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BlueStar Ethiopia

last updated Apr 24, 2013

Overview

Implementing organization: 
Marie Stopes International Ethiopia
Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Year Launched: 
2007
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
Bottom 20%, 20-60% (lower to lower-middle)

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Out-of-pocket payments
Additional Source(s) of Funding: 
Donor
Funders: 
Anonymous Donor

Technology

Technology Used: 
Phones

Scale

Personnel Employed: 
10-49
Number of Clients Served: 
49,261 per month (as of March 2013)
Number of Facilities Operated/Networked: 
420 outlets (as of March 2013)
Summary: 

Blue Star Ethiopia provides franchised services including the provision of long-term family planning (FP) methods, permanent FP methods and medical and safe surgical abortion services, along with HIV testing and sexually transmitted infections(STI) diagnosis services, to low-income women, sex workers and clients, long distance truck drivers and to the military.

Key program components: 

The network is composed of 420 clinics and 2 hospitals, located in 3 out of the 8 states. The clinics and hospitals are licensed by the Drug Administration and Control Authority.

BlueStar Ethiopia provides a range of Family Planning and Safe Abortion services, directly or through referal. Blue Star Ethiopia is considered to be the first to offer long-term and permanent family planning methods in the private sector.

The organization is now working on involving the community health workers in the organization's efforts, and is also working on expanding its services to the Afar regional state, Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa.

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