By Zemene Yohannes Faiza Abubekar has worked as a supervisor for PMA Ethiopia (formerly PMA2020) since the beginning of the project in 2014. She remembers well when she started to work for PMA, saying “I have worked earlier for different surveys such as EDHS (Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey) but…

By Shannon Wood Partners can influence women’s reproductive health, both positively and negatively. Research into the negative impacts of partners on women’s health has generally focused on severe behaviors, including intimate partner violence (IPV) and reproductive coercion, given their profound reproductive, sexual, and mental health repercussions. This research base includes…

By: Shira Tikofsky Are you attending the 2022 International Conference on Family Planning? The Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) Ethiopia project invites you to join us virtually and in-person at the world’s largest gathering on family planning and sexual and reproductive health. We look forward to presenting our latest research…

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…