Ethiopia – A health worker’s journey in providing comprehensive abortion care

How HRP’s training programme supports safer services around the world

5 May 2026
World Health Organization

For nearly ten years, comprehensive abortion care has been available at Jemo Health Centre on the outskirts of Addis Ababa. Tewodros Tibebu, a health care worker at the centre, has worked in comprehensive abortion care for four years.

While comprehensive abortion care has been widely legal in Ethiopia since 2005, access remains challenging. Tewodros says he sees every day how social barriers delay care.

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