1. Curriculum Vitae
I. PERSONAL DATA
Name: Erssido Lendebo Ugebo
Email:-Erssido@yahoo.com, +211 915857729,RSS,+251911745303/Ethiopia
Sex: Male
Date of Birth: 22 June 1972
Place of Birth: Wonji – Shoa, Ethiopia
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Ethiopian
Language: English, Amharic (mother tongue),
Hadiyigna, Kembatigna, Alabigna,
II. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1991 – 1997: Doctorate Degree in Medicine at Addis Ababa University –
Medical Faculty.
1987 – 1991: High School, Wonji Comprehensive Secondary School,
high certificate majoring science.
III. Summary of professional skills and capability
I. Near 20 years of professional experience in Policy, strategy guideline
development and training for implementation on SRH and mainstreaming of
HIV/AIDS and gender in all sector development and curriculums including
university curriculum are my top professional experiences.as consultant I have
a professional experience with UNICEF,UNDP,UNAIDS,UNFPA and ILO.
Detailes of some Key Experience Areas
1) Trained 188 medical doctors, nurses ,midwives ,GBV experts 75% clinical) in
republic of south Sudan from October 2015 to date based on IRC and WHO
materials.
2) TOT and curriculum development for midwifery education on the course of
CMR and Mainstreaming guideline to integrate GBV in the whole three year
diploma programe, in the three-IMC/UNFPA supported midwifery schools of
RSS,Jan,2016-a consultancy task
3) CMR-Clinical care for sexual assault survivors ,a 4 days training each at 12
trainings ,a total of 300 doctors, nurses, health officers and protection officers
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2. in refuge camps of Dolo, Assosa and Gambella for IRC and IMC Ethiopia in
2013 and 2014 GC.
4) Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS and gender in curriculum ,research and community
services ,training and technical assistance to Federal police university
college ,Mekelle university and st marry,s University,Since 2012 .
5) National multisectoral-multi level planning guide for HIV/AIDS, via
UNAIDS,developed for Federal HIV/AIDS prevention and control Office of
Ethiopia.
6) CC manual, guideline and ToT for Consortium of organizations on
reproductive health in Ethiopia/CORHA-Made up of near 200 NGOs, Forum
for street Children (streetism),UNICEF for Community based nutrition.
7) Work place HIV/AIDS police and guideline with implementation trainings,
with Trade unions and ILO.
8) Participation in Basic Training of Midwives and Junior Nurses (Guest
Lecturer and HC Practical Tutoring) Awassa Health Professionals Training
College. (I have given full lectures on Epidemiology, Health Systems
Research Methodology, Health Economics, and topics on Obstetrics)
9) Directly involved in TOT of more than 2000 community capacity
enhancement facilitators via facilitated community conversation (CCE-CCF)
as well as designed, supported and led training of more than 20,000 CCFs
from agriculture, education, youth, NGOs and FBOs in Ethiopia.
10) Developed Community Conversations/CC manuals for HIV. Gender, SRH
,Peace building ,Community based nutrition ,youth dialogue/leadership and
life skills .for PACT,UNICEF and Ministries of health and youth and sports of
Ethiopia.
11) Developed CC manuals for health extension workers to be used to address
primary health care issues of MCH,sanitation,malaria,HIV.Gender, SRH
,Peace building ,Community based nutrition ,youth dialogue.
12) Directly involved in training more than 500 professionals on
MAINSTREAMING from all sectors of GO, NGO, FBOs, private and
academia in regions of SNNP, Amhara, Afar, Oromia and Dire Dawa as well
as federal ministries,UN agencies.
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3. 13) Consultant via WHO-Ethiopia for the national technical working group on
HIV Counseling and Testing in revising the Ethiopian national HCT/ VCT
guideline, Nov 2005.
14) Extensive task in management; leadership; programs and projects planning,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation; training; and vast policy
dialogues and drafting.And partnership facilitation for multisectoral
HIV/AIDS response..
15) Youth friendly SRH services designing and training health professionals on
how to provide YFS for youth,via Path finder Ethiopia and federal and
regional MOHs.
II. SPECIAL TRAINING
1) TOT on Community Capacity Enhancement-Community Conversations,
UNDP Ethiopia, 2002 & 2003
2) HIV/AIDS and Gender Mainstreaming in Pretoria and Durban, South Africa
(a total of 120 hrs practical course), UNDP HIV and Development Regional
Project for Africa, 2002 & 2003.
3) TOT on Behavior Change Communication for HIV/AIDS, FHI Ethiopia, 2002
4) Demographic Modeling of HIV/AIDS, Durban, South Africa, Dec 2004.
5) National HIV/AIDS Leadership for Result, UNDP Ethiopia, 2002 & 2003
6) March, 1999 – Introduction to Leprosy for Physician (All Africa Leprosy and
Rehabilitation Training Center, ALERT, AA Ethiopia)
7) Feb. 1999 – Management of Severe and Complicated Malaria (WHO-
Sponsored Training Organized by the Regional Health Bureau, Malaria
Control Department and WHO)
8) May 1998 – Training on HIV/AIDS & Counseling (KAT Zone Health
Department)
May 2000 – Diploma In Computer Basics (Introduction to Computers;
MS–DOS 7; MS–Windows 95/98; MS–Word, Excel, Access 97/2000;
SPSS Version.6 for Windows, and GIS-Arc View
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4. III. Computer Knowledge And Skill
Soft ware Knowledge Skill
Applications
MS- Office packages &MS PP Very good Very good
SPSS for Windows and
EPI – info 2000 (for windows)
Very good Very good
GIS (Arc view 3.0) Fair Fair
IV. WORK EXPERIENCE
1) Oct,6,2015 to date ,Consultant and trainer for IMC South Sudan, on clinical
and psychosocial management of sexual assault
survivors/Clinical management of Rape/CMR
2) July 2012-to September 2015 vice general manager and technical director of
Matrix health and development solutions plc
3) July 2011 to july 2012,Director,,Eminence Erssido training ,consulting and
Business development Center
4) Jan 2010-to July 2011-Full time writer and consultant on Community
Conversation ,HIV/AIDS and gender ,mainstreaming
and life skills training .
5) July 2006-Jan 2010: General manager of IDDEA consulting and training PLC
a specialist privet firm on HIV/AIDS programing
,specifically on BCC,CC and HIV/AIDS
Mainstreaming
6) Dec ,2005, WHO National consultant to review the national HCT
guideline , ,MOH and HAPCO/secretariat of
Ethiopia.
7) Dec 2005-June 2006: UNDP National mainstreaming consultant to Federal
HIV prevention and control office (HAPCO)
,Ethiopia
8) Nov 2001 – Nov 2005: Head – Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples
Region – HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office
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5. (SNNP RHAPCO)/The state of South AIDS
commissioner.
9) Sept 1997 – Nov 2001: General Practitioner (GP), Southern Nations,
Nationalities and Peoples Regional Health Bureau
(Since October 1999, KAT Zone, Durame and Alaba
HCs; since Oct. 2000 Sidama Zone, Awassa Health
Center).
10) Aug. 1997: Research Assistant for one month in “The Policy and
Human Resource Development (PHRD), Office of
the Prime Minster, Ethiopia.
11) 1996 – 97: Black Lion and Zewditu Hospitals (Intern), Addis
Ababa University.
V. REASERCH AND PUBLICATION
1) NuroMAP,an Amharic non fiction book on systems thinking as applied to
life, work ,business ,family and societal challenges , published in April 2011
2) 1999 – Epidemiology of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Knowledge,
Attitude and Practice of woman towards it in KAT Zone, SNNPR (Paper
presented to 2001, 37th
annual conference of Ethiopia Medical Association
May 2001) (A proposal qualified for the 1992 EC (1999/2000) Local
Research Grant) from Ethiopian Science and Technology Commission .
3) Southern Nations (SNNP) Regional HIV/AIDS Communication Guideline,
2001 based on UNAIDS international framework and the national
communication framework.
4) 1996 – I have done a research on HIV/AIDS and Counseling (Community
based KAP, study at rural town of Ziway) as part of my rural Community
Health Training Addis Ababa University – Medical Faculty (Unpublished
data)
5) 1997 – Participated as research assistant in a nationwide research done by the
Policy and Human Resources Development (PHRD) Office of the Prime
Minister. (Jointly sponsored by World Bank and Japanese Government) on
“Quality of Health Service and Management”
6) 1999 – Outcome of TB Treatment – Impact of DOT’S at Durame HC for the
year 1998, J. Eth. Med. Practice, Vol. 2, No.1 Oct 2000
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6. 7) 1999 – E. Lendebo and T.Eromo (Zonal prosecutor) Abduction and Rape in
KAT Zone, Health Implications and Legal Aspects: Survey of 5 Years Report
to the Office of the Prosecutor Jan, 1999 (Paper Presented On Regional
Conference Entitled, Harmful Traditional Practices On Women And Children,
Organized By Zonal Women Affair Office, June 1999, Durame Ethiopia)
8) Oct 1999 – FGM (Female Genital Mutilation and Religion (Brief Literature
Review), Paper Presented on a Conference Entitled, HIV/AIDS, Harmful
Traditional Practices, Women And Development Organized by The Southern
Region Branch Office of the National Committee for Harmful Traditional
Practices in Ethiopia, Durame KAT Zone, SNNPR.
9) Ruptured Uterus in Yirgalem Hospital, review of 251 cases 1995 - 1997
(presented to 2001, 37th
annual conference of Ethiopia Medical Association
May 2001)
10) HIV/AIDS Policy, Legal and Strategy Guidelines of National Significance
(Conceptualization, process facilitation, and training for implementation)
11) Led the preparation of the draft of SNNPR Regional AIDS Council
establishment decree, Proclamation 41/2002
12) SNNPR HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control regional Strategic Plan, 1996-
1998, 1998-2002 (EC) (Conceptualization and process facilitation of regional
stakeholders)
13) Ethiopian national mass mