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Dr. Abdulkadir Gelgelo, Director General of the Ethiopian pharmaceutical Supply Service, said that the conference was held to attract pharmaceutical manufacturers and suppliers to the vast Ethiopian market and improve availability of pharmaceuticals supplies in Ethiopia.

Dr. Abdulkadir mentioned in his speech, “Because supply of medicine requires a mix of stakeholders and capital, there is a need to strengthen strategic partnership with suppliers.”

Ethiopian field epidemiology and laboratory Training program was started in 2009 and expanded from one university to eight universities and 45 field bases. Since its inception, the advanced field epidemiologist graduates (surveillance and response workforce) number has become over 700 nationally

The program which is now the largest globally had applied for global accreditation and accordingly made the necessary preparations for the past one year. In July 2022 a team from Atlanta, USA came and made assessments and verifications based on international standards. 

The Minister of Health, Dr. Lia Tadese, said that Ethiopia is working on the international drug-resistant TB prevention action plan. The Honorable Minister said this at the East Central and Southern Africa (ECSA) Annual TB Testing Laboratory Strengthening Forum. The Minister stated that the work done in the field of TB prevention in our country is showing an encouraging change and also mentioned that it is a good opportunity for Ethiopia to be out of the list of 33 countries where drug-resistant TB is prevalent in the world.