Name: First Regional One Health Conference (ROHC-2026)
Start: 2026-05-26T08:30:00+03:00
End: 2026-05-27T15:00:00+03:00
Location: Bahir Dar

First Regional One Health Conference (ROHC-2026)

from Tuesday 26 May 2026 (08:30) to Wednesday 27 May 2026 (15:00)

Monday 25 May 2026
Tuesday 26 May 2026
08:30
08:30 - 09:55
Contributions

08:30 Registration of participants

09:00 Program Introduction - Fikremariam Yosef (PR, APHI)

09:10 Welcoming and opening remark - Belay Beyene (Director General, Amhara Public Health Institute)

09:25 Keynote - Gashaw Muche (Head, Bureau of Livestock and Fishery Resource Development)

09:35 Keynote - Tesfahun Alemneh (Head, Bureau of Environment Protection)

09:45 Keynote - Jejaw Demamu (Secretary General, Forum for Higher Education Institutions in Amhara Region)
09:55
09:55 - 10:30
Contributions

09:55 Overview & SPM, One Health - Biresaw Tazaye (APHI)
10:30 Tea Break
Tea Break
10:30 - 10:50
10:50
10:50 - 11:00
Contributions

10:50 Regional one health experiences - Bayeh Abera
11:00
11:00 - 12:50
Contributions

11:00 Animal-Rabies joint outbreak investigation - Edenshaw

11:20 Traditional medicine use among rabies exposed individuals in Ethiopia-a systematic review and meta analysis. - Gizew Asres (Amhara Public Health Institute)

11:40 Pesticides in Use, their Application and Risks on Human Health and Ecosystems: A Case of Fogera District, Ethiopia - Abebaw

12:00 Targeted One Health Intervention Packages for Priority Zoonotic Diseases - Elias Walelign (Deputy Chief of Party & Technical Director, U.S. Department of State funded Project HOPE'S Health Security Activity (HSA))
12:50 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:50 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:40
Contributions

14:00 Panel Discussion - Desalegne Degefaw (Country Director, The Ohio State University, Ohio State Global One Health initiative (GOHi)) Ebba Abate (Chief of Party Project Hope, Health Security Activity) Baye Ashenafi (UKHSA) Mulugeta Kibret (BDU) Feyissa Regassa (National IHR Focal Point and Director for National ONE Health Secretariat Office, EPHI)
15:40
15:40 - 16:00
Contributions

15:40 Closing Remarks - Belay Beyene (Director General, Amhara Public Health Institute)
Wednesday 27 May 2026

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