Browsing by Author "Girma Birhanu"

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    Compiled Body of Works in Field Epidemiology
    (Addis Ababa Universty, 2018-06) Girma Birhanu; Ahmed Ali
    The Ethiopian Field Epidemiology Training Program (EFETP) is a competency training program in field epidemiology modeled from on the mode of the United State Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS). The Program is designed to assist the Ministry of Health in building or strengthening health systems by producing public health professionals with skills and competencies developed through applied learning. FETP consists of 25% class-based learning and 75% at a field base where residents are expected to apply the principles learned in class to solve real world public health issues. The EFETP residents Two years in a field epidemiology training program focusing on investigating outbreaks, analysis and evaluation of surveillance systems, and other public health activities and residents compile a body of works consisting of their outbreak investigation reports, surveillance analyses, etc. This compiled body of works contains outputs done during my residency time in the Program. The body of works is categorized in to eight chapters as follows: The first chapter contains two outbreak investigations: the first outbreak investigation conducted was Scabies outbreak in Dembiya District, North Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, August, 2017. The second investigated outbreak was Suspected AWD outbreak investigation in Wogera District, North Gondar Zone, October, 2017. The Second chapter is surveillance data analysis of Dysentery in Akaki Kality Sub City, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 2012-2016. The third chapter is evaluation of Relapsing Fever surveillance system in Akaki Kality Sub City, Ethiopia, 2016 The fourth chapter is description of Health profile of Akaki Kality Sub City District Seven, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016. The fifth chapter is development of Manuscript on Surveillance Data Analysis, Akaki Kality Sub City, and Addis Ababa-2016. The sixth chapters is development of abstracts for scientific presentations namely:-Surveillance Data Analysis of Dysentery, Akaki Kality Sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2012-2016 and Outbreak Investigation of Scabies Disease in Dembiya District, North Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2017. The Seventh chapter is an Epidemiologic Protocol/Proposal for Epidemiologic Research Project namely: Assessment of Prevalence and Associated factors for diarrheal disease among under five children in Akaki Kality Sub city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2018. The last Chapter (Chapter Eight) contains other additional outputs during two years of my residency time.
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    Public-Private Partnership: An Innovative Financing Strategy for Affordable Housing in Addis Ababa City Administration
    (Addis Ababa University, 2025-05) Girma Birhanu; Teshome Tafesse (PhD); Tesfaye Zeleke (PhD)
    The challenges associated with providing housing in urban centers have turned in to an overwhelming burden due to the lack of financing capacity of local governments. Nowadays, countries have considered the private sector’s involvement to finance housing provision through Public-Private Partnership arrangement. In Ethiopia the efforts of affordable housing provision exacerbated by the financing shortage and the soaring inflation which requires policy attention. Whereas, the increasing demand for housing due to rapid urbanization and population growth made the efforts of housing provision a difficult task. Although, Addis Ababa City Administration has been trying to tackle housing shortage over the past twenty years through Integrated Housing Development Program the achievement was far behind the target set by the city. Recognizing this drawback, the city has decided to engage the private sector in the efforts of housing provision through the Public-Private Partnership arrangement. The study adopted a pragmatic philosophical approach. Moreover, sequential mixed explanatory approach was utilized to get into the insights from the large number of respondents through surveys, allowing for a comprehensive understanding of the theme through qualitative data. The findings of the study shown the project initiation, resource allocation, and signing of the contract document were areas of good performance. However, lack of participatory risk identification, failure in clearly identifying the deliverables, and the delay in starting the construction were weakness observed. Moreover, private partner’s engagement shown lack of transparent competitive procurement which fails to reflect the true offering of the market. On the other hand, the partnership effort faced challenges like funding constraints, lack of targeted incentives, weak institutional capacity, and the private sector’s inability to raise the initial 30% of the project cost. Likewise, with regards to finance and risk sharing Public-Private Partnership appears a feasible financing option. Finally, the research recommended the implementation of Transparent Land Based Housing Financing Model. To achieve efficiency in the public-Private Partnership implementation ensuing competitive procurement, enhancing institutional capacity and participatory risk sharing strategy are emphasized.