Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health Science, Hawassa University, 2010

• Public Health Professional Specialist and Junior Researcher at Dilla University for 4 and half years  
• Environmental Health Officer at Dilla University, Teferi Kela Health Center and Hasse Haro Health Centes for a total of 4 years and 10 months. 
• Occupational Health and Safety officer at Yeroam consultancy for 10 months

Water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services are a basic human right. Under Sustainable Development Goal 6, the United Nations aimed to ensure universal and equitable access to water, sanitation, and hygiene for all by 2030. Despite, majority of the healthcare facilities lack basic WASH services lagging far behind the SDGs 2025 target in Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, the critical challenge of inadequate Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services within healthcare facilities poses a significant threat to public health with only limited facilities having improved water source and sanitation facilities. The challenges hampering the provision lies critical issues within the governance structures overseeing WASH initiatives in healthcare institutions. Therefore this study adopts a governance approach to comprehensively investigate and understand the dynamics of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) governance within the Ethiopian health care system.

1. 1. Afework A., Tamene A., Tafa A. Compliance with standard occupational health and safety measures and associated factors among small-scale metal industry workers in Central Ethiopia. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. 2024, 17:  

• Afework A., Tamene A., Tafa A. Musculoskeletal disorders and its associated factors among hospital cleaners in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Scientific Reports. 2024, 14:2887

1. 1. Afework A., Tamene A.,Tesfaye A., Abera T., Gemede S. The prevalence of occupational accidents and the associated factors among Janitorial staffs at a University Teaching hospital in South Ethiopia. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. 2023, 16:1499-1507
   2. Tamene A, Habte A, Tagesse M, Afework A. Exploring associations between household environmental factors and Hand washing with essential agents in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS ONE, 2023, 18:6.
   3. Afework A., Tamene A., Tesfaye A., Abera T., Gemede S. Status and factors affecting Patient Safety Culture at Dilla University Teaching Hospital: A mixed Method cross-sectional study. Risk management and healthcare policy. 2023, 16:1157-1169.
   4. Tamene A, Habte A, Tagesse M, Meles T, Wale ZS, Afework A. Using Household Survey Data to Explore the Effects of Domiciliary Environment on Weight at Birth: A multilevel mixed-effects analysis of the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic Health Survey. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2023, 23:194
   5. Tamene A, Habte A, Woldeyohannes D, Tamrat H, Endale F, Eajo T, Afework A. Water treatment at the point-of-use and treatment preferences among households in Ethiopia: A contemporaneous systematic review and Meta-analysis. PLoS ONE. 2022, 17(10): e0276186
   6. Tamene A, Habte A, Derilo H, Endale F, Gizachew A, Afework A, Sulamo D. Time to return to work after an occupational injury and its Prognostic factors among Employees of Large scale Metal Manufacturing Factories in Ethiopia: a Retrospective Cohort. Environmental Health Insight. 2022, 16:1-11

• Tamene A,Habte A,Woldeyohannes D., Afework A, etal. Food Safety practice and associated factors in Public Food Establishments of Ethiopia: A systematic review and Meta –Analysis. PLoS ONE. 2022, 17(5):e0268918.
• Afework A., Hunachew B., Ermias A., Tamene A. Moving up the Sanitation ladder: a study of the Coverage and Utilization of Improved Sanitation Facilities and Associated factors among Households in Southern Ethiopia. Environmental Health Insights, 2022, 16: 1–11.

1. Ashuro Z., Diriba K., Afework A., etal. Assessment of Microbiological quality of indoor air at different hospital sites of Dilla University: Across sectional study. Environmental Health Insight. 2022, 16:1-8.
2. Tamene A, Afework A. Exploring barriers to the adoption and utilization of improved latrine facilities in rural Ethiopia: An Integrated Behavioral Model for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (IBM-WASH) approach. PloS one. 2021, 11;16(1):e0245289
3. Tamene A, Afework A, Mebratu L. A Qualitative Study of Barriers to Personal Protective Equipment Use among Laundry Workers in Government Hospitals, Hawassa, Ethiopia. Journal of Environmental and Public Health. 2020, 5146786.

