Ethiopia: First National Residency Matching Program for Medical Doctors
Ethiopia, successfully executed National Residency Matching Program (NRMP) with a view to stepping up the health service accessibility, affordability and availability throughout the country. The program which is unprecedented in the medical history of the country conducted its first NRMP exam in selected exam hubs: Addis Ababa, Jimma, Mekelle, Bahirdar, Hawassa, and Haromaya. According to Dr. Wondowossen Eshetu, program advisor for medical education in Ministry of Health (MOH) previously general practitioners never had a chance to choose three areas of specialization in one shoot. But now they can go for such a chance taking three types of examinations. In the past, there were only 5 higher learning institutions which used to give residency programs across the country. Happily, now, the number has shot up to 12. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) the physician to inhabitants ratio for sub-Saharan country has to be one to ten thousand. Despite this standard Ethiopia