DIRE DAWA UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCE

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE

SPH INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT

Question: what does Ethiopian health policy looks like in addressing

health inequity in socio-economic status of the population?

NAME:-ASHENAFI TAKELE
ID:-DDU1202025

Sub date: -14/12/2013 E.C

Sub to :-Instructor Kibre
Wolde (Mrs)
 OBJECTIVES

At the end of this presentation you will be able to

know:-
 The definition of the terms inequity and inequality
 The definition of socio-economic inequalities
 The Ethiopian healthy policy to compensate a
health inequity among population
 INTRODUCTION
Inequity- refers to the state of being unfair or unjust.
This would mean that gender inequality is the
result of a social inequity, or societal condition
which creates unfairness in gender norms.
Inequality- refer to unbalanced conditions, although
they are often used to describe unfair
circumstances. For example, describing “gender
inequality” in technical terms moves to illustrate
that not all genders are treated equally in society.
 INTRODUCTION.....
Socio-economic inequality relates to disparities
that individuals might have in both their
economic and social resources that are linked
to their social class. These disparities include
but aren’t limited to their earnings, education,
and/or income.
 INTRODUCTION....
• Health policy is best understood as a set of overarching
principles and goals that dictate how care is delivered and
accessed. 
• Health care policy can be codified at a national or state level,
and then more finely honed in a hospital or clinical environment.
• It is estimated that 76 percent of Ethiopian women live in rural
areas and do not have access to health care due to long
travelling distances with lack of transportation.
• There are 1,949 health stations and 141 health centres in
Ethiopia. Many of these facilities do not have a physician present
to provide care.
 ETHIOPIAN HEALTHY POLICIES
To solve or to address the health inequities and inequalities among
population due to socio-economical factors, political and others
cultural factors ,different health policies are applied in our country.

Some of those policies are :-

 Provision of health care for the population on a scheme of

payment according to ability with special assistance mechanisms
for those who cannot afford to pay.

 Promotion of the participation of the private sector and

nongovernmental organizations in health car
 CONT....
 Development of an equitable and acceptable standard
of health service system that will reach all segments of
the population within the limits of resources.
 Democratization and decentralization of the
health service system.
 Development of the preventive and promotive
includes
-components of health care Control of common
endemic and epidemic communicable and nutritional
diseases using appropriate general and specific
measures.
 CONT...
- Prevention of diseases related to affluence and
ageing from emerging as major health problems.

- Prevention of environmental pollution with

hazardous chemical wastes.
 CONT...
 Promoting and strengthening of intersectoral
activates.
 Promotion of attitudes and practices conducive to
the strengthening of national self-reliance in health
development by mobilizing and maximally utilizing
internal and external resources
 SUMMERY
In general, health development shall be seen not only
in humanitarian terms but also as an essential
component of the package of social and economic
development as well as being an instrument of
social justice and equity.
There fore the governmental intervention is very
important to address the health inequalities and
inequities of population due to socio-economic
status by implementing and providing the above
policies.
THANK YOU