Tadias Magazine
By Tadias Staff
Published: Sunday, September 6th, 2015
New York (TADIAS) — During a 2012 gathering of experts convened by Harvard School of Public Health’s (HSPH) Department of Global Health & Population and Yale Global Health Leadership Institute (GHLI), Ethiopia’s Health Minister, Dr. Keseteberhan Admassu, had described the challenges of brain drain that his nation faces and how that impacts access to health care stating: “There are currently more Ethiopian doctors working in Chicago than in Ethiopia.”
In recent years, however, the growing collaboration in knowledge sharing initiatives between Ethiopian-born health professionals residing in North America and their colleagues working in Ethiopia has increasingly changed the medical services and health care delivery landscape.
Some of the best ideas come from the Ethiopian Diaspora Conference on Health Care and Medical Education that’s held annually in the Washington, D.C. area, which this year is scheduled to take place in Arlington, Virginia on Saturday September 26th.
Key topics that will be highlighted at the upcoming conference include “disaster management and response with a special focus on the Ebola epidemic, injury and trauma in the Ethiopian setting, new licensure exam and requirements for medical school graduates and physicians in Ethiopia, Diaspora partnership projects as well as abstract and poster presentations on health-related topics relevant to Ethiopia,” People to People Inc. (P2P), the U.S.-based Ethiopian American non-profit organization that puts together the yearly professional gathering, said in a statement. Additional subjects that will be discussed include “overcoming cultural barriers to better advocate for autistic kids in the Ethiopian community in the D.C. metropolitan area” as well as “setting up Cardiology training programs in Ethiopia.”
P2P announced that the association has partnered with the Network of Ethiopian Diaspora Healthcare Professionals (NEDHP), to host the “7th Global Ethiopian Diaspora Conference on Health Care & Medical Education.”
“We are hoping that this conference will follow and build on the success of the previous ones,” the press release stated. “We would like to invite all Ethiopian health care professionals and educators in the Diaspora as well as others who work in related fields to attend the conference.” P2P added: “In order to widen the scope and reach of this conference, we have invited several partner organizations working with Ethiopian healthcare professionals in the Diaspora as well as Alumni Associations of the older medical schools in Ethiopia to participate and invite their membership to attend our conference.”
The conference will also feature presentations entitled “Bahir Dar University Medical School and its International Collaborations” by Getachew Muluken, MD; “Collaborative Agreement for Research and Training: An institutional collaboration between Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), Belgium and University of Gondar” by Dr. Ermias Diro; and “My Experience at an Ethiopian Emergency Department” by Dr. Tsion Firew.
A Lifetime Achievement Award will be bestowed upon Professor Demisse Habte, President of Ethiopian Academy of Sciences, Pediatrician and former Dean of AAU Faculty of Medicine,” the press release said. The “Young Rising Star Award” will be given to Pediatrician and Associate Professor Dr. Sisay Yifru, Dean of the College of Health Sciences at University of Gondar (Ethiopia’s first public health institution) and a “Community Service Award” will be presented to Woizero Marta Wolde-Tsadik and Ato Demeke Tekle-Wold of Project Mercy.
P2P said this year it will also give out two special awards to Professor Dennis Carlson, Former Dean of Gondar Public Health College (1964-67) and to Tadias Magazine.
We are honored and grateful to receive the award!
Below are photos from past conferences as well as registration information for the upcoming conference.
(Photograph from past conference courtesy of People to People, Inc.)
(Photograph from past conference courtesy of People to People, Inc.)
(Photograph from past conference courtesy of People to People, Inc.)
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If You Go:
Date: Saturday September 26th, 2015
Time: 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Sheraton Pentagon City
900 S. Orme Street, Arlington, VA 22204
Telephone: (703) 521-1900
On Site Registration Fee:
Physicians and all other Professionals: $75.00
Residents, Fellows and Students: $25.00
(Fee will cover cost of food and refreshments)
More info and update at www.p2pbridge.org
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