M.A in International Relations, AAU (2013).

B.A in Political Science and International Relations with minor in Public Administration and Development Management, AAU (2009).

Graduate Assistant, Lecturer, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.

This study will provide a rights-based analysis of the environmental protection and governance in the city of Addis Ababa. Accordingly, the limitations of the existing environmental instruments, institutions and practices will be assessed from the human rights perspective. Subsequent, the possible contributions of the rights-based approach to remedy the limitations and to enhance the environment-related development endeavours of the city will be explored. The data will be collected from primary and secondary sources. Particularly, the primary data will be mainly collected from the key informants through the key informant interviews. The analysis will be informed by the relevant judgments and other deliberations of the regional and global human rights bodies and by the pertinent policies and practices of the intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and the development cooperation agencies. The study will set recommendations that may contribute for the effectiveness of the ongoing, planned and future green initiatives and the environment-related development activities of the city.

1. ‘Intra-system dynamism and the rights-based approach to the environment under the ECtHR’, International Journal of Public Law and Policy, 2023, Vol. 9, No. 3, DOI: 10.1504/IJPLAP.2023.131992. 
2. ‘Regional Human Rights Institutions: A Comparison of the European and the African Human Rights Systems’, East African Journal of Peace and Human Rights, June 2014, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp.44-67.
3. Eritrea’s Relation with IGAD and the OAU/AU: the Domestic and International Dynamics’, Turkish Journal of International Relations, Fall 2014, Vol. 13, No.3, pp.1-11, DOI: 10.21599/ATJIR.72052

• 1 & ½ Years: Junior Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation & Feedback Expert at Ministry of Construction, Ethiopia.
• 1 year: Assistant Lecturer at Wolkite University, Ethiopia. 
• 4 & ½ Years: Lecturer at Wolkite University, Ethiopia.   

Informal settlements in Ethiopia, particularly in Addis Ababa are traced to a lack of enlightenment of the public on planning regulations, unwillingness to accept laid down regulations, and the high cost involved in getting the right land. Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia many people are migrating to Addis Ababa, and it creates great tension for administration and the hastening of social-related turmoil in the country. Accordingly, it requires urgent solutions for the issues through deep and nearly investigation in the communities and cooperation with government stakeholders. The general objective of the study is to investigate slum and squatter settlement challenges and the issues of informal settlement regularization in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia through the employment of qualitative research approach. Specifically, the study will attempts to investigate the prevailing factors of squatter settlement in Addis Ababa; explore the challenges of slum and squatter settlement on household livelihood; examine the government’s failures to implement land and settlement policies; and understand affordable price issues associated with informal settlement regularization.

1. https://europa.eu/europass/eportfolio/screen/redirect-external?url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311886.2022.2058679
2. https://europa.eu/europass/eportfolio/screen/redirect-external?url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43621-023-00161-7

• MA: Journalism and communications (Public relations and strategic communications)
• BA: Political science and international relations

• Deputy Editor-in-Chief (Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, July 2018 – present)
• Editor (Addis Media Network-formerly Addis Ababa Mass Media Agency, 5 years)
• Reporter (Akaki Kaliti Sub city Administration
• Communication Affairs Office, 2.5 years)

Media can play a significant role both in promoting development, or, conversely, it can be used for the derailment of development. So the main objective of the proposed study is to compare and contrast the coverage of sustainable development issues by state-owned and privately-owned media outlets in Ethiopia. This allows the determination of whether the ownership structure of media outlets influences their coverage of sustainable development. I believe this study will be significant in bringing a positive impact on the understanding of the complex relationship between media ownership, and sustainable development.

