The Ohio State Global One Health initiative (GOHi) is an implementing partner for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, a five-year multi-partner program funded by the U.S. CDC to strengthen Ethiopia’s core International Health Regulation capabilities. In partnership with the Ethiopian government and other in-country partners, there has been a tremendous effort to strengthen national Emergency Management, public health surveillance, laboratory capacity and workforce development since launching in March 2021.
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GOHi facilitates specimen referral system training
Ohio State Global One Health, LLC, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), conducted a training workshop for Ethiopian Postal Service employees who transport influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) samples as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
The two-day training workshop in Addis Ababa hosted 20 participants from nine regions. Of the 20 participants, 17 came from the Ethiopian Postal Service and three from the sample reception department at EPHI.