Health
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 517 011
National AIDS Council
Contact person: Negato Mereke
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 159 988
Fax: +251 1 519 366
HIV/AIDS Organisations:
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Actionaid Ethiopia
P.O. Box 1261
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 654 671/76
Email:
· Home-based care; orphan care; voluntary counselling and testing; PWA support.
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African AIDS Initiative International
Contact person: Elleni Gebreamlak
P.O. Box 5565
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 535 225
Fax: +251 1 535 228
Email: /
Website: www.africanaidsinitiative.org
· Education; outreach; testing; counselling; research and support services.
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Afar Mothers and Child Care Organization
P.O. Box 888
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 123 048
Email:
· Family Planning; care of orphans; income generating activities.
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Aids Resource Centre
Contact person: Ato Gashaw Mengistu
P.O. Box 26171
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 503 584
Fax: +251 1 503 749
Email:
Website: www.etharc.org
· Resource and information centre.
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Care Ethiopia
P.O. Box 4710
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 653 900
Email:
· Home-based care; paediatric AIDS research; voluntary counselling and testing; information education and counselling.
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Centro Volontari Marchigiani
Contact person: Kibret Shiferaw
P.O. Box 8429
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 163 409 / +251 1 655 602
Fax: +251 1 655 600 / +251 1 163 409
Email:
· Information; education; STD control; blood safety services; education/training; clinical care; counselling.
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Children Aid-Ethiopia (CHAD-ET)
Contact person: Ato Anannia Admassu
P.O. Box 5854
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 762 148
· Children, education, PWA support.
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Christian Children's Fund
Contact person: Fikero Abebe
Tel: +251 1 613 426
Fax: +251 1 612 866
Email:
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Christian Relief And Development Association (CRDA)
The National HIV/AIDS Forum of NGOs
Contact person: Ms Yimegnushal Takele
P.O. Box 5674
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 139 3493 / 390 322
Fax: +251 139 3502
Email: /
Website: www.crdaethiopia.org
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Consortium Of Family Planning NGOs In Ethiopia (COFAP)
Contact person: Tigist Alemu
P.O. Box 14507
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 119 633
Fax: +251 1 551 588
Email:
· Coordinating body of affiliated NGOs; training on reproductive health; prevention.
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Dawn Of Hope
Contact person: Kassahun Argaw
P.O. Box 24378
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 564 329
Fax: +251 1 560 245
Email:
· Socio-economic support; medical support; legal and human rights protection; counselling; emotional support; training on counselling; public education; community mobilisation through workshops.
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Ethiopian Anti-AIDS Women Association
P.O. Box 170265
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 622 787
· Condom; female condom; dental dam distribution; counselling.
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Family Guidance Association
Contact person: Amare Bedada
P.O. Box 5716
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 514 111
Fax: +251 1 512 192
· Information; education; communication; condom distribution; STI diagnosis and treatment; counselling; voluntary HIV testing; treatment of opportunistic infections.
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Integrated Service for AIDS Prevention and Support (ISAPSO)
Contact person: Beletu Mengistu
P.O. Box 27320
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 564 335 / +251 1 550 162
Fax: +251 1 555 179
· Training of peer educators; seminars; condom promotion and distribution; development and distribution of IEC material.
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Mekdim HIV Positive Persons And AIDS Orphans National Association
Contact person: Mengistu Zemene
P.O. Box 31218
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 560 380 / +251 1 563 003
Fax: +251 1 568 733
Email:
· Psychological and social support; home care; awareness raising.
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The MESOB HIV/AIDS Networking Project
c/o InterAfrica Group's NGO Networking Service
Contact person: Renee Storteboom
P.O. Box 1631
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 514 575
Fax: +251 1 517 554
Email:
· Networking and information-sharing; education.
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Nazreth Children's Center and Integrated Development (NACID)
Contact person: Kassaye Haile
P.O. Box 40943
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 200 081
Fax: +251 1 711 288
Email:
· Prevention; training; IEC materials production and distribution; condom distribution; awareness raising.
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Norwegian Church Aid
Contact person: Hans Birkeland
P.O. Box 1248
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 512 922 / +251 1 512 927
Fax: +251 1 518 167
Email:
Website: www.nca.no
· Works in partnership with local organisations and provides technical and financial assistance to allow them to deliver various services and activities to their target groups.
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Organisation For Social Services For Aids (OSSA)
Contact person: Girma Assefa
P.O. Box 2385
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 506 858 / +251 1 531 683
Fax: +251 1 515 306
Email:
· Umbrella NGO; information and education materials; community based care; testing and counselling; programmes for orphans; support; community economic project.
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Pro Pride
Contact person: Digafe Feleke
P.O. Box 13047
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 52 44 17
Fax: +251 1 75 63 99
Email:
Website: www.devinet.org/propride
· Health education on HIV/AIDS and STDs; publication of monthly newspaper, brochures, posters and other IEC materials; radio sensitization programme; drama and musical shows on HIV/AIDS; counselling services; psychosocial support of HIV/AIDS patients; voluntary counselling and testing.