1. Daniel Bisset (2019). ‘Seleme-cracy’, PUBLISHER. [Poetry collection]
2. Daniel Bisset (2017). ‘Mexico buna’na shay’, PUBLISHER. [Short stories]
3. Daniel Bisset (2014). ‘Afer bla’, PUBLISHER. [Poetry collection]
4. Daniel Bisset (2012).’Yetach sefer qeldoch’, PUBLISHER [Short stories]

• Masters of Arts degree in Federal and Governance Studies, from Addis Ababa University (AAU)  on 22nd June 2012
• BA Degree in Sociology and Social Anthropology on  July 2008 from AAU.

In 2019, he participated in a study on ‘Mass Based Societies’ commissioned by Ministry of Peace, Ethiopia from April 2018- November 2019. 

In 2020, he participated in a study of the impact of COVID 19 on the essential services provided by the Ethiopian red cross for the vulnerable migrants. 

Added to that, his consultancy included producing white papers ‘Youth and Governance’ and ‘Youth and Climate change which is deposited at the Website of Talent Youth Association (https://tayaeth.org/resources/   )

Out of his voluntary engagement, until now he is serving as a member of organizing committee for ‘HoHE awards’ since 2017.  Also, he is a member of executive board of Ethio-Think Tank Group. 

On the other hand,, his commentary and OP-ED has appeared on Capital newspaper,  and Addis Insight.  Added to that, he regularly blog through https://eyobasfaw.wordpress.com/ 

This study will examine the linkage between (un-) employment and governance in a manner of diagnosing the causes, structural challenges, issues of policy coherence/incoherence, with all actors in its governance spectrum. By and large, the interface between the (un-)employment and its congruent multi-sectorial policy implementation will be studied employing the rational steps of quant+ Qual drawn from mixed approach. Therefore this PhD research will cover the congruence between the (un-) employment and multi-sectorial policy implementation drawing from empirical evidences generated down the line from 1974 to date.The rationale of the study relies on the fact that the unequivocal need to illuminate empirical knowledge’s on unemployment governance area through igniting debates on methodological/conceptual tools of how to approach the study on unemployment governance. In corollary, the furtherance of ontological understanding on the global knowledge on unemployment governance would be emboldened.

• “Revamping Youth Agency for Customary Conflict Resolutions” presented at Arbaminch University from April 25-26, 2023 ;
• “Trends of Civic & Ethical Education for Democratic Consolidation: Implicating the Possibility of Mainstreaming ACDEG” , Ethiopian Journal of Behavioral Studies (EJoBS),  Volume 02 Number 02.( 2019);  
• ‘The Role of Non-State Actors in Ethiopia’s Political Reform in April 2018’,  In International Symposium on Ethiopian Studies and China-Ethiopia Relations,  29 Sept. 2019, in Tianjin University of Technology & Education. Tianjin. China;
• “Recapitalizing the recent Ethiopian political Transition for the Periphery”, in ‘Social and Ideological Movement in Ethiopia’.  September 2021. Tianjin University of Technology & Education. Tianjin. China ;
•  “African Union to Optimize Youth Participation for a Peaceful Society: a Call for institutionalizing Youth Delegate program”, published via Scholars Press: Mauritius (2017);   
• “Endogenous and exogenous factors for volatility of Diaspora Politics: the discourses of Ethiopian, Rwandese and Kenyan diasporas” ,  International Conference on Enfranchising African Diaspora,  Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan,   Nigeria, from  20 to 23 June 2017;  
• “The recent attack in Gambella and its implications for humanitarian operations”, in Horn of Africa Bulletin, Volume 28 Issue 2, March-April 2016.

• MA: Peace and Security (Addis Ababa University, ## year)
• MA: in Political Science (Indira Gandhi National Open University, ## year)
• LLB: Law (Haramaya University, ## year)

• Head (National Dialogue Committee, Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice Party (EZEMA), 4 years)
• Member (National Executive Committee, Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice Party (EZEMA), 6 years)
• Attorney (NAME OF LAW OFFICE, 4 years)
• Manager (Legal Research and Advisor, United Bank S.C. 10 years)

Eyob’s research intends to explore the intersection of development, peace and security, and political science. His proposed dissertation research focuses on understanding the impact of international aid on national development.

