The Emory Ethiopia Office

Dr. Abebe Gebremariam Gobezayehu (pictured right) receiving a certificate of appreciation from the Assosa, Ethiopia regional health bureau head in February 2020 for Emory's work in community-based maternal and neonatal health and nutrition.

Since 2010, the Emory University Ethiopia country office has implemented more than 25 projects focused on maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition; water, sanitation, and hygiene; maternal vaccination, neural tube defect and health systems strengthening. Emory Univeristy Ethiopia leverages partnership with government and universities, clinical training and mentorship, community outreach, and low-cost interventions to improve the outcomes of mothers, babies, and children across Ethiopia. More than 22 million pregnant women, 900,000 newborns, and 2.9 million children under the age of five years have benefited from Emory Ethiopia Office programs.

The Emory University country office in Addis Ababa was established in 2010 to support the Maternal and Newborn Health in Ethiopia Partnership (MaNHEP) project, a major Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing (NHWSN) project on maternal and newborn health funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and led by NHWSN faculty members Dr. Lynn Sibley (retired) and Dr. Abebe Gebremariam Gobezayehu. Dr. Abebe previously served as country director of the Emory University Ethiopia country office, and in his current faculty role, he supports the research efforts of the School of Nursing alongside fellow NHWSN faculty member Dr. John Cranmer and colleagues across the university. Learn more about NHWSN’s work in country through its Emory-Ethiopia Partnership here. 

The Office supports Emory’s dynamic activities in Ethiopia through the leadership of a team of administrative and technical staff and field offices in key locations across the country. 

Meet the Emory Ethiopia Office Team