CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL DATA
First name:

Getachew

Middle name:

Mekonnen

Last name:

Gettu

Date of Birth:

May, 1980

Place of birth

Dire Dawa

Sex:

Male

Marital Status:

Single

Citizenship:

Ethiopian

Contact address:
Telephone:

Residence: + 251114409852
Cell phone: + 251911071149

Email:

getmezegetmeze@yahoo.com
mekonnengetachew2000@yahoo.com

P. O. Box:

8059

City:

Addis Ababa

Country:

Ethiopia

CARRER OBJECTIVE

- Seeking a position in a national / international governmental / nongovernmental organization with greatest interest in public health interventions.
EDUCATION

September 2006 August 2008 : Master Degree in General Public Health

Addis Ababa University School of Public Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Sept 1999 July 2003: BSc Degree in Public health Dilla University, Dilla,
Ethiopia

PROFESSIONAL EXPEREINCE

Oct. 2013 To date: Nutrition Officer UNICEF, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Generally: I am providing technical and professional support to Amhara Region
health system there by realizing the geographic expansion of community based
nutrition program(CBN), strengthening multi-sectoral nutrition coordination, doing
supportive supervision and building the capacity of health centre staff, Health
Extension workers(HEWs) and Health development Army (HAD)
.
Specific Responsibilities
Ensure the expansion of CBN in new woredas in Amhara Region as per the
regional AWP

and ensure they stared implementing monthly GMP and submit

monthly report

Conduct capacity gap assessment and capacity building for PHCU staff in CBN
Woredas on preventive nutrition programs using the opportunity of the planed
health center staff training and through on the job support.

Identify opportunities and bottlenecks for multi-sectoral linkages at regional,

Zone/woreda level

and

make

recommendations

for

better

multi-sectoral

coordination.

Attend nutrition multisectroal stakeholder planning and review meetings at

Region, zone and woreda level in order to make sure nutrition is well reflected
and followed up.

Conduct field supportive supervision to Zones/woredas on monthly basis

Organization of periodic ( at least once every two months) review meetings at

woreda and regional levels, using the community-generated data, and compile
issues discussed in the review meetings and provide feedback

Collect information about related programs, explore effective linkages, and

facilitate the establishment of linkages at the regional/woreda levels

Closely work and communicate with the Nutrition monitors and NGOs in the
region to facilitate the information sharing and follow up of activities.

Ensure that the CBN supplies are distributed to all CBN implementing woredas
and collect report on utilization and management

Consolidate on quarterly basis CBN report on progresses in CBN implementation,

bottlenecks, constraints and actions taken to address bottlenecks.

Documentation of CBN activities including complementary food as well as linkages

with other sectors

Support and follow the Complementary food production in 5 woredas per region

April 2013 Sept. 2013: Health Officer, technical support to Gambela

regional health bureau.
Generally: I am providing technical and professional support to Gambela health
bureau as part of multi sectorial special support team to improve the
accomplishment of different interventions and capacity of the regional health
bureau, zonal health departments, woreda health offices and health facilities.
Specific Responsibilities
Provision of integrated in service trainings to health workers and health
extension workers ;

Implementing effective supportive supervision system in the health system of

Gambela region to help to improve MNCH, Health extension, HIV/AIDS,
Nutrition, TB/Leprosy, IMNCI and STI prevention and control programs;

Provision of technical advice for successful implementation of pastoralist

health service strategy ;

Continuous follow up and support for the resettlement or Villagization

program by giving emphasis to public health related issues;

Organizing and coordinating emergency responses during flooding, epidemic

and conflict;

Providing guidance and building capacity of woredas (districts) for effective

coordination of the implementation of the annual plan;

Review performance of respective woredas and document baseline of health

service performance indicators, identify gaps and prepare plan of action

Provision of trainings on EPI, Nutrition (SAM management), HIV/AIDS,

CLTSH, Malaria and following the implementation of major programs which
have public health importance

Coordinating different campaigns like EOS ( Nutrition screening, de-worming

children, Vitamin A supplementation), Vaccination campaigns ( Polio
eradication, Measles)

Aug. 2011- March 2013: Health Officer, technical support to Gambela

regional health bureau, UNOPS.
Generally: I am providing technical and professional support to Gambela health
bureau as part of multi sectoral special support team to improve the
accomplishment of different interventions and capacity of the regional health
bureau, zonal health departments, woreda health offices and health facilities.
Specific Responsibilities
Provision of integrated in service trainings to health workers and health
extension workers ;

Implementing effective supportive supervision system in the health system of

Gambela region to help to improve MNCH, Health extension, HIV/AIDS,
Nutrition, TB/Leprosy, IMNCI and STI prevention and control programs;

