We are excited to announce the launch of LIHIKET 2.0 Postdoctoral Program under the CBMP partnership with the first in-person workshop entitledย “๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก: ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ”.
Lihiket 2.0 is a two year collaborative project between the six CBMP – Capacity Building and Mentorship Program in Ethiopia (CBMP) Universities, Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London. It builds on previous collaborative capacity strengthening projects and is a significant step forward in advancing implementation research, focusing on routine data quality and utilization, conduct secondary analysis of large data sets and provide coaching and mentoring to a group of competitively selected post doctoral fellows.
The Senior Project Director of CBMP partnership Prof. Binyam Tilahun, PhD,MPH,FIAHSI in his opening remarks said โ ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐, ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐.๐ย ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฆ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก”. He also provided a presentation on the overall achievements and future plans of the CBMP partnership.
As part of the Capacity Building and Mentorship Partnership (CBMP),ย these efforts aim to promote digitization, innovation, and evidence-based decision-making, while emphasizing gender inclusiveness. Together, we are committed to enhancing the effectiveness of routine data and improving health outcomes across Ethiopia. In addition to the four Postdoc fellows, cohort of early career researchers from CBMP researchers will be incapacitated on selected topics in the coming two years.