Browsing by Author "Henok Birhanu"

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    Assessment of Molecular Laboratory Logistics Management Practices and the Challenges During Covid-19 Emergency in Ethiopia: The Case of Ethiopia Public Health Institute and Ethiopia Pharmaceutical Supply Service
    (Addis Ababa University, 2022-06) Henok Birhanu; Shiferaw Mitiku
    In order to control public health emergency disease laboratories, need good-quality, uninterrupted supplies of test reagents and other consumables Covid-19 molecular diagnosis is one of such tests that need reagents and supplies be available in each testing site timely, with physical integrity and with the right quantity for successfully combating the pandemics. The main objective of this study was to assess the molecular laboratory logistics management practice and its challenge during Covid-19 emergency in Ethiopia in the case of Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency and Ethiopian Public Health Institute. These included the logistics management practices in procurement, warehouse and storage, inventory, transportation and distribution, logistics management information system and related challenges. Descriptive research design was used to address the objectives. The population of the study consisted of employees of the Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency and Ethiopian Public Health Institute deployed for the emergency. The operational areas included warehouse and inventory management, distribution and fleet management, tender and contract management, emergency operation center, molecular laboratory, and logistics unit from which the sample was drawn. The appropriate sample has been drawn through applying stratified random sampling.Primary data sources were used for this research. A self-administered questionnaire was designed to collect relevant information from the selected 96 respondents. Among these 96 questionnaires were returned and analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) version 24. The percentage, mean and standard deviation of descriptive analysis were employed. Through the descriptive statistical analysis, an overall mean score was computed for logistics management practicein the case ofEthiopian pharmaceuticals Supply service. The study revealed that inventory management practice (M=3.6143) was relatively highly agreed practice logistics activity in Ethiopian pharmaceuticals Supply service and followed by procurement (M=3.5669) and logistics management information system (M=3.4740). In the case of Ethiopian Public Health institute, the logistics management practice of Covid-19 molecular laboratory reagents and consumables showed that the transportation and distribution management practice(M=2.86) and warehouse and storage management practice(M=3.12) were medium practiced. The study indicated that during Covid-19 pandemic the Ethiopian public health institute were facing different challenges among those human resource related challenges was the major one in affecting Covid-19 molecular laboratory logistics management. Furthermore, internal and external challenge, infrastructural related challenge; top management support related challenge and legal issue were pointed outby many of the respondent from Ethiopian Public Health Institute. On the contrary, in the case Ethiopian Pharmaceutical supply Service the highly rated challenge was related with external challenge followed by internal challenge, infrastructural related challenge, and top management support related challenge. In conclusion Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service should handle all laboratory reagents and consumables logistics management practice and Ethiopian public Health institute should focus on quality assurance, specification development and innovative local reagents production. Key words: Logistics, Procurement, warehouse, storage, inventory management, transport, and distribution information system
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    Assessment of Molecular Laboratory Logistics Management Practices and the Challenges During Covid-19 Emergency in Ethiopia: The Case of Ethiopia Public Health Institute and Ethiopia Pharmaceutical Supply Service
    (Addis Ababa University, 2022-06) Henok Birhanu; Shiferaw Mitiku
    In order to control public health emergency disease laboratories, need good-quality, uninterrupted supplies of test reagents and other consumables Covid-19 molecular diagnosis is one of such tests that need reagents and supplies be available in each testing site timely, with physical integrity and with the right quantity for successfully combating the pandemics. The main objective of this study was to assess the molecular laboratory logistics management practice and its challenge during Covid-19 emergency in Ethiopia in the case of Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency and Ethiopian Public Health Institute. These included the logistics management practices in procurement, warehouse and storage, inventory, transportation and distribution, logistics management information system and related challenges. Descriptive research design was used to address the objectives. The population of the study consisted of employees of the Ethiopian Pharmaceuticals Supply Agency and Ethiopian Public Health Institute deployed for the emergency. The operational areas included warehouse and inventory management, distribution and fleet management, tender and contract management, emergency operation center, molecular laboratory, and logistics unit from which the sample was drawn. The appropriate sample has been drawn through applying stratified random sampling.Primary data sources were used for this research. A self-administered questionnaire was designed to collect relevant information from the selected 96 respondents. Among these 96 questionnaires were returned and analyzed using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS) version 24. The percentage, mean and standard deviation of descriptive analysis were employed. Through the descriptive statistical analysis, an overall mean score was computed for logistics management practicein the case ofEthiopian pharmaceuticals Supply service. The study revealed that inventory management practice (M=3.6143) was relatively highly agreed practice logistics activity in Ethiopian pharmaceuticals Supply service and followed by procurement (M=3.5669) and logistics management information system (M=3.4740). In the case of Ethiopian Public Health institute, the logistics management practice of Covid-19 molecular laboratory reagents and consumables showed that the transportation and distribution management practice(M=2.86) and warehouse and storage management practice(M=3.12) were medium practiced. The study indicated that during Covid-19 pandemic the Ethiopian public health institute were facing different challenges among those human resource related challenges was the major one in affecting Covid-19 molecular laboratory logistics management. Furthermore, internal and external challenge, infrastructural related challenge; top management support related challenge and legal issue were pointed outby many of the respondent from Ethiopian Public Health Institute. On the contrary, in the case Ethiopian Pharmaceutical supply Service the highly rated challenge was related with external challenge followed by internal challenge, infrastructural related challenge, and top management support related challenge. In conclusion Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Service should handle all laboratory reagents and consumables logistics management practice and Ethiopian public Health institute should focus on quality assurance, specification development and innovative local reagents production. Key words: Logistics, Procurement, warehouse, storage, inventory management, transport, and distribution information system
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    Multilateralism Versus Regionalism: An Appraisal of Ethiopia's Foreign Trade Policy Options
    (Addis Ababa University, 2010-02) Henok Birhanu; Fikremarkos Merso
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    The Role of Leveraging Digital Transformation and Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Logistics Management: Analysis of Opportunities, Adoption Barriers and Policy Imperatives in Logistics Sector in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
    (Addis Abeba Universty, 2026-10) Henok Birhanu; Shiferaw Mitiku (PhD)
    This study examines the strategic role of digital transformation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) deployment in driving sustainable logistics management within the context of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Amidst institutional efforts such as the Digital Ethiopia 2025 framework, a notable implementation gap persists between high-level policy visions and localized operational realities. To evaluate this ecosystem, the study adopted a quantitative, descriptive research design. Primary empirical data was gathered via structured questionnaires from 108 validated practitioners (a 90% response rate) across strategic public institutions including the Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Service Enterprise (ESLSE) and the Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute (EAII) and premier private logistics firms. The empirical findings reveal a highly fragmented digitization landscape. While baseline transactional technologies, such as real-time GPS fleet telematics (M = 3.89) and FinTech payment solutions (M = 4.04), exhibit high adoption integration, critical core logistics frameworks, including Automated Warehouse. Management Systems (WMS) and customs-linked Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), remain moderately underutilized. Furthermore, advanced AI maturity is severely constrained by systemic infrastructural deficits, primarily unreliable power grids and a scarcity of localized AI technical vendors, alongside prominent organizational barriers such as prohibitive capital requirements and localized digital literacy gaps. Conversely, structural optimization models indicate that advanced AI deployment yields substantial latent opportunities for sustainable logistics, specifically driving economic cost-efficiencies, reducing fossil fuel consumption, and elevating end-to-end supply chain transparency. To mitigate these structural friction points, the study concludes with a policy roadmap, emphasizing the immediate imperative for targeted government-backed digital skills training frameworks, import tax exemptions on specialized logistics hardware, and the establishment of a unified national data-sharing infrastructure
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    The Use of Social Media as a Public Relations Tool Among Humanitarian Organizations in Ethiopia: The Case of Ethiopian Red Cross Society
    (Addis Ababa University, 2021-07) Henok Birhanu ; Samuel Mochona
    This research is conducted to investigate the use of social media as a PR tool among humanitarian organizations in Ethiopia by taking the specific case of the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS). The study also specifically assesses whether the ERCS is adopting social media as a PR tool or not, the drives for adopting social media and the opportunities and challenges of using it in the ERCS. To provide answers to the research questions, the study employed a qualitative research approach. Primary data were collected through an in-depth interview conducted with colleagues of the communication department. Selected thematic messages were also gathered from the social media platforms of the ERCS’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube outlets for qualitative content analysis. This study employed affordance theory to better understand the use of social media in an organizational setting like the ERCS. The results indicate that the ERCS’s communication department has adopted social media as a PR tool. The main drives for using social media are management directions, its recognition in the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and to take advantage of some of its benefits. The ERCS use social media to convey general and thematic messages. These messages are mainly prepared in Amharic and English languages by predominantly using the combination of text and picture/photograph contents. By using social media as a PR tool, the ERCS is able to widely communicate its messages and further reach its publics. The ERCS is unable to optimally use social media as a PR tool due to technical, administrative and input related challenges. To further improve the ERCS's social media engagement, this study forwarded some strategic and technical recommendations.