1. Name: MESFIN ESHETU ABEBE
Profession: Director of Quality Management
Languages: English and Amharic
Key Qualifications: A total of 17 years professional experience, in which
04 years with Clinical practice and 11 years working in different public
health programs. Mesfin has an extensive experience in hands-on design,
development and implementation of different type of survey and
participated in the development of guide line for outbreak investigation and
disease surveillance system. He has been working with Monitoring and
Evaluation activities related to HIV /AIDS project at regional health bureau,
ICAP Ethiopia and Path /Westat. Currently he is working at PHSP (private
Health Sector project ) with Abt- associate Inc in the position of Director of
Quality of management .He has an extensive experiences in capacity
building , training skills related to Monitoring and Evaluation, designing and
conducting different type of evaluation with particular emphasis in health
and HIV/AIDS interventions
Technical Skills/Expertise
With 17 years of experiences the technical skills/ expertise acquired incudes
• Designing of Monitoring and Evaluation framework
• Development of PMP (Performance Monitoring Plan), indicators, target
etc.
• Designing and conducting surveys and surveillances using qualitative
and quantitative methods ( descriptive and analytic methods such as
case control and cohort )
• Using the different statistical application packages at different studies
and surveys ( Epi info , SPSS
• Designing and application of different evaluation methods ( process
and summative evaluation)
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2. • Designing and application of continuous Quality assessment technic
using the dimensions and domains of aspects of quality such as
structure ,process and out come
• Designing and conducting different type of training related to Quality
of services , monitoring and Evaluation
• Development of new proposal using project development cycles , use
environmental impact assessment.
Education:
1 MPH, Addis Ababa University Department of community health, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, the major subject includes, Biostatistics
,Epidemiology, Environmental health , Reproductive health, Health
services Managements, and Health Education .Year of study were
from September 1999- August 2002
2 MD, Gondar College of Medical Science, Gondar Ethiopia, September
1988- Aug 1994, Gondar Ethiopia , ( major subject includes Anatomy
,Physiology ,Bio Chemistry, pathology ,pharmacology , Microbiology,
Community Health , and clinical Medicine ( internal medicine , Surgery
,pediatrics , and Gyn/Obs )
Relevant Professional Experience :
1) Experience with Abt Associate Inc (PHSP)
I have been working with Abt Associate Inc Starting from June 2011 with the
position of director of Quality Management. The major duties and
responsibilities includes the followings
• Collaborates with PHSP team, US Government, Government of
Ethiopia, and local and international partners to identify key indicators
and markers of progress, harmonize reporting approaches, and
frameworks to remain responsive to the needs of the PHSP project,
USG and the GOE.
• Be the lead technical person of PHSP team for development of PHSP
work plans, track progress toward fulfillment of project benchmarks,
including those required by PEPFAR.
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3. • Ensure quality and responsiveness of PHSP program reporting on
quarterly, semi-annual, and annual basis.
• Lead M&E system strengthening and ensure that establishment of
database system for the PHSP project.
• Be the lead technical person in assessing benchmarks and evaluating
progress towards the set objectives and benchmarks of the PHSP
project.
• Lead the design and revision of Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
plans with different program units at PHSP level; agree on the process
that needs improvement, organize a team knowledgeable about the
process, clarify the knowledge about the process, try to understand
the causes of variations in the process, and select improvement(s)
envisaged.
• Communicates regularly with PHSP staff and others as feasible to
monitor the progress of CQI implementation at the site level including
reviewing/discussing coaching visits, monitoring site-level changes,
ensuring data collection and problem solving.
• Supports ongoing CQI monitoring and evaluation activities; provide
input to the development and implementation of quality indicators
and system for ongoing data collection (such as tools development),
ensure data is collected, analyzed and utilized for management
decision.
• Ensure facilitation of knowledge management (on M & E and CQI) and
documentation of the PHSP project.
• Provides regular support and supervision to M & E Manager, CQI
Manager and Data Specialist. This includes the formulation of
individual work plans based on unit work plan and/or job descriptions.
It also includes regularly scheduled supervision and performance
management meetings.
• Performs other duties assigned by his/her line manager as necessary
.
