Session Lead: Desalegn Ararso

Session Topics:

1. The Role of Evidence Synthesis and Its Implications Towards Public Health Surveillance in Ethiopia

PowerPoint available after the session. If you have any questions about the session, please email Lea Liekefedt.

Session Lead: Rajiha Abubakari (PhD)

Session Topics:

1. Integrated Genomic AMR Surveillance in Ethiopia

PowerPoint available after the session. If you have any questions about the session, please email Lea Liekefedt.

Session Leads: Chalachew Genet (PhD Student, Bahir Dar University) and Firehiwot Abera Derra (EPHI)

Session Topics:

1. Genomic diversity and transmission dynamics of extended spectrumβ-lactamase and carbapenemase producing Enterobacteriaceae amonghuman, animal and the environment in northwest Ethiopia

2. Molecular Characterization and Antimicrobial Resistance Profile of Salmonella and Other Enteric Pathogens Isolated from Food, Water, and Human Stool Samples in Ethiopia

Session Files:

1. Genomic Diversity and Transmission Dynamics Presentation, Chalachew Genet (PDF)

2. Molecular Characterization and Antimicrobial Resistance Profile, Firehiwot Abera Derra (PDF)

If you have any questions about the session, please email Lea Liekefedt.

Session Leads: Getamesay Mulatu (PhD student) and Chalachew Genet (presenter on behalf of the EpiGen Ethiopia Bahir Dar Team)

Session Topics:

1. Genomic epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae, antimicrobial resistance profiles of isolates, time to recovery of cases and associated factors in outbreak affected Amhara regional state, Ethiopia

2. Genomic Epidemiology of Rotavirus and Other Common Viral Etiologies, In Children Under Five with Acute watery diarrhea at Selected Health Facilities In Sidama, Ethiopia

Session Files:

1. Genomic Epidemiology of Rotavirus Presentation

2. Genomic Epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae Presentation

If you have any questions about the session, please email Lea Liekefedt.

Session Lead: Yared Merid Asfaw (PhD, Hawassa University); Lessema Teshome (PhD, Adama Science and Technology University); Ketema Tafess (PhD, Adama Science and Technology University)

Session Topic:

1. Transmission Dynamics and Drug Resistance of Tuberculosis in Sidama Region, a hot spot area identified by the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia.

2. Fabrication of Magnetoplasmonic Nanostructures for Rapid and Efficient Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb)

Documents:

1. Transmission Dynamics and Drug Resistance of Tuberculosis - Yared Merid

2. Fabrication of Magnetoplasmonic Nanostructures - Lessema Teshome and Ketema Tafess

If you have any questions about the session, please email Lea Liekefedt.

Session Lead: Kadir Abdella, Jimma University Institute of Health
Session Title: Pathogen Genomic Surveillance of Bacterial Colonization: Implication for Antimicrobial Resistance Containment

Brief Description: AMR is a mircoorganism’s acquired or inherited resistance to drugs/treatments and is one of the world’s biggest health threats. In Eastern Sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 21.4 deaths per 100,000 are attributable to AMR. The main challenges in Ethiopia are surveillance and the focus primarily on isolated clinical infections. Pathogen genomic surveillance is poised to solve these major challenges for better yields in detection and identification, abundance of AMR genes and mutations, and facilitate the detection of emerging AMR strains.

PowerPoint available: Pathogen Genomic Surveillance Presentation (PDF). If you have any questions about the session, please email Lea Liekefedt.

Session Leads: (1) Semira Ebrahim and (2) Tobias Rinke de Wit, AIGHD

Session Topics:

1. Molecular Epidemiology of Healthcare Associated and Community Acquired Methicillin-resistance S.aureus (MRSA) with Environmental Colonization from Animate Objects, Semira Ebrahim

2. Connected Diagnostics for Malaria, Tobias Rinke de Wit.

PowerPoint available here:

1. Molecular Epidemiology (Semira Ebrahim)

2. Connected Diagnostics for Malaria (Tobias Rinke de Wit)

If you have any questions about the session, please email Lea Liekefedt.

Session Lead: Atsbeha Gebreegziabxier, Integrated Pathogen Genomics and Bioinformatics Facility, EPHI

Session Discussion:

Atsbeha provided an overview of Ethiopia’s Genomics Surveillance projects and noted the absence of viral genomics surveillance as a critical missing link in the larger public health system. Accurate and timely viral genomics surveillance will allow us to better prepare ourselves for viral outbreaks and to prepare vaccines for these situations.

PowerPoint available here: Viral Genomics Surveillance in Ethiopia: Guanine Project (PDF)

Session Lead: Bokretsion Gidey, Ethiopian Public Health Institute

Session Discussion:

Bokretsion provided an overview of Malaria in Ethiopia including its most dominant strains and its recent upsurge from 2019.

PowerPoint available here: Molecular Malaria Surveillance in Ethiopia (PDF)

Session Lead: Assistant Professor of Microbial Genomics Ketema Tafess Tulu (PhD)

Session Discussion:

Tuberculosis is the second leading cause of death from a single infectious agent and kills almost twice as much as HIV/AIDS. Despite many interventions and new technologies for diagnostics and treatment, TB still remains a major public health challenge.

PowerPoint available here: Drug Resistant TB in the Rift Valley (PDF)

Session Lead: Adugna Abera (MSc), Ethiopian Public Health Institute

Session Discussion:

Adugna discusses the prevalence and epidemiology of Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in the Somale Region in Ethiopia. In August 2023, the EPHI received a higher number of reported CL cases in a lowland area in the east of the Somale region.

PowerPoint available here: Cutaneous leishmaniasis in Somale Presentation (PDF)

Session Lead: Dr. Rajiha Abubeker

Session Discussion:

Dr. Abubeker discusses a recent cholera outbreak in Ethiopia which began in August 2022 at the Bale zone, Oromia region.

PowerPoint available here: Dr. Abubeker’s Presentation (PDF)