“EPHA has been providing health research methods and ethics training with the objective of improving the understanding and skills of researchers and practitioners in designing and conducting operational research at different levels,” he added. 

Trainers (From left to right Prof. Getu Degu, Dr. Belaynew Wasie)

The training was designed to enable health professionals to improve their capabilities in research designing, planning and implementation. It was also meant to give an opportunity for trainees to develop a research proposal as part of it.

In his closing speech Ato Ayelegn Mulualem, Head of the Amhara Regional Health Bureau stated that EPHA has been engaged in areas of capacity building, promoting professional standards, advocating health issues and advancing the conduct of researches in public health which are all helpful in strengthening the public health system of the country.

Nineteen health professionals drawn from different universities and health sectors including Semera, Debretabor, Axum, and Benishangul Universities, Tseda Health Science College, Saint Paul Millinium Medical College, zonal health departments and health facilities in the stated regions have attended the training.

Six of the trainees were female

About 500 members of EPHA have been trained in health research methods and ethics since the training program was launched in 2006.