Assessment Of Health Service Extension Packages Utilization And Barriers That Affect Service Utilization In Dandi District West Showa Zone Oromia Regional State Ethiopia.
Background: In 2005, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in Ethiopia realized that health service were not meeting the health needs at the community level. In response to this, the FMOH launched a new innovative program called the health Extension program(HEP).TheHEPfocusesonunderservedsuch as: mothers, neonates, children and rural communities and places, basically emphasis on preventive, promotive and selected curative health care practice. Utilization of healthcare services is a right of all citizens, an important determinant of health and has particular relevance as a public health and development issue in low income countries.