OHGA Institute

Advancing global health security through One Health implementation

A leading public health implementation and research organization advancing integrated solutions across human, animal, plant and environmental health systems in Ethiopia and Eastern Africa.

Our areas of work See current projects

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Areas of work

Areas of implementation

We partner with federal ministries, national public health, research and academic institutions in Ethiopia, and global organizations, to strengthen surveillance, laboratory systems, workforce capacity and public health emergency response.

Disease Surveillance and Public Health Emergency Response

Strengthening early warning and outbreak detection, supporting national and regional emergency operations, and deploying technical experts and logistics to investigate and contain public health threats.

Laboratory Systems Strengthening

Establishing molecular diagnostic laboratories, expanding genomic sequencing and bioinformatics capacity, and raising laboratory quality management, workforce competency and equipment performance.

Antimicrobial Resistance

Building microbiology and AMR detection capacity, improving infection prevention and control, expanding sentinel and hospital-based surveillance, and promoting antimicrobial stewardship.

Workforce Development

Multidisciplinary education, leadership development and research training across human, animal and environmental health — including the GOHSI and OHEART flagship programs.

Research and Innovation

Operational and implementation research, infectious disease modeling, zoonoses, food safety and vector ecology, generating evidence for immunization programs and public health decision-making.

Multisectoral One Health Coordination

Supporting national coordination platforms and cross-sectoral collaboration, and contributing to the policies, strategies and institutional systems that make One Health implementation sustainable.

Vaccine Safety

AEFI surveillance, case investigation and causality assessment, pharmacovigilance data management, risk communication and workforce training for a more responsive immunization program.

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Projects

Current initiatives

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Surveillance & ResponseOngoing

Global Health Security (GHS) Cooperative Agreement

Strengthens Ethiopia’s preparedness, detection and response capacity for public health emergencies through surveillance, laboratory strengthening, workforce development and emergency response support using a One Health approach. A cooperative agreement with the U.S. CDC.

Health workers in protective equipment during the Marburg outbreak response

Surveillance & ResponseOngoing

Marburg Outbreak Response and Recovery

Supports Ethiopia’s Marburg outbreak response through logistics, technical assistance, laboratory strengthening, surveillance and workforce training. The program also includes sero-surveillance, mortality surveillance, post-recovery follow-up and fruit bat ecology studies to strengthen preparedness and disease control.

Laboratory staff in white coats examining culture plates during AMR training

AMROngoing

GAIHN-AMR Project (Global Action in Healthcare Network)

Strengthens antimicrobial resistance detection and response through hospital-based surveillance systems, microbiology laboratory strengthening, infection prevention and control, and AMR containment strategies at two referral hospitals — Tikur Anbessa Referral Hospital and Zewditu Memorial Hospital.

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