Save the Children

Nationally, roughly 70% of deliveries in Ethiopia occur at home, and interventions such as prenatal and postnatal care are underutilized. MCSP is combating this through competency-based trainings that stress early identification of pregnancies and follow-up through the delivery and the postnatal periods.

By Eric Sarriot and Karen Waltensperger, Save the Children USA Social accountability in health refers to a group of approaches bringing health professionals, providers or managers, together with community members, or clients, in order to improve quality of services by strengthening the...