Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative – Real Lives, Real Change

April 6, 2009
Innovative Program Fills Health Care Void in Ethiopia
Since 1997, the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative (EPHTI) has helped to address the nation's alarming health care void through a landmark partnership between the government of Ethiopia, seven Ethiopian universities, 21 Ethiopian hospitals, and The Carter Center. EPHTI is unique because the program helps Ethiopians determine the best way to deliver public health care to their country, rather than the one-size-fits all approach that is common in other parts of Africa.

Aug. 31, 2007
A Picture of Health: Officers Fill Void in Ethiopia Health Care
Forty-five minutes by car southeast of Ethiopia's capital, down a dirt road shared by vehicles, donkey carts, and schoolchildren, a modest building enclosed by high stone walls stands outside the town of Debre Zeit. Inside, patients sit on benches waiting for medical attention. Bishoftu Health Center is the primary medical facility serving the 65,000 residents of this sprawling agricultural community.

Feb. 10, 2005
Doctor Views Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative Work as Homecoming
Hailu Yeneneh considers his work with the Carter Center's Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative a homecoming. Thirty-five years ago, his career began as a grassroots health officer in the Ethiopian government's Global Health Center. Now, after earning a medical degree and a doctorate, teaching, researching, and directing a research institution, Dr. Hailu says he finds himself back on the front lines.

Aug. 31, 2004
Stories From the Field: Bishaw Deboch
Bishaw Deboch can remember when up to 200 students would wait in line to use one or two books from the library at Jimma University, where he is vice dean of the public health program.

Oct. 12, 2004
Emory Report: Ethiopia Experience Provides Surprises, Strengthens Commitment to Health Initiatives
Shelly Brownsberger, senior program associate of the Center's Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative provides a first-hand account of her journey to Ethiopia and the Center's work throughout the country. This article originally appeared in the Emory Report.

June 1, 2003
Ethiopian Staffer Relishes Role in Health Training Initiative
Field Staff Profile: Aklilu Mulugetta, Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative.

Jan. 1, 2003
Profile: Dr. Joyce Murray
Eight years ago, the Carter Center's newest program director, Joyce Murray, had never been in a developing country. As a professor at Atlanta's Emory University, however, she became an adviser to three Ethiopian nursing students. She recalls cautioning them,