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5. Other Professional Experience
Date from June 2009- April 2010
Name of institution: Path /WESTAT
Position: Senior Technical Program officer : Quality Assurance
Major Duties and Responsibilities
• Lead development of quality- of-care (QA) diagnostics tools and
procedures for Community- level (a) Home- based Palliative Care and (b)
Home-based Counseling and Testing services. Lead development of
training curricula and materials for supportive supervision using the QoC
diagnostic tool and integration of this tool and approach into program
training activities (25%)
• Contribute to the assessments of CSO M&E Capacity and actively
strengthen this capacity especially any CSOs including private
research/evaluation institutions adopted as NIPs to execute project
studies and work with grantee CSOs to strengthen their M&E capacity.
Assist partners responsible for monitoring and supervising grants to NIPs
and CSOs relative to M&E. (15%)
• Coordinate and communicate regularly with M&E Officers of other
PEPFAR contractors, most importantly Save the Children, MSH, and
Pathfinder. Coordinate and communicate regularly with M&E Officers
from HAPCO and other relevant GOE departments. Actively contribute to
U.S. Gov’t and Gov’t of Ethiopia’s M&E/Strategic Information Technical
Working Groups (TWG). (10%)
• Lead development and pilot of a community- based HIV & AIDS related
activities planning, monitoring and reporting system. (10%)
• Oversee the technical support to project partners in the design and
execution of surveys and evaluations and routine M&E of the different
technical areas (10%).
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6. • Supervise the activities of the Compliance Evaluation Advisor and the
M&E specialist and any other Westat M&E positions which might added to
the project (10%)
• Actively participate in Sr. Management Team meetings and
responsibilities (10%)
• Lead coordination of the production of all project reports required in the
contract, especially as they relate to reporting information about project
accomplishments and challenges (5%)
• Lead regular review of information on progress and performance of
project including program grantees (5%)
Date 1,206- June 2009
Insti tu t io n: ICAP, (center for international program Inc. International
Center for AIDS care and treatment program Ethiopia
Position: Monito rin g and Evaluation officer
• Designing of indicators, develop forms and electronic based system in
collaboration and cooperation with partner like CDC, FMOH, Ethiopia
and Regional health bureaus as well as CU-ICAPNY.
• To incorporate the above indicators in health institutions data
capturing system
• Train CU-ICAP-Ethiopia staff on the indicators ,data collection
system ,analysis and changing to management functions
• Train RHB health personnel and Data clerks in the indicators ,data
collection,, analysis and changing to management function
• Follow the implementation of the planning activities
• Take part in of targeted evaluation ,publication of interest areas and
dissemination of the information
• Assist in coordination of knowledge management activities in ICAP/CU
Ethiopia to document, share and archive data to build institutional
memory as well as to inform programmatic direction
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7. • Identify areas for advocacy and advise the management in designing
and implementing advocacy work
• Represent the organization in M and E issues
Date 8/7/2004- 7/8/2006
Insti tu t io n: Benishangul Gumuz HAPCO
Position: M&E Team Leader of Global Fund Progra m
Duties and Responsibilities
• Key responsibility is to strengthen the monitoring and Evaluation
capacity at Regional HAPCO.
• Following all HIV/AIDS intervention, data collection, analysis,
producing and disseminating M&E report.
• Identify information /data needs and sets indicators.
• Developing a regional HIV/AIDS M&E system.
• Planning: Fully involve in the preparation of Regional HAPCO plan.
• Prepare quarterly and annual report
• Organize meetings, to provide feedback to all stakeholders, discuss on
M&E findings, challenges and lessons drawn.
• Participate in project appraisal, to ensure that all project proposal
submitted to HAPCO have incorporated M&E system.
• Closely working with System Specialist and make an effort to
computerize all activities at all level in the region.
• Field supervision, to give technical support.
• Participate in Research and survey, developing TOR, etc. Organizing
M&E training
May 2003 – June 2004
Insti tu t io n : Benishang ul Gumuz HAPCO
Position : Acting Head of HAPCO
Duties and responsibilities
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8. • Lead and control over all HIV related activity in the region. ( both
financial and performance control and follow up)
• Coordinate HIV /AIDS prevention efforts with stakeholders
• Working closely with funding agency – Emergency AIDS fund from
World Bank (EMSAP, MAP-1) UNICEF, Global fund. I am involved in
proposal preparation ,implementation and reporting of over all activity
in the region,
• Monitoring, supervision of over all HIV related activity in the region
Date Septemb e r 1998 – August 2002
Position: Team leader for commu nicable Disease control ,
Insti tu t io n: Benishangul Gumuz Regional Health bureau ,
Benishang ul Duties and Responsibilities :
• Work to control and prevent TB, Leprosy, HIV /AIDS and blindness
in the region.