Provision of technical advice for successful implementation of pastoralist

health service strategy ;

Continuous follow up and support for the resettlement or Villagization

program by giving emphasis to public health related issues;

Organizing and coordinating emergency responses during flooding, epidemic

and conflict;

Providing guidance and building capacity of woredas (districts) for effective

coordination of the implementation of the annual plan;

Review performance of respective woredas and document baseline of health

service performance indicators, identify gaps and prepare plan of action

Provision of trainings on EPI, Nutrition (SAM management), HIV/AIDS,

CLTSH, Malaria and following the implementation of major programs which
have public health importance

Coordinating different campaigns like EOS ( Nutrition screening, de-worming

children, Vitamin A supplementation), Vaccination campaigns ( Polio
eradication, Measles)

Sept. 2010- Aug. 2011: School Health and Nutrition Advisor for
USAID/CSPP, Save the Children USA.
Generally: I am responsible for Providing Technical assistance to the DCOP in the
areas of program development and implementation of SHN and coordinate all

program activities related to SHN; be responsible for all technical assistance and
capacity building activities related to SHN.
Specific Responsibilities
Provide Technical support and leadership to technical staff, particularly in the
areas of training, capacity building, SHN and Monitoring and Evaluation to
ensure that high quality activities are implemented and accomplished on a
timely basis;

Prepares SHN program operation and detailed implementation plans, and

budget of the program;

Develops and updates School Health and Nutrition Education training,

monitoring and Evaluation Manuals;

Reviews the progress and sustainability of SHN program;

Conducts joint assessment of formal schools with impact area team and the
concerned government officials for expansion of the SHN program
interventions;

Updates SHN training and monitoring manuals based on annual feedback

from schools/government and other sources;

Assists in identifying and pursuing opportunities for additional funding for

SHN programming;

Produces pertinent IEC materials to enhance the SHN education program;

Follows-up the construction of water points, latrines and other facilities in

the targeted schools

July 2009- August, 2010: Public Health Emergency Management Core

Process Coordinator, Benna Tsemay District, South Omo Zone, SNNPR.
Generally: Being the Public Health Emergency Management Core Process
Coordinator and Woreda EPI focal person I was responsible for Planning,
organizing, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of diseases surveillance
activities in the district. Moreover, doing vaccine forecast, planning, organizing and
implementation, monitoring and evaluation of EPI programmes were my duties.
Specific Responsibilities

Doing active case search in outpatient and inpatient registry of health facilities
and other priority sites and report if unreported cases of reportable
diseases/deaths found , like AFP, Measles and NNT

Represent the district in IDSR (integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response)

and EPI meetings and trainings

Compile and report weekly IDSR report to Zonal Health Department

Sensitize health workers, health extension workers and community members in

the prioritized areas about AFP, Measles, NNT, AWD and other diseases
surveillance and IDSR

Analyse and present IDSR data for local use

Make available surveillance and EPI guidelines, report formats and posters in
office and health facilities

Preparing case file for each reported AFP and measles cases

Maintain line listing of reported AFP, Measles and other important diseases in
surveillance

Prepare annual, semi-annual, quarter and monthly plan of activities and submit
to immediate supervisor

Ensure proper documentation of surveillance reports.

Follow health facilities cold chain system and immunization service status and
quality

Give feedback on reported AFP, Measles cases to health facilities, clinicians as

well as the patients family

Do follow up of reported AFP cases after 60 days

Do feedback on report timeliness and completeness

Participate/Lead in epidemic investigation and management with departments

in office

Plan, implement, monitor and evaluate EPI programs

Ensure vaccine and other EPI supplies availability and effective use

Provide short term training on EPI and IDSR

Achievements

AFP suspected case detected and reported for the first time since the past eight
years in the district

Measles epidemic investigated early and epidemic management started as soon

as possible

Health extension workers were given full course of IDSR training and also
refresher training including on AWD.

All health facilities, with special emphasis to high priority sits, and other priority
areas for surveillance ( Eg. Hostel) were visited for register review and staffs
were updated on surveillance.

Line list was prepared and documented for reported AFP case, for AWD case and
for the cases of measles throughout the epidemic period.

