The 2000 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) is the first of its kind to be conducted in the country. The survey was conducted by the Central Statistical Authority (CSA) under the aegis of the Ministry of Health and funded primarily by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Funding was also provided by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). ORC Macro provided technical assistance under the MEASURE DHS+ program. The survey collected information on family planning knowledge and use, fertility, infant and child mortality, maternal and child health, and knowledge of HIV/AIDS. Preparatory work for the DHS was initiated in June 1999 and fieldwork was carried out between early February and mid-June 2000.More On DHS

Numerous epidemiologic and biologic studies are in agreement that STI, both ulcerative non ulcerative,  enhance HIV transmission and that both infections share similar epidemiologic determinants. The prevalence of genital discharge syndrome, syphilis, genital warts, pelvic abscess in females, genital clammy dial infections, and Herpes simplex Type 2 infection were all associated with HIV in Ethiopia. STI  have enormous social and economic consequences as antimicrobial treatment places a heavy financial burden on families, communities and the country at large. This is largely because antimicrobial resistance of several sexually transmitted pathogens has been increasing in Ethiopia and most other parts of the world and this has rendered some low cost regimens ineffective. Ethiopia National Health Facility Survey_2005