Ethiopia: New strategy to tackle reproductive health issues

Ethiopia has launched a national strategy on adolescent and reproductive health that aims to tackle the problems of early marriages and pregnancies, female circumcision, abduction and rape, and poor access to healthcare for 10- to 24-year-olds. Recently launched by the health ministry in collaboration with United Nations agencies, the Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health Strategy (AYRH) will be implemented over eight years.