Enough amount of recent manuals and weekly reporting were distributed to

health facilities

Assisted AWD epidemic investigation and management outside my work place,

Dasenech district

Provide IDSR training out of my working place, Dasenech district

Undertake nutrition screening in the district in selected kebeles

Surveillance documentation reorganized and district health office staffs updated

Rapid integrated assessment done with DPPA and other government sectors in
each season

Sept. 2008 - June 2009: Head, Health Programs Coordination desk, Benna
Tsemay district Health office, South Omo Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia
Generally: I was actively involved in Planning, implementation, monitoring and
evaluation of public health interventions. Assessing the effectiveness of public
health interventions and organizing and coordinating different campaigns, social
mobilization activities.
Major Responsibilities
Prepare and send annual, semi-annual, quarter and monthly plan and report

 Monitoring and evaluation of public health interventions that are implemented by

government health facilities, NGO clinics and other partner NGOs
Provision of scheduled supportive supervision to health facilities
Facilitate regular review meeting of partner organizations and health workers
from all health facilities
Develop project documents
Provision of on job training to health workers
Organizing, implementing and coordination of different campaigns like EOS,
Polio, Measles, IRS
Achievements
-

Regular Supportive supervision done to health facilities

Campaigns were effectively and to the maximum level achieved

Complete and timely report done to immediate supervisor and to Zonal

health department

Regular feedback given to health facilities

Regular review meetings done for routine activities and campaigns

Develop and send proposal to partners

Epidemics investigated and managed effectively

Effective social mobilization done in selected public health problems

Rapid integrated assessment done with DPPA and other government sectors
in each season

December 2005 Sept. 2006: Head of District Health office, Benna Tsemay
District, South Omo Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia
Generally: I was responsible for Planning, monitoring and evaluation of public
health programs, staffing and appraisal of workers, resource mobilization and
allocation to different departments and health facilities represent the organization in
different settings.

Major Responsibilities& Achievements

Develop participatory annual plan and communicate it with all health staffs,
partners and Zonal health department
Mobilize resource and allocate based on priority
Involve in employment, appraisal and promotion of health workers and
supportive staffs
Participate in supportive supervision of health facilities
Being a member of district development committee (WDC) of PCDP (Pastoralist
Community Development Program) ,representing the health office, I was
involved in selecting important projects and following implementation giving
emphasis to the health aspects of projects
Work in close collaboration with district education office to make schools and
hostel model in health
Participate in community mobilization and community conversation as a
representative of district health office
Coordinate human , time, material and financial resources for effective
implementation of campaigns and other public health interventions
Provide technical and material support to health clubs in schools
Represent the district health office in different meetings, seminars and
conferences
Participate in budget allocation to different sectors in the district as a member of
the district cabinet
Act as a channel of communication
health office

and source of information for the district

October 2003 - April 2006 I was the head of Keyafer Health center, Benna
Tsemay district, South Omo Zone, SNNPR
Generally: I was responsible for Planning, monitoring and evaluation of public
health programs, staffing and appraisal of workers, resource mobilization and
allocation to different departments and health facilities, represent the organization
in different settings
Major Responsibilities& Achievements

 Develop participatory annual plan and communicate it with all health staffs,
partners and Zonal health department
Participate in investigation and treatment of patients
Participate in preventive health services in the health center and in the
community like EPI, sanitary campaign, vaccination campaign, IRS campaign
Participate in epidemic investigation and management
epidemics, meningitis suspected epidemic in our district)

(example

malaria

Act as VCT counselor and TB clinic coordinator in the health center

Participate in nutritional screening and management of malnourished patients
Mobilize resource and allocate based on priority
Do timely, complete and scheduled report to district health office, Zonal health
desk and regional health bureaus
Participate in supportive supervision of health posts and developing health
centers
Work in close collaboration with district education office to make schools and
hostel model in health
Participate in community mobilization and community conversation as a member
of health office
Coordinate human , time, material and financial resources for effective
implementation of campaigns and other public health interventions
Provide technical and material support to health clubs in schools
Represent the health center in different meetings, seminars and conferences
Act as a channel of communication
center

and source of information for the health

Do active surveillance of reportable diseases by register review and discussion

with community

 Ensure availability of drugs and other important supplies in the health centers
and health posts under supervision

