History of EPHI

The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) is the result of the merger in April 1995 of the former National Research Institute of Health (NRIH), the Ethiopian Nutrition Institute (ENI) and the Department of Traditional medicine (DTM) of the Ministry of Health.

The merger was affirmed by the council of ministers regulation No 4/1996, which recognized the Institute as an autonomous public authority having its own legal personality.

The following is the unique landmarks of the merged institutions in terms of historical development: