Getu Molla Tarekegn
Nutrition at Micronutrient Initiative,Ethiopia
Biography
Getu Tarekegn has expertise on research, emergency preparedness & response plan, project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and proposal writing. In line with MI’s strategic objectives in Africa, he contributed to improved child health and nutrition in Ethiopia by supporting the Federal Ministry of Health in the implementation of effective, integrated and sustainable vitamin A supplementation. He has contributed a lot in child survival interventions, community based nutrition program and in the development of nutrition related policies and strategies in Ethiopia. Getu has been coordinating the integration of vitamin A supplementation program from more vertical program into the routine health system in Ethiopia. Considerable advances have been made in integrating VAS along wide range of health system dimensions including policy, financing, planning, training, supply management, supportive supervision and M&E. Children aged 6-59 months that received two doses of vitamin A through integrated VAS delivery strategies has been maintained at above 80%.