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"A baby born today in Ethiopia is three times more likely to survive to age 5 than one born in 1990. This progress isn't a result of expensive international aid or the recruitment of foreign doctors into Ethiopia. Instead, the country has invested in simple, bare-bone clinics scattered around the country, which are run by minimally-educated community health workers."
Via Lauren Jacquez
Education makes a huge difference in the health of poor nations. All they needed was to educate a few citizens on the basics of diseases endemic to the region and they have seen significant improvement in the health of the citizens.
This is amazing! Although Ethiopia still has a long way to go in the medical field they have made major improvements in the last few years. The building being used as an office is not anything spectacular by any means but it is helping save lives. Common ailments that used to be the cause of death of young children are now treatable and children are able to live past their fifth birthday. This is a big deal for the people in Ethiopia. This is not any expensive program brought in by the United States, but a government run program created in Ethiopia. Common remedies are given to children as well as vaccines that are carefully documented for who needs what and when by the people that run the facilities. Although the program is still improving and it may take a long time for it to become top notch, the improvement that has been because of this is stellar for the circumstances.
Mortality rates have become overwhelmingly high in many countries. Ethiopia has now found simple health remedies to improve these rates. Many of these poor countries do not have numerous resources or even medication to help them when they are sick. Ethiopia used to have one of the highest child mortality rate in the world. one of the statistics given was very alarming and it stated ""If you were a kid born in 1990 [in Ethiopia], you had a 1 in 5 chance of not surviving to your fifth birthday." This is horrific for children who cannot predict where they are born and raised. Since 1990, Ethiopia has improved that rate by 60%. They havented invested a lot of money but have opened basic clinics with community individuals who are minimumally educated on these matters. Many of these workers have gone through a one-year training but nothing fancy. Many of these clinics have even two rooms and no electricity. Many of these children are finally being treated properly for some basic things that shouldn't be taking their lives. There is a long way to go for improvemnet but as long as their is a will to help these children, this country will vastly improve.