• Organize ,and lead training related to TB/HIV for mid and low level
health workers
• Prepare an action plan and implement activities related to
TB/HIV ,blindness prevention and control
• Monitoring , Evaluation and Reporting of over activity related to
communicable disease ,
• Fully involved in HIV /AIDS surveillance and other survey ( Sentinel
surveillance ,Behavioral surveillance survey )
• lead planning and implementation of the routine EPI program in the
region
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9. • Lead and coordinate the planning and implementation of polio
eradication campaign , campaign for Measles vaccination
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10. Date : November 1997- July 2002
Position : Medical Director of Asosa Hospital
Insti tu t io ns : Benishang ul Gumuz Regional Health Bureau
• Coordinate and lead overall management in the hospital. Prepare
annual budget, assign and follow health professionals in the hospital.
• Work in Out patient and inpatient departments ( Diagnosis ,treatment
and follow up of patients)
• Collect, analyze and report over all activities carried out in the region.
Date October 1995- October 1997
Position :Medical Doctor:
Insti tu t io ns : Assosa Hospital, Benishangul Gumuz Regional sate,
Duties and Responsibilities
• Diagnosis and treatment of clinical cases
• Prepare daily report on cases ,diagnosis and management
• Prepare and conduct training for low and mid level health workers ,
• Provide health education for out patient attendants
Paper, presen ta tio n and Publication
1. Behavioral survey for HIV/AIDS infection in Asosa, among the general population and
commercial sex workers. Ethiop J. Health Dev.2004; 18(2) PP 75-81.
2. Determinant and predisposing factors for maternal mortality in Benishangul Gumuz
Regional State (unpublished).
3. Trends of HIV/AIDS infection in ANC attendee of pregnant women in Asosa Hospital
(unpublished)
Honors and Awards: none; if none,
Memberships:
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11. 1) EPHA: Ethiopian Public Health Associations
2) MAPPP: Medical Association of Physicians in private practice
Professional Development and Training
1. Training on performance Management Plan, organized by USAID
Ethiopia and MSI Ethiopia ; from April 23-25 2013
2. Completed Harvard Manage Mentor: performance Appraisal, Goal
setting, career management, Team leadership , stress Management ,
March 2013
3. USAID /Ethiopia Life of Project Environmental Compliance and
Environmentally sound Design and Management and workshop,
December 3-6,2012
4. Comprehensive ART training, Ethiopian Medical Association, Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, May 14-16,2010
5. ART patient monitoring, ICAP Ethiopia, Addis Ababa July 25-27, 2006
6. HIV community planning for Community ART treatment adherence
(TOT),CDC Ethiopia ,FMOH Ethiopia and NASTAD ,July 25-27 ,2006
7. National HIV/AIDS /STI surveillance workshop ,CDC ,Ethiopia ,FMOH
,August 5-9 2006
8. ARV therapy ,Road map preparation ,FMOH ,WHO office of Ethiopia,
August 9-11 ,2005
9. ARV therapy ,Road map preparation ,FMOH ,WHO office of Ethiopia,
June 23 -30 ,2005
10. Training of Trainers (TOT) on Monitoring and Evaluation, National
HIV /Prevention and Control office ,(HAPCO ) and FMOH Ethiopia ,
Jan10-17,2005
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12. 11. Training of Trainer courses on HMIS/M&E , Hareg Project in Ethiopia
,FMOH ,Ethiopia and NASTAD ,Jan 27-29 ,2004
12. International Training of Trainers courses on HIV /AIDS /STI , CDC,
Ethiopia WHO office Ethiopia, University of California, San Francisco,
Jan 27-29 2004.
13. Other Trainings
1. Management of severe and complicated malaria
2. Syndromic management of STIs
3. Research Methodology conduct sentinel Surveillance for HIV/AIDS
infection and Behavioral surveillance survey
4. Modular Development Training for Integrated Disease Surveillance
Response
Compu te r experience
Training on different computer skill and certificate awarded for the following
program ,MS words, MS Excel, Access ,MS project ,SPSS,EPI info
REVISED_DATE: July 31, 2013
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