The Last Ten Kilometers Project
is dedicated to learning and documenting what
works in improving health outcomes in rural Ethiopia.
Maternal and Child Health, House-by-House
Dejyetnu Tadesse, an energetic 29-year-old mother of two in the kebele of Kurar, was invited to become a volunteer community health worker (vCHW). Read more »
Pulling Together for Community Change
"The community is the greatest supporter in ensuring maternal health" says Ato Arefaine Hagos, the Adimenber Kebele Administrator, explaining the tremendous benefit of having all levels of a community work together to solve problems. Read more »
Adding Light to Health
The Kersa Harbu Kenne kebele is one of L10K's Community Solutions Fund (CSF)*- targeted districts in the East Wollega Zone of the Oromiya Regional State. Read more »
About L10K
The Last Ten Kilometers: What it Takes to Improve Health Outcomes in Rural Ethiopia (L10K) Project is designed to find long-term solutions to improve maternal, reproductive, newborn, and child health—particularly in rural areas—and to reduce maternal and newborn mortality at the community level. Read more »
L10K News
L10K Leaders to Present Global Health Council Satellite Event
On June 14, 2011, L10K will present a Global Health Council satellite event, Community Solutions to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes in Ethiopia: Experience from the Last Ten Kilometers Project (L10K), at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. Read
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Featured Resource
Baseline Household Health Survey: Amhara, Oromiya, SNNP, Tigray (August 2009) presents survey results that describe the availability, perceived quality, awareness, knowledge, demand, access, and utilization of the reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health (RMNCH) services in L10K project areas. Read more »