Dereje Duguma

State Minister

Federal Ministry of Health Ethiopia

Dr. Duguma currently leads the MOH’s efforts to continue non-Covid essential services, in addition to providing regional support to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Previously, he served as the Oromia Regional Health Bureau Head. In this role, Dr. Duguma solidified his reputation as a health systems expert by identifying that his team’s ability to gather accurate, reliable, and timely data was being hampered by a lack of awareness, and commitment from managers, In response, he and his team created action plans to address these deficiencies. Dr. Duguma continues to advocate for more data training and encourages continuous coaching for health professionals.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
06:30 pm EEST	08:00 pm EEST	Government Leadership and Accountability to Scale: Lessons from Ethiopia Side Event Kigali Marriott Hotel - Rubavu & Nyungwe & Akagera Rooms	It is imperative that the global development community move beyond boutique, unscalable program designs towards sustainable scale-up of promising interventions, Read More It is imperative that the global development community move beyond boutique, unscalable program designs towards sustainable scale-up of promising interventions, particularly through public sector leadership and accountability. This event will leverage the experience of the Ethiopian FMOH in leading the institutionalization and scale of an innovative ASRH intervention targeting married adolescent girls in Ethiopia, Smart Start, as a case study for the pursuit of sustainable scale-up. Representatives from the MOH, PSI Ethiopia, and BMGF will discuss their experience and lessons learned from this scale-up, asking the question what does government need to truly lead scale-up of promising SRH programming? Organizer: Population Services International (PSI) Read Less Speakers Dereje Duguma State Minister Federal Ministry of Health Ethiopia Dereje Abdena Bayisa Deputy Head, Oromia Regional Health Bureah Ethiopia Ministry of Health Seyoum Atlie Director, Roadmap for Integrating Smart Start in Ethiopia (RISE) Population Services International (PSI) Ethiopia Ann Starrs Director of Family Planning Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) Meseret Zelalem Director, Maternal Child Health and Nutrition Federal Ministry of Health Ethiopia