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Save Your Generation Association
Contact person: Abebe Demisu
P.O. Box 14685
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 123 882 / +251 1 565 026
Fax: +251 1 553 619 (c/o DSW)
Email:
· Information; education; condom programming; empowerment of vulnerable groups; community economic project; advocacy.
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UN Theme Group on HIV/AIDS, Chair
Contact person: Mr Samuel Nyambi
UNDP Resident Representative
P.O. Box 5580
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 515 177 / +251 1 511 025 direct
Fax: +251 1 515 147 / +251 1 514 599
Email:
· Supports an expanded response and policy advice on preventing transmission of HIV, providing care and support, reducing the vulnerability of individuals and communities to HIV/AIDS.
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UNAIDS Country Coordinator
Contact person: Ms Emebet Admassu (NPO)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 510 152
Fax: +251 1 511 021
Email: /
· Education/training; surveillance and research; empowerment of vulnerable groups; programmes for orphans and surviving dependants; community economic project.
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| Country Indicators |
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| Demographic data |
Year |
Estimate |
Source |
| Total population (thousands) |
2004 |
72,420 |
UN population division database |
| Female population aged 15-24 (thousands) |
2004 |
7244 |
UN population division database |
| Population aged 15-49 (thousands) |
2004 |
32621 |
UN population division database |
| Annual population growth rate (%) |
1992-2002 |
2.8 |
UN population division database |
| % of urban population |
2003 |
15.5 |
UN population division database |
| Average annual growth rate of urban population |
2000-2005 |
4.09 |
UN population division database |
| Crude birth rate (births per 1,000 pop.) |
2004 |
42 |
UN population division database |
| Crude death rate (deaths per 1,000 pop.) |
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17.5 |
UN population division database |
| Maternal mortality rate (per 100,000 live births) |
2000 |
850 |
WHO (WHR2004)/UNICEF |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) |
2002 |
48 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| Total fertility rate |
2002 |
6.2 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
2000 |
114 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
2000 |
179 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
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For consistency reasons the data used in the above table are taken from official UN publications
| Socio-economic data |
Year |
Estimate |
Source |
| Gross national income, ppp, per capita (Int.$) |
2002 |
720 |
UN population division database |
| Gross domestic product, per capita % growth |
2001-2002 |
2.7 |
World Bank |
| Per capita total expenditure on health (Int.$) |
2001 |
14 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| General government expenditure on health as %of total expenditure on health |
2001 |
40.5 |
World Health Report 2004, WHO |
| Total adult illiteracy rate |
2000 |
60.9 |
UNESCO |
| Adult male illiteracy rate |
2000 |
52.9 |
UNESCO |
| Adult female illiteracy rate |
2000 |
69 |
UNESCO |
| Gross primary school enrolment ratio, male |
2000/2001 |
76 |
UNESCO |
| Gross primary school enrolment ratio, female |
1996 |
52 |
UNESCO |
| Gross secondary school enrolment ratio, male |
1996 |
22 |
UNESCO |
| Gross secondary school enrolment ratio, female |
1996 |
14 |
UNESCO |
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For consistency reasons the data used in the above table are taken from official UN publications
Source: WHO/UNAIDS epidemiological fact sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2004 Update.
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| Epidemiological Fact Sheet |
| Estimated number of adults and children living with HIV/AIDS, end of 2003 |
| These estimates include all people with HIV infection, whether or not they have developed symptoms of AIDS, alive at the end of 2003: |
| Adults and children |
1,500,000 |
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| Adults (15-49) |
1,400,000 |
Adult rate(%) 4.4 |
| Women (15-49) |
770,000 |
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| Children (0-15) |
120,000 |
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| Estimated number of deaths due to AIDS |
| Estimated number of adults and children who died of AIDS during 2003: |
| Deaths in 2003 |
120,000 |
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| Estimated number of orphans |
| Estimated number of children who have lost their mother or father or both parents to AIDS and who were alive and under age 17 at the end of 2003: |
| Current living orphans |
720,000 |
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Assessment of the epidemiological situation (2004)
HIV sentinel surveillance among women attending antenatal care clinics has improved since 1999; surveys are conducted annually and 34 sites were used in 2001. Data on HIV prevalence among women attending antenatal care clinics in Addis Ababa were also available for 2002. In 2000, a special HIV prevalence study was conducted among 72,000 male army recruits drawn from four regions (Tigray, Amhara, Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's Region - SNNR). A cohort study carried out from 1997 to 1999 among factory workers in Akaki and Wonji areas also generated data on HIV prevalence.
Twenty out of the 34 sites reported a prevalence rate exceeding 10% in 2001. However, there were seven sites with rates of <5%. HIV infection rates among women attending antenatal care clinics in this country have remained relatively stable at >10% since 1997. Time trends among women attending four clinics in Addis Ababa show that median HIV prevalence was 18.6% in 1996, 15.2% in 2000 and 15.1% in 2002.
In 2000, overall HIV prevalence among rural military recruits was 3.8%, compared to 7.2% among urban recruits.
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