Strengthening Ethiopia’s Urban Health Program (SEUHP)

Project: Strengthening Ethiopia’s Urban Health Program (SEUHP)

John Snow, Inc. (JSI) is supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve the health status of the urban population in Ethiopia by reducing HIV/tuberculosis (TB)-related and maternal, neonatal, and child mortality and morbidity, as well as the impact of communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The Strengthening Ethiopia’s Urban Health Program (SEUHP) is follow-on to the JSI-implemented USAID/Urban Health Extension Program (UHEP) program. The objective of the SEUHP is to strengthen the Government of Ethiopia’s UHEP by improving the quality, use, and management of community-level urban health and related services.

This formative behavior change communication (BCC) assessment was conducted in five administrative regions and two city administrations in Ethiopia, in all the JSI project sites nationwide. The main aim of the formative assessment was to assess the knowledge of and attitudes toward health care services and the current practices in utilizing health care services, specifically: family planning methods; antenatal care (ANC); health facility delivery; postnatal care (PNC); child immunization, human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV and AIDS), including prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT), HIV counseling and testing (HCT), and people living with HIV (PLHIV); tuberculosis (TB); and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Furthermore, this study assessed barriers and motivators for health service utilization. In addition, the study assessed exposure to UHEP activities and sources of information for BCC.