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Annual report 2018

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Amid the humanitarian constraints, UNICEF continually worked with Government and partners to deliver on planned development programmes for children.

1-month-old infant Hamdi Abdi Omar in Higlowley, Deghabur, Somali. ©UNICEF Ethiopia/2018/noavi
©UNICEF Ethiopia/2018/noavi
Every Child Survives and Thrives
  • UNICEF supported the production of more than 3 million Mother and Child Health Cards to link birth notification and registration through the Extended Programme of Immunization (EPI).
  • The vaccine cold chain was strengthened through the procurement and installation of 6,000 solar refrigerators in selected health posts within more than 600 woredas of eight regions, with 70 per cent installed in new sites to reach unimmunized children.
  • With 741 of the country’s 833 woredas endemic for intestinal worms, UNICEF supported deworming campaigns in 330 select woredas with high prevalence rates, improving the health and education outcomes for 1,164,29 adolescents.
  • UNICEF ensured 91 per cent coverage rates for Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness and Integrated Community Case Management services across the country.  
  • The Human Papillomavirus Virus (HPV) vaccine was introduced in Ethiopia in December 2018 with the aim to vaccinate over one million adolescent girls within the first year. UNICEF supported the Government with Communication-for-Development activities to enable successful uptake of the vaccine, including the design and implementation of the National Social Mobilization and Communication Strategy for HPV introduction.
Local girl poses for a picture at Shawe Primary School, Harana Buluk Woreda, Oromia Region.
UNICEF Ethiopia/2019/Mersha
Every Child Learns
  • Across six regions, 69,865 pre-primary aged children (46% girls) directly benefited from UNICEF’s pre-primary programmes, alongside 2,004 education staff.
  • UNICEF collaborated with the World Bank to revise and improve the Government’s ‘O’ class pre-primary curriculum package which was translated into 42 languages and implemented across the country.
  • Within the Oromia region, 88 planned child marriage cases were cancelled due to improved capacity of education systems to report on school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) and child marriages.
  • 112 temporary primary school classrooms in refugee camps of Gambella and Benishangul-Gumuz regions were constructed in 2018, providing access to education for 17,920 children (34% girls). Construction was also initiated for 148 primary school classrooms, 41 secondary school classrooms and four host-refugee inclusive secondary schools.
Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) brought by Child Protection, which is used as an Alternative Basic Education (ABE) center for Primary children in the morning (grade 1-2). Berak IDP Site, Delo Mena Woreda, Bale Zone, Oromia Region.

Every Child is Protected from Violence and Exploitation

  • 3,922 girls and boys who experienced violence were reached by health, social worker and justice/law enforcement services provided through one stop centres, referral pathways, child friendly benches and diversion centres.
  • With UNICEF support, 538,983 children under one had their birth registered with civil authorities between July 2017 and June 2018, which is 15.5 per cent of the estimated annual births, up from 333,858 or 10 per cent in the previous year.
Afdera Multi-village Water Scheme Inauguration 4 March 2019

 Every Child Lives in a Safe and Clean Environment

  • UNICEF’s Urban WASH programme provided safe water to 360,905 new users in 2018.
  • Sixty-three schools and 10 health facilities in eight regions were reached with gender-friendly WASH interventions including 49,755 adolescent girls and 49,451 adolescent boys benefiting from Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH).
  • 565 kebeles in eight regions became open defecation free, with 343,089 new users accessing safe sanitation facilities.
  • Geohydrological mapping combined with remote sensing is ongoing in 39 drought-prone woredas to target potential drilling sites for deep groundwater which is supported by environmental and social impact assessments to minimize potential degradation of the fragile environment.
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Every Child has an Equitable Chance in Life

  • UNICEF advocated for increased budgets to social sectors. Compared to last year, the 2018/19 federal budget increased by 13 per cent for health and 28 per cent for water and energy.
  • UNICEF continued to support the Government to rollout the National Social Protection Policy and improve operations of the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) which assists chronically vulnerable, disabled, and elderly populations within Ethiopia. UNICEF’s contribution to the PNSP contingency budget helped expand its support, reaching 1.29 million beneficiaries (more than 50 per cent women) affected by climate-related shocks.