Dr. Fitsume Kibret Getachew is a public health specialist with over 15 years of experience and a wide scope of work for government, NGOs, and UN agencies in Ethiopia’s health sector.
As a senior program officer at Results for Development (R4D) Ethiopia office, he provides technical leadership and program management to the Health Systems Strengthening Accelerator project. He contributes to strategy, project management, and analytic activities to support the government of Ethiopia to sustainably finance their health systems and accelerate improvements in coverage, quality, and equity of rehabilitation services.
Throughout his career, Dr. Fitsume has focused on expanding and institutionalizing health care quality through systems thinking. As a senior health care quality advisor at Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, he championed systems thinking and knowledge management. He contributed to the design and development of Ethiopia’s Health Sector Transformation Plan and led the design and development of National Health Care Quality and Safety Strategy.
Dr. Fitsume holds an MD from Jimma University and a master’s in public health from Haromaya University. He is fellow at the International Society of Quality (ISQUa). He is native speaker of Amharic and Afaan Oromo and speaks fluent English.
