Elias Gebre-Egziabher:
CLASS OF 1972
Chapel Hill High SchoolClass of 1972
Chapel hill, NC
University of North Carolina - Public HealthClass of 1971
Chapel hill, NC
Elias's Story
Life
Name: ELIAS GEBRE-EGZIABHER (Mr.)
Date of Birth: 28, July 1944
Marital Status: Married with two children
Nationality: Ethiopian
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., U.S.A., Master of Public Health (MPH) with honours, 1973; and several other post graduate diplomas in helth planning and managment.
Work Experiences:
• Civil Affairs Officer, UNMIK – KOSOVO (Current since Sept. 2000 to date); Municipality level Civil Administration covering the areas of Health, Education, Culture, Sports and Youth; Economic Development and Project Officer, Budget and Finance Officer and currently Officer in Charge for UN mission at municipality level. I have made outstanding contributions and gained recognitions in project development and implementation, development of education, including successful interventions in interethnic relations, integration and other civil administration issues.
• International Consultant (1994 - 2000); Evaluation of Health, Water, and Sanitation projects in Ethiopia (IFAD/OPS/, BSF/GOE, 1994), Documentation on district health systems (WHO/SHS, 1994), Evaluation of UNV assistance to the Nigerian health sector (UNDP/UNV/GON, 1995), The role of health centres in health development (WHO/SHS, 1996), Quantification frame-work and indicators on load of work and extent of support to health centres (WHO/ICO, 1997), Formulation of long term National Health Policy and development of a five-year strategic National Health Plan for Uganda(WHO/ICO, 1998); Input-Output Imbalance in Health Centres(WHO/ICO,1999), Framework for a holistic picture in the provision of health care (WHO/EIP/OSD,2000).
• Head, Health Bureau, Office of the Council of Ministers (11/87-03/92) and Team Leader, Health Unit, Ministry of Planning and National Development (9/79-02/87) with active participation and leadership role in national health policy formulation and planning for E...Expand for more
thiopia.
• Assistant Professor (3/87-3/92, fulltime and later on part time basis) and Lecturer (7/70-8/79) both at the Gonder Public Health College and the Addis Ababa Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University. Areas of teaching and research included health education/behaviour change, planning and management of health care, promotion and advocacy for Primary Health Care, community involvement and inter-sectoral linkages in health development, and the development, appraisal monitoring and evaluation of health projects/programs. Teaching included under-graduate medical and public health students as well as MPH candidates at the graduate level.
• District Health Officer (1968-70), at Hossana Health Centre. Responsibilities included full load of clinical and public health practice, administration of the health centre, and management of the district health care system.
• Other experiences
 UN Assistance Mission for East Timor (UNAMET)- District Electoral Officer, June-August 1999.
 UN Electoral Assistance Secretariat (UNEAS) for South Africa - Provincial Co-ordinator, May-June, 1999.
 Instructor in Civic Education (02/87-06/87), Agarfa Farmers Training Centre, Bale; trained election officers for the 1987 National Election of The Ethiopian People’s Congress.
 Co-ordinator, City Council Elections (1980), Addis Ababa; co-ordinated the first election process for 8 District Councils of the Addis Ababa City Council; which included mapping, zoning, house numbering, census, voter’s registration and monitoring of secret ballot elections.
Papers Written:
Fifteen major papers written (published and unpublished) in the areas of human resources development for health, health education/behaviour change, inter-sectoral linkages and community participation in health development, equity and efficiency in health care, health policy and planning, nutrition, etc.
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