Ethiopia - Country Progress Report - unaids

Report on Progress towards Implementation of the UN Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
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50% of people living with
HIV (PLHIV) to receive care
and support services by
2010
All Kebeles conduct
community conversation
sessions by 2009
All schools will have HIV/
AIDS information centers
100% access to primary
health care services by
2008
Numerical targets: 560,000 people living with HIV receiving care and support services by 2010
National indicators:
• Percentage of people aged 15-59 who has been ill for 3 or more months in the last 12
months and whose household received free basic external support in caring for the
chronically ill person (disaggregated by age, sex, region and source, type and level of
free support)
• Number of people aged 15-59 who has received help from home-based programme in
the last 12 months (disaggregated age, sex, region and type and level of support)
Assumptions: Out of the total PLHIV 50% are made eligible for food and shelter , 30% for HBC and
20% for IGA targeted and 20% IGA trainings
Numerical targets: Conduct eight community conversation sessions per Kebele every 15 days for
10 months (15,000x8x20 = 7,200,000)
National indicators:
• Number of Kebeles undertaking community conversation
• Number of community conversations conducted in each Kebele
Assumptions: Primary and Junior Schools (20,000 Desks) High Schools, colleges and Universities
(700 Desks) considering the expansion by 20%
Numerical targets: Each Kebele will have two health extension workers (HEWs) and one Health
Post by 2008
National indicator: Number of Kebeles with two health extension workers (HEWs) and one Health
Post by 2008
Figure 2: Universal Access targets
The latest major initiative within the national response is the three-phase Millennium AIDS Campaign, with Phase I
from November 2006 to January 2007, Phase II from February to August 2007 and Phase III scheduled from September
2007 to September 2008. The campaign seizes the opportunity of a rare national event: the passing of the second
millennium of Ethiopia’s Julian calendar (see box below). The campaign aims to create a sense of urgency, ensure
involvement of all stakeholders and trigger quantum leaps in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and support and treatment
services with a theme of “speed, volume and quality”.
The Ethiopian Calendar
The Ethiopian Calendar consists of 12 months of 30 days each and a 13 th month of five days (six days in a
leap year). It is based on the Julian calendar, which is about seven years behind the Gregorian calendar
used by most of the rest of the world. Ethiopia’s New Years Day occurs in early September. Therefore, on 11
September 2007, Ethiopia began its third millennium (2000 EC). The Ethiopian government’s fiscal year runs
from 8 July to 7 July of any given year.
Examples:
2000 Ethiopian Calendar (EC): 11 Sept 2007 – 10 Sept 2008
2000 Ethiopian Fiscal Year (EFY): 8 July 2007 – 7 July 2008
This document presents all dates in the Gregorian calendar, but because the majority of government reporting
is done by the Ethiopian Fiscal Year, annual reporting falls across two Gregorian years. Therefore, “2006/07”
most often means the 12 months between 8 July 2006 and 7 July 2007. For UNGASS indicator data reported
from facilities on a monthly or quarterly basis (ART, PMTCT and HCT), the federal HIV/AIDS Prevention and
Control Office (HAPCO) has provided data for January to December 2006 and 2007.
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