Our Experts

Principal Technical Advisor - Ethiopia

Berhanemeskal Assefa has more than 30 years of clinical and managerial experience in medicine and public health, and has been trained widely in the areas of TB, TB/HIV, MDR-TB, management and leadership, and health systems strengthening.

Shelemo Shawula Kachara, M.D.

Senior Technical Advisor

Dr. Shelemo Shawula, a senior public health practitioner, worked with the USAID-funded Strengthening Human Resources for Health (HRH) project in Ethiopia to provide leadership, technical oversight, and administration for improved human resources for health management at national, regional and local levels in Ethiopia. Dr. Shawula has 15 years cumulative experience in health services delivery and management, human resources for health, performance improvement, building leadership and management capacity for the government and NGOs in Africa.

Muluken Melese Aseresa

Senior Technical Advisor for TB and HIV

Muluken Melese Aseresa is a medical doctor and a public health professional with more than 20 years of clinical, project management, and research experience.

Dr. Negussu Mekonnen

Dr. Negussu Mekonnen is the Country Representative of MSH in Ethiopia. Previously he had served as the Chief of Party for USAID’s Systems for Increased Access to Pharmaceuticals and Services (SIAPS), Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems (SPS), and Rational Pharmaceutical Management Plus (RPM+) programs in Ethiopia....