Provision of on job training of health workers

TRAINING/WORKSHOPS PARTICIPATED
June 6, 2011-June, 2011

TOT on PCV vaccine introduction training,

organized by CHAI and Gambela Health bureau

Jan. 03, 2011- Jan. 05, 2011

Gender Mainstreaming training, organized by

Save the Children USA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

July 20, 2010 -July 29, 2010 Research Methodology and health Ethics
training, organized by Ethiopian Public Health
Association (EPHA) Conducted in Debre zeit, Ethiopia
Feb. 27, 2010 Mar. 10, 2010 Training on Community based Nutrition and
OTP, organized by UNICEF, MOH, Regional health bureaus
and CIC plc, conducted in Butajira, Ethiopia
Feb. 19, 2009 Feb.25, 2009 TOT Training on Community Conversation
facilitation, organized by Ethiopian Pastoralist Research
and Development Association (EPaRDA) , conducted in
Jinka, South Omo Zone, SNNPR
Mar. 21, 2005 Mar.29, 2005 Training Course on management of
opportunistic infections(OI), Introduction to AntiRetroviral therapy (ART) and Rational use of
OI/ARV drugs, organized by SNNPR health bureau,
MOH, DACA and FHI, conducted in Adama, Ethiopia
Mar. 6, 2006 Mar. 24, 2006 Training Course on voluntary Counseling
and Testing (VCT) and Provider-Initiated HIV
Counseling and Testing (PIHCT), organized by SNNPR
health bureau and FHI, conducted in Adama, Ethiopia
Nov. 1, 2007 Nov. 13, 2007 Training on Community based Nutrition and
OTP, organized by UNICEF, MOH, Regional health bureaus
and IDDEA plc, conducted in Adama, Ethiopia
July 27, 2003 Sept14, 2003 Participation in drought relief project
activities in Therapeutic Feeding Units in SNNPR,
organized by USAID/ The carter Center in collaboration

with Dill university.

Jan 27, 2003 Jan. 31, 2003 Training on Clinical Emergency skill course
(Pediatrics Resustation Obstetrics and Gynecology),
organized by Dilla University and Tropical health and
education Trust, UK, in Dilla, Ethiopia
Sept. 30, 2003 Oct. 11, 2003 Training on Clinical Emergency skill course
(Surgery, Resustation, Orthopedics, Trauma and
Medicine), organized by Dilla University and Tropical
healt and education Trust, UK, in Dilla, Ethiopia
Jan 4, 2003 - Jan 5, 2003
Peer Educators Training, organized by
Integrated Service for AIDS Prevention and Support
Organization (ISAPSO), conducted in Dilla, Ethiopia
Nov. 20, 2005 - Nov 27, 2005
Training of Client Oriented Providers
Initiative (COPE) to improve health service quality,
organized by SNNPR Health bureau, conducted in Arba
Minch, SNNPR, Ethiopia
Dec 12, 2005 Dec 18, 2005 EPI and cold chain Management, SNNPR
Health Bureau and South Omo Health department
Jun. 17, 2005 Jun. 23, 2005 Training Health Service Management
Information System (HMIS), organized by SNNPR
Health bureau, conducted in Arba Minch, SNNPR, Ethiopia
July 15, 2006 - July 20, 2006Environmental Protection activities to be
considered in large Project implementation,
organized by Pastoralist Community Development
Program (PCDP), conducted in Jinka, South Omo, SNNPR,
Ethiopia
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Aug, 2008:

Abstract submitted to Ethiopian Journal of Health Development,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Assessment of the Prevalence and
factors affecting use of long acting and permanent
contraceptives in Jinka town, South Omo, SNNPR, Ethiopia (Not
published yet)

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCES AND CONSULTANCY

Participating in different surveys as supervisor and data collector and

undertake FGDs and key informant interviews(qualitative and quantitative
data)

Supervisor and Qualitative data collector in Trachoma survey at Konso and

Derashie special woredas by Orbis International,

TB/HIV program assessment in work place and private sectors by Intra

Health international,

Participate in Midwifery pre -service training assessment, by WHO, 2007

Assessment of the situation of Misoprostal pilot project for prevention of
PPH, by MOH, 2007

Participate in doing of base line assessment of Universities and affiliated

hospitals for training of Health officers on emergency surgery and obs-gyne.

Participating in Omo river overflow disaster prevention and control program,

2008

Training health workers and HEWs on IDSR, RED approach and EPI

Participating in Dasenech woreda AWD epidemic by establishment of, and

co-coordinating

CTC, and management of cases

Participation in Dolo, Somali health and nutrition emergency response

program by setting up and management of supplementary feeding center.

LANGUAGE SKILL
Language

Level
Oral

Written

Amharic

Advanced (fluent)

Advanced (fluent)

English

Very good

Advanced (fluent)

Tigregna

Intermediate

Benigna

REFERENCE

Intermediate

Intermediate
poor

Name

Dr Yohannes

Dr. Eshetu Wassie

Tiguaded Fantahun

Organization

Chanyalew
Save the children

WHO

(MPH)
RUNICEF, Afar

Position

USA, Addis Ababa

Deputy Chief of

WHO surveillance

Nutrition Officer

Telephone
Relation

Party
0911307468
Supervisor

officer
0911487689
Undergraduate

0922493625
Current Supervisor

Instructor, Mentor