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MOU signed between 10 Universities and EPHI to improve Health in Ethiopia

February 28, 2020NDMCNews

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The signed Memorandum of Understanding between Ethiopian Public Health Institute(EPHI), and ten Universities in order to collaborate and support improved health in Ethiopia through the National Data Management Center for health at EPHI and the Health and Demographic Surveillance Sites (HDSS) and Addis Ababa Mortality Surveillance Program(AAMSP) at the universities on the use of data for the population in accordance with the “information revolution” described in the Health Sector Transformation Plan.

This collaboration is aiming to maximize opportunities for NDMC located at EPHI and HDSS located in the Universities on research capacity building, research funding, data access and sharing, identifying research priorities and dissemination of findings to inform national and subnational health policy in Ethiopia. By working together, NDMC and HDSS will enable Ethiopia to have the most accurate characterization of public health problems so that evidence-informed–based decision can guide the development and evaluation of policies and programs. This collaborative endeavor will also improve the visibility, credibility and significance of NDMC and HDSS in the country and beyond.

Specific purposes of this collaboration are

  • To establish a working collaboration between NDMC and HDSS

  • To support improvements in the health sector through generating data and strong evidence and translating evidence to action in the health sector

  • To sustain a continuous, accessible data storage and archiving in NDMC

  • To develop collaborative research and surveillance projects

This collaboration is expected to build strong research data system, fill critical gaps of generating quality data and evidence, use of evidence for action and changing data use culture at different levels.

  • NDMC and HDSS build their data management, data analytics capacity and share expertise

  • NDMC and HDSS advance data availability and sharing

  • NDMC and HDSS analyze the data to produce estimates of the burden of diseases and injuries and risk factors at the national and subnational level

  • NDMC and HDSS develop win-win research collaboration culture to better serve the country and improve their visibility and creditability

  • NDMC and HDSS create sustainable funding scheme to achieve their mission

  • Both facilitate the use of evidence for action to Ministry of Health and partners through different mechanisms

List of HDSS sites signed the MoU

  1. Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Arba Minch University

  2. Butajira Health and Demographic Surveillance System and Addis Ababa Mortality Surveillance Program, Addis Ababa University

  3. Dabat Research Center, Health and Demographic Surveillance System, University of Gondar

  4. Dale Wonsho Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Hawassa University

  5. Gilgel Gibe Field Research Center, Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Jimma University

  6. Kelilte Awlaello Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Mekelle University

  7. Kersa Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Haramaya University

  8. Micha Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Bahir Dar University

  9. North Shewa Health and Demographic Surveillance System, St. Paul Millennium Medical College

  10. Wolaita Sodo Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Wolaita Sodo University

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