USAID has launched a five-year, $12 million (650 million Birr) project which will empower the Ministry of Health to anticipate, prepare for, detect, respond to, and mitigate the impact of public health emergencies in Ethiopia.
Download logoThe United States Agency for International Development/Ethiopia Acting Mission Director Timothy Stein was joined by Minister of Health Dr. Lia Tadesse and Commissioner for Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission Dr. Shiferaw Teklemariam to launch the USAID Health Resilience Activity.
The launch, held at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute National Training Center, was attended by representatives from regional health bureaus, regional public health institutes, UN agencies and other development partners, who highlighted the need for community-level health system strengthening.
The project will provide leadership development and training on data use for early warning, preparedness, and response planning. Concurrent trainings will focus on mobilizing local resources for times of emergency. In 2022 alone, USAID provided more than $1.8 billion dollars in development and humanitarian aid to Ethiopia.
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