EPHA Organizes Workshop to Train EPI Experts

The Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) organized a workshop to train experts in Expanded Program on Immunization /EPI/ from Oct 14 to 16, 2015 in Addis Ababa.

The objective of the workshop was to familiarize selected EPI experts with the Integrated approach to Empower Health care facilities in the Immunization /IEHI/ project.

The workshop aims at strengthening the capacity of EPI experts in baseline assessment and continuous quality improvement techniques.

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5th Cohort Field Epidemiology Trainees Graduated

The Ethiopian Field Epidemiology Training Program (EFETP), a partnership program, has graduated 15 health professionals who completed the long postgraduate courses along with field work activities on July 2015 at Addis Ababa University.

EPHA Conducts Planning Meeting

Staff members and partners of the Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) gathered at Aphrodite hotel on 22 May, 2015 to review and discuss the annual plan of the Association for the period spanning from April 1, 2015- March 31, 2016.

The meeting was opened by the welcoming speech of Ato Semegnew Mengistu, Deputy Executive Director of EPHA, who explained the objectives and importance of the planning meeting.

In his remarks, Ato Semegnew underlined the need to develop and implement a comprehensive, participatory and achievable plan, which would help to attain the vision and goals of EPHA.

 During the course of the day-long planning meeting, the various departments and units of the Association presented their annual plan for the stated period.

The annual plan was further enriched with follow up discussions and comments, which will be incorporated before the plan is finalized and put into practice. 

EPHA organizes workshop to review draft health policy documents

The Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) organized a workshop to review and discuss the revised draft health policy, health Sector Vision for the next 20 years and the Health Sector Transformation Plan (2015/16 - 2020/1) on 1 May 2015 at Aphrodiat hotel in Addis Ababa.

The objectives of the workshop were to familiarize selected EPHA leadership and members with contents of the three draft documents, obtain comments from EPHA members on the documents and provide a consolidated feedback for due considerations by the Federal Ministry of Health.

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