At the newly opened Dangila Hospital, surgical officers are empowered to identify problems and barriers to high-quality surgical care and drive the changes needed to improve services.
Making Surgery Work at a New Hospital
Ethiopia
Strengthening Human Resources for Health Saves Lives
After 16 hours in labor, Ergoye Nega had made little progress. The health center nurse advised her to go to the hospital—her baby was in distress.
A Son’s Challenge to Save His Mother’s Life
Dr. Melkamu Baye Agegenehu, a promising young surgeon at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital in Bahir Dar, recognized the challenges faced by staff at the busy hospital in the Amhara Region of northern Ethiopia. But when his mother became gravely ill, he quickly learned that a lack of supplies and other disparities at the health facility could even prove fatal for his aged parent.