13 May 2026

The Alliance and HSG webinar series: WISE-Ethiopia: Workforce, Information Systems, and Supply Chain Optimization to Strengthen Primary Healthcare in Ethiopia – 4 June 2026

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WISE-Ethiopia: Workforce, Information Systems, and Supply Chain Optimization to Strengthen Primary Healthcare in Ethiopia.

Speakers: Atalay Mulu of Addis Ababa University
Date: Thursday 4 June 2026
Time: 12pm UK / 1pm Geneva / 2pm Ethiopia
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
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Webinar theme overview:

Please join the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research and Health Systems Global for a webinar on WISE-Ethiopia: Workforce, Information Systems, and Supply Chain Optimization to Strengthen Primary Healthcare in Ethiopia. This webinar, with a presentation by Atalay Mulu of Addis Ababa University will present the project’s scope, progress, key milestones, and next steps, including how health and economic data modelling is being used to identify bottlenecks in supply chains, health information systems, and workforce distribution. The presentation will be followed by a discussion and audience Q&A, as part of the broader Health Systems Impact Modelling webinar series.

About the speakers:

Atalay Mulu Fentie, BPharm, RPh, MPharm - Assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at Addis Ababa University. He has over 10 years of experience in hospital service, teaching and research in Ethiopia. He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed publications. Currently, he is a final-year PhD candidate and serves as Co-PI of the WISE-Ethiopia project, which focuses on pharmaceutical supply chain systems optimization through modeling and south to south collaboration, as well as ChemoPAD project, which focuses on anticancer drug quality in sub-Saharan Africa.

Professor Sachiko Ozawa (PhD) - Vice Chair of Research, UNC, USA. She works at the intersection of pharmacy and public health to improve the quality, safety, efficacy, and affordability of medicines and vaccines globally. She is the Co-PI and modeling lead for the WISE Ethiopia project. She leads the Global Health Economics for Pharmacy team, with research focusing on substandard and falsified medicines, online pharmacies, and vaccine economics. Her work has gained international recognition through major media coverage and policy influence, including citations by global leaders and organizations. She also serves as an expert on the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD working group on substandard and falsified medical products and as a board member of the Med Aditus Foundation, supporting medication access in Africa.

Israel Ataro Otoro (BSC, MPH) is a public health specialist with extensive experience in Ethiopia's health system, from the grassroots level to his current leadership role at the national Ministry of Health. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in public health from Jimma and Hawassa Universities, respectively. He currently leads the Community Engagement and Primary Health Care Executive Office at the MOH. This office oversees the National Community Engagement and Health Extension Program Desk, Health Centers Service Desk, and National WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene) and Environmental Health Program. He has a critical role in coordinating and leading these programs, recognizing primary health care as the cornerstone of achieving universal health coverage in Ethiopia. He actively contributes to research that informs program development and strengthens the health system in Ethiopia.

About the Health Systems Impact Modelling webinar series:

The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research and Health Systems Global (HSG) are working together on a programme of work on Health Systems Impact Modelling.

This includes the development of modelling approaches to measure the impact of health systems strengthening (HSS) interventions on essential health services in three countries: Ethiopia, Indonesia and Kenya. It also includes bringing together a wider group of stakeholders from around the world to exchange experiences around the use of health systems modelling, share best practices, and catalyse the creation of a community of researchers, policymakers and programme implementers interested in the use of health systems modelling to inform policy and practice in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

To listen to more webinars from the series please visit the links below:

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