Ethiopian Public Health Institute
Bikila Deriba serves as a Senior Supply Chain Officer and National Covid-19 Pandemic Response Logistics Team Lead at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute since November 2019. Prior to this role, Bikila worked as a Senior Pharmacist at a Government Health Facility from March 2011 to November 2019. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Central Health College, a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Rift Valley University, a Master's degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from Arsi University, and ongoing studies at the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply in public procurement.
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Ethiopian Public Health Institute
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), the former Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI), is reestablished as an autonomous federal government institute having its own legal personality as the main government body in charge of three main tasks as expressed in the regulation number 301/2013: Research, based on national public health research agenda on priority public health and nutrition issues, generate, translate and disseminate scientific and technological knowledge; surveillance, for the early identification and detection of public health risks and prevent public health emergencies through adequate preparedness, alert, timely information during public health emergency, respond effectively and timely and ensure rapid recovery of the affected population from the impact of public health emergency; Referral diagnostic and Analytical tests and support the capacity building of health and food science laboratories at the national level for quality laboratory services. The mission for Ethiopian Public Health Institute is to improve the health of the general public of Ethiopia through undertaking research on priority health and nutrition issues for evidence based information utilization and technology transfer; effective public health emergency management; establishing quality laboratory system; and training public health researchers and practitioners for best public health interventions.