These 2023 “Country Profiles for Early Childhood Development” are developed by UNICEF in collaboration with Countdown to 2030 Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent’s Health. The profiles are an attempt to compile, in one place, the available data for country and cross-country monitoring and to provide a baseline against which progress can be monitored.Read More →
The city government of Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, is taking a multisectoral, holistic approach to ensuring all children get the best start in life. This program seeks to provide universal access to comprehensive ECD services for all children in the city and to reach vulnerable children in 330,000 low-income households with intensified ECD services by 2026.Read More →
These “Country Profiles for Early Childhood Development” are developed by UNICEF in collaboration with Countdown to 2030 Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent’s Health. The profiles are an attempt to compile, in one place, the available data for country and cross-country monitoring and to provide a baseline against which progress can be monitored.Read More →
Within three years, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health, alongside other sectors, developed a multisectoral approach to contextualize and operationalize the nurturing care agenda. This case study underscores the importance of consistent leadership and a harmonized vision to seed nurturing care at all levels and across sectors. The case study sets out the process followed in developing a vision shared by different sectors and stakeholders, assigning roles and responsibilities, developing strategic and operational plans, and building capacity to implement effective interventions at national and regional (i.e. subnational) levels. Read More →
In 2010, the Maternal and Child Health Directorate of the Ministry of Health, Ethiopia undertook a situational analysis to understand the extent to which Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal and Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH-N) services were promoting nurturing care. Read More →
In December 2018, three ministries in Ethiopia co-organized a national sensitization workshop on early childhood development and education. The meeting report outlines the objectives, participants, what transpired and next steps. Read More →
This policy brief was devleoped by the ECD Research Advisory Council established by the RMNACH-N department of the Ministry of Health, Ethopia. The brief outlines proposed output and outcome level indicators for a draft monitoring and evaluation framework that will inform policy development, planning and monitoring of programmes contributing to children’s growth and development in Ethiopia.Read More →
This policy brief was devleoped by the ECD Research Advisory Council established by the RMNACH-N department of the Ministry of Health, Ethopia. The brief outlines proposed output and outcome level indicators for a draft monitoring and evaluation framework that will inform policy development, planning and monitoring of programmes contributing to children’s growth and development in Ethiopia.Read More →
These “Country Profiles for Early Childhood Development” are developed by UNICEF in collaboration with Countdown to 2030 Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent’s Health. The profiles are an attempt to compile, in one place, the available data for country and cross-country monitoring and to provide a baseline against which progress can be monitored.Read More →
The first national capacity-building workshop on care for child development was organized by Ethiopia’s Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF, USAID, PATH and the African ECD Network. The workshop prepared 15 master trainers to train 27 participants from federal and regional health bureaus, teaching institutions, development partners,Read More →
The Ethiopian Ministry of Health, with support from WHO, UNICEF and other partners including the World Bank, organized a multi-sectoral, multi-stakeholder meeting to sensitize all key stakeholders on early childhood development and the Nurturing Care Framework. The meeting was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 17-18 December 2018.Read More →
The Stakeholders’ consultation to operationalize the Nurturing Care Framework by the health sector took place from 14-16 October 2018 in Nairobi, Kenya. Country delegations from Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe met for three days to share experiences and develop plans to take forward implementation of the Nurturing Care Framework. TheRead More →
