Dr Mekdes Daba

Ethiopia’s minister of health since 2024

Holds degree from Ethiopia’s Hawassa University

Former Team Lead at the Deputy Director General Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva

Former Medical and Technical officer at the Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research at WHO headquarters

Former Managing Director of the Centre for International Reproductive Health and Training (CIRHT) Africa

Former country representative at the East, Central and Southern African College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ECSACOG)

Worked at Hawassa University

Former honorary secretary and past president of the Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Former chair of the Civil Society Advisory Group for UN Women Ethiopia

Former board member of the Ethiopian Journal of Reproductive Health

The first female family planning and reproductive health sub-specialist in Ethiopia

Winner of the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) Women’s  Awards in 2021

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