This research aims to analyze and examine the long-term effects of USAID aid on Ethiopia’s economic development. The main focus will be on whether this assistance has fostered aid dependency or sustainable growth. The study will explore the role USAID plays in shaping Ethiopia’s policy making landscape, it will examine how aid programs influence economic decision making and also examines the role this aid plays in the development of key sectors like health and agriculture. The research will also assess whether USAID funded projects have left a lasting impact with a special focus on the sustainability of these programs after donor withdrawal. By studying the particular case of USAID in Ethiopia, the research intends to examine interplay between foreign aid and its dependency, its effect on indigenous development efforts, and influence the country’s path towards economic independence and development. The research will employ both qualitative and quantitative methods to explore the complexities of aid dependency in the Ethiopian context.

He aims to bring multidimensional academic and work experience to bring a novel insight into the impact of aid on Ethiopia’s development and sustainability.

• MA in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Addis Ababa University
• MED in Mathematics, Addis Ababa University
• BED in Mathematics, Addis Ababa University
• Associate Degree in Business Management, University of People

1. Provost, Gibson College
2. Lecturer and Department Head, Lunar International College
3. Principal, Birhan International School
4. Customer Service Representative & Tender Analyst, LOE
5. Teacher and Subject Matter Expert, Gibson School

(if any) 

1. Abera, F. (2021). Critical Success Factors of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Structural Model. GSJ, 9(9): ISSN 2320-9186.
2. Abera, F. (2017). Supply Chain Modeling For Oil Companies: In The Case Of Libya Oil Ethiopia Limited, School of Commerce.

Currently, security issues are the most critical dismay of the community in developing nations on the ground. The media sphere of influence to promote peaceful and inclusive societies to attain sustainable development goals will be examined. Methodologically speaking, a mixed approach will be applied. The experiences of editors, reporters, media managers, public relations practitioners, social media activists, and opinion and religious leaders who are living in Mekelle, Aksum, Adigrat, and Maychew will be entertained. I will use agenda-setting and framing theories as frameworks. In societies like Tigrai, which are in a post-conflict environment, the role of media is irreplaceable for genuine participation and inclusion with another agent. So, this research will explore the role and how media creates spheres of influence to promote peaceful and inclusive societies intending to make development sustainable.  

1. The Role of Indigenous Communication Practices for Conflict Management in Shared Boundaries among Neighbors, 2016 (on pipelines for publication)
2. Conflict Narrative Approaches of Tigrains in Mainstream Media during Post-EPRDF, 2022 (on pipelines for publication, the medium of the text is in Tigrigna)

• Master of Science in Population Studies (Reproductive Health), Addis Ababa University, September 2020 – June 2022
• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science Professional, Addis Ababa University, September 2008 – June 2012
• Diploma in Clinical Nurse, Alkan Health Science Business and Technology College, January 2003 – June 2005

• Addis Ababa Health Bureau and Addis Ababa HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office

Multi- Sectoral HIV/AIDS Response Team Leader        July 8, 2019 – Present

• Addis Ababa HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office

Project Appraisal and Resource Mobilization Expert  June 8, 2017 – July 7, 2019

• Addis Ababa HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office

Social Mobilization and HIV/AIDS Mainstreaming Coordinator    

August 7, 2013 – June 7, 2017

• Addis Ketema k/ketema Sub city Health Office in HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Core Process

Social Mobilization and HIV/AIDS Mainstreaming Coordinator     

September 11, 2012 -August 6, 2013

• Addis Ketema k/ketema Sub city Health Office in Health Service Delivery Core Process

