In connection with the visits from our Ethiopian colleagues, both Professor Abraham Haileamlak Mitike, a child's cardiologist from Ethiopia (appointed Honorary Doctor at UiO), and Dr. Zeleke Mekonnen, a Director of Health Research, Jimma University, Ethiopia, will present on their research topics. Dr. Haileamlak and Dr. Mekonnen are lead collaborators in the EXCEL SMART JUiO NORPART project aimed at enhancing the quality of higher education in Ethiopia and strengthening the academic cooperation between Jimma University and the University of Oslo.
Lunch will be provided at 12:30pm Please register your attendance by August 25th
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Dr. Abraham Haileamlak is a Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health and Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist at Jimma University with over twenty five years’experience in health care service in Ethiopia.
Dr. Zeleke Mekonnen is an Associate Professor at Jimma University. His research interests include Neglected Tropical Diseases, epidemiology and control of parasites & zoonotic diseases.
Tentative program
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TIME |
PROGRAM |
SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
|
11:00 AM |
Welcome and introduction |
Jeanette H. Magnus, University of Oslo Andrea S. Winkler, Centre for Global Health, University of Oslo |
|
11:05 AM |
Neglected Tropical Diseases in Ethiopia |
Associate Professor Zeleke Mekonnen, Director, Health Research and Postgraduate Program, Jimma University |
| 11:30 AM | Meningococcal disease, carriage and vaccines in Ethiopia |
Cand Med. Guro Bårnes, University of Oslo |
| 11:50 AM | Children with Heart disease in Ethiopia |
Doctor honoris causa Professor Abraham Haileamlak Mitike, Former Dean and Vice President, Jimma University |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |