The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) has selected and given recognition for excellent achievement in the ISO accreditation for 3 Ethiopian Public Health Institute’s (EPHI) laboratories and 3 other regional laboratories in Ethiopia on its annual meeting held in Nigeria. The accredited laboratories are EPHI’s National TB Reference Laboratory, National HIV Reference Laboratory and […]
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute’s (EPHI) National Laboratory Capacity Building Directorate (NLCBD) in collaboration with Challenge TB organized a National Review Meeting on Specimen Transportation and Referral Linkage in Adama from December 21-22, 2018. To evaluate the system implementation status, identify the strengths and weakness of the system, know the status of different Regions on […]
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute’s (EPHI) Bacterial, Parasitic and Zoonosis Diseases Research Directorate (BPZDRD) is delivering a short training on laboratory diagnosis of Leishmaniasis for laboratory professionals which started on December 24 and will continue until December 28, 2018. Tesfahun Bishaw from the Federal Ministry of Health while opening the training explained that the training […]
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) with World Health Organization (WHO) certified more than 88 PHEM Officers from Oromia Region in Basic Field Epidemiology on December 22, 2018 in Bishoftu. Dr. Beyene Moges, EPHI’s Deputy Director General has handed over certificates to the top five scorers and also gave responses to the raised questions and […]
Implementation of KAIZEN at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) is becoming fruitful. One of the Directorate of EPHI, Vaccine and Diagnostic Production (VDPD) is one example for the success. Birhanu Hurissa, A/Director of VDPD explained that there are three KAIZEN teams in his directorate. “First materials that are not used by the Directorate were […]
Rabies surveillance hands-on training was organized at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) from 11th December to 19th December, 2018. The trainees were 25 animal health workers of Addis Ababa Urban Agriculture (AAUAG) selected from all sub-cities of Addis Ababa. The trainers were from Ohio State University (OSU), Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC), EPHI […]
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute’s (EPHI) Traditional and Modern Medicine Research Directorate (TMMRD) and EFMHACA organized a validation workshop for policy, strategy and proclamation on traditional medicines on December 19, 2018. The workshop aimed to validate the policy, strategy and proclamation document and send it to the Federal Ministry of Health’s policy makers. The document […]
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) opened an office in Gambella to strengthen the efforts of the Ethiopian Drancunculiasis Eradication Program (EDEP), to closely monitor and strengthen implementation of the program and Public Health Emergency Management activities of Gambella region. “The Ethiopian Guinea worm eradication program office is also going to hire experts for Gambella […]
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) along with the Carter Center Ethiopia and the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted the 23rd National Annual Review Meeting of the Ethiopian Dracunculiasis Eradication Program (EDEP) in Gambella from December 11 to 12, 2018. Dr. Amir Aman Minister of the Ministry of Health while addressing participants of the meeting […]
The National Information Platform for Nutrition (NIPN) hosted its third seminar on December 7, 2018 at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute’s (EPHI) training center. With 64 participants from different sectors and organizations, good presentations and lively discussions, this was another successful seminar which was jointly organized by EPHI and the International Food Policy Research Institute […]