Ethiopia
Strengthening systems and expanding health care for millions.
Since 2007, PATH has implemented high-impact, evidence-based projects supporting the Government of Ethiopia to sustainably improve public health and save lives.
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Support with Local Insight
Informed by decades of experience working with the Government of Ethiopia and other local partners, PATH helps to develop, implement, and scale up innovative approaches and technologies to address the country’s top public health priorities equitably and sustainably.
Resilient Health Solutions
PATH provides technical support to improve health workers' capacity to address public health problems and aid in the development of strong and resilient public health systems that can meet the needs of diverse populations and prevent, detect, and respond to emerging health challenges.
Crosscutting for Impact
With a portfolio of inclusive, community-focused programs being implemented in almost every region of the country, PATH helps the Government of Ethiopia design, test, and implement people-centered solutions to improve access to better primary health care services for millions of people.
For decades, PATH has worked closely with the government and local partners to support the implementation of the national malaria elimination strategy and tailor malaria interventions at the subnational level including: developing elimination road maps, updating guidelines, and building the capacity of federal and regional government health officials; designing, collecting, and analyzing data of national surveys and studies; generating and disseminating evidence; improving malaria surveillance capacity across 57 woredas and in refugee centers and temporary settlement areas; expanding access to Plasmodium vivax diagnostics, chloroquine, and radical cure drugs; conducting malaria risk stratification and modeling activities; and supporting the planning, introduction, and scale up of malaria vaccine.
In Ethiopia, PATH leverages our local and global expertise in designing, evaluating, introducing, and scaling up new health technologies and approaches to improve health outcomes for women and children, including: improving coverage and equitable access to routine immunizations; supporting country planning and preparation, demand generation, and social mobilization activities for human papillomavirus (HPV) and other new vaccines; and promoting early childhood development through monitoring developmental milestones, promoting play, maternal mental health interventions, and responsive caregiving.
PATH is at the forefront of designing standardized platforms that can be customized for country health systems. In Ethiopia, our initiatives support the digital transformation of the country’s health system, including: assessing the progress and challenges in implementing information revolution practices at the regional and woreda levels; customizing, piloting, and scaling digital data collection and reporting tools; and developing dashboards to provide real-time information on important indicators like case data, contact tracing, and disease treatment.
Program and policy solutions must be based on local data to be sustainable. In Ethiopia, PATH helps generate the evidence needed to design tailored approaches to implement solutions at all levels, including: generating local evidence to support the adoption and scalability of new tools for P. vivax malaria; researching the impact of an optimized model for lactation support on breast feeding and nutritional outcomes for preterm and low-birthweight infants; evaluating performance, cost, and acceptability of on-site chlorine generation in public health care facilities using a novel STREAM device; exploring successful strategies for reaching out-of-school girls with HPV vaccines; assessing the COVID-19 response in Ethiopia; and assessing the cost and operational context of a single-dose HPV vaccine schedule for adolescent girls.
Where we work
Our office
Our primary office is located in Addis Ababa.
Bole Medhaniyalem, MOENCO Road,
50m from Dashen Bank, MOENCO Branch/Behind the Hub Hotel
Street 03, 711 Bole
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Mailing Address
PO Box 493, Code 1110
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Phone: 251.115.504.243
Fax: 251.115.504.313
Meet our team
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Nasir Ali
Country Director, PATH Ethiopia
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Diriba Bedada
Project Director, Vaccine and Immunization Program, PATH Ethiopia
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Dr. Getachew Abebe
Team Lead, Malaria Control and Elimination Partnership in Africa (MACEPA), PATH Ethiopia
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Daniel George
Senior Finance and Administration Manager, PATH Ethiopia
