The PMA Ethiopia mentorship program builds research skills of PhD students from universities based in Ethiopia who are completing their PhD in public health. The program links PhD students to faculty at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHBSPH) in the U.S., and faculty provide guidance on…

The PMA Ethiopia mentorship program builds research skills of PhD students from universities based in Ethiopia who are completing their PhD in public health. The program links PhD students to faculty at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHBSPH) in the U.S., and faculty provide guidance on…

The PMA Ethiopia mentorship program builds research skills of PhD students from universities based in Ethiopia who are completing their PhD in public health. The program links PhD students to faculty at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHBSPH) in the U.S., and faculty provide guidance on…

By Ellie Qian The celebratory moment when a child reaches one year of age encompasses many health and developmental milestones. Using a longitudinal study design, PMA Ethiopia follows a cohort of women from around the time of pregnancy to one-year postpartum, exploring their experiences with accessing essential maternal and newborn…

By Zemene Yohannes PMA Ethiopia, in close collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), conducted a national data dissemination event to share the results from recent surveys on June 30, 2022, in Addis Ababa. …

By Ellie Qian and Linnea Zimmerman Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many expressed concerns about the potential disruptions in reproductive, maternal, and newborn health (RMNH) services in low- and middle-income countries like Ethiopia. Facing challenges of infection control and staff shortage, health sectors may diverge resources from RMNH…

By Zemene Yohannes Hewan Mosisa has worked for PMA Ethiopia for more than two years as a resident enumerator (RE), and she’s still working, collecting data mainly in Addis Ababa. …

The differences between rural and urban areas may surprise you By Shannon N. Wood The COVID-19 pandemic has global drawn attention to what many researchers and violence support programs already know — one in three women will experience intimate partner violence (i.e., physical, sexual, or emotional violence perpetrated by a romantic or sexual partner) over the course of their lives and this violence will likely impact their health and well-being.

By Linnea Zimmerman, Shannon Wood, Celia Karp, and Dana Sarnak Side-effects of contraception, such as changes to menstrual bleeding or headaches, are some of the most widely reported reasons that women stop using contraception, even when they still want to prevent pregnancy. …