Clinical Health Service Delivery Monitoring Expert     

January 10, 2012 – September 5, 2012

• Addis Ketema k/ketama Sub city Woreda 7 Health Center in Triage Case Team  

Senior Clinical Nurse   July 8, 2009 – January 9, 2012

• Addis Ketema k/ketama Sub city Woreda 7 Health Center 

Junior Clinical Nurse    May 9, 2007 – July 7, 2009

• Alkan Health College in Nursing Department

Assistant Instructor        October 20, 2005 – November 27, 2006

Adolescents and young people over 1.8 billion worldwide. Sub-Saharan Africa has a notable concentration of youthful people. Additionally, compared to the other, they make up 42% in the Ethiopian setting. Youth and adolescents seen as the shapers of the world’s future. In adolescent and young adults, quality of life develops into a dynamic and mental state that is related with their view of health as well as their goals, hopes and expectations for their current and future circumstances. Within the framework of the sustainable development goals of the United Nations Development Program, quality of life in all of its forms is a crucial factor. Ethiopian adolescent and young people continue to face numerous obstacles and inequalities. Assessments concerning the inequalities in health-related quality of life among young people who are at risk are lacking. In order to close this gap and offer a novel perspective on the quality of life experienced by Ethiopian youth and adolescents. 

The relationship between viral load status and fertility intention of HIV-positive women of reproductive ages in Addis Ababa: A hospital based study

Hirut Alemayehu1 *; Chalachew Getahun2 1 Six Selected Public Hospitals, Department of ART, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2 Center for Population Studies, College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University, Sidist Kilo Campus 1176, Ethiopia

Name

LUKE KSMSIJS TEMBO 

• Masters Social-Legal Studies (Merit), University of Zimbabwe, 2018
• Post Graduate Diploma, Social Accountability, Rhodes University (2010) 
• Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, University of Malawi, 2008

Prior, I have worked as a Special Law Commissioner for the Malawi Law Commission, National Director for the Malawi Human Rights Defenders Coalition, Country Manager for Ipas Malawi and the Communications and Advocacy Officer for the Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (Malawi) 

My research aims at strengthening pathways in the utilization of the human rights based approaches in achieving sustainable development across the continuum of stakeholders and institutions anchoring the decentralization structures in Malawi. 

The study interrogates the extent at which local government players and institution have embraced and utilized the four pronged human rights based approaches namely Global compliance, Programming, Legal Motivation and Rights talk. (Gauri & Gloppen, 2012) on the sustainable development trajectory. 

• MSc: Construction engineering and management (Jimma University, Ethiopia, year#)
• BSc: Construction technology and management (Wollega University, Ethiopia year#)

• Lecturer (Wollega University, 1 year)
• Lecturer (Wollega University, Ethiopia, 2.7 years).

• MA: in Finance and Investment (NAME OF UNIVERSITY, Ethiopia, year#)
• MA: in Management specialization in Quality Management and
• Organizational excellence (NAME OF UNIVERSITY, Ethiopia, year#)
• BSc: Electrical and Computer Engineering (NAME OF UNIVERSITY, Ethiopia, year#)

• Owner (BH&F General Construction, Nov 2018 – present)
• Operation Manager (Lal-Mar Consultancy, Aug 2023 – present).
• Electrical site engineer (CGCOC Group Co. Ltd, 1 year)
• Office administrator (Dohwa Engineering, 3.3 years)

This study examines the role of finance in driving sustainable agricultural transformation in Ethiopia. As it stands, Despite its immense potential, Ethiopia’s agricultural sector faces challenges like low productivity and limited access to finance. Hence, smallholder farmers struggle to access formal financial services, mainly due to their lack of collateral and high interest rates. The study aims to address several research questions: 1) how does limited access to finance hinder sustainable agricultural transformation and reduces farmers’ ability to adopt new technologies; 2) how do different financial institutions impact agricultural productivity, income, and poverty reduction; 3) how does access to finance affect farmers’ adoption of sustainable practices and overall productivity; and, 4) what policies and frameworks can support effective financial solutions for sustainable agriculture? The study will use a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative data (surveys) and qualitative data (literature review) from various sources. Also, data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) will be used to evaluate the efficiency of different financial institution.