Mengistu

Mengistu is deputy bureau head at oromia regional health bureau,responsible for almost all health programs managed at subnational level. Has got MD 10 years back and is to defend for his MPhil in health economics from UiB-Harvard public health school joint program.

Lynn Van Lith

I am a Senior Technical Advisor—HIV/AIDS with Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs under the Health Communication Capacity Collaborative project. Prior to this position, I served as the Senior Technical Advisor-Behavior Change Communication on the RESPOND family planning project with JHU/CCP. Before that, I served as the HIV/AIDS Technical Advisor on the Health Communication Partnership (HCP) with the International HIV/AIDS Alliance and co-chaired HCP’s Capacity Resource Group helping country teams strategically integrate community and institutional strengthening plans into their field programs. I have also worked for International Planned Parenthood Affiliates in Africa as well as the UNDP. I have worked in the field of international health and development with a focus on HIV and Reproductive Health more broadly, during which time I lived in Zambia and South Africa, and provided short-term technical support to many countries across Africa and Asia. I have a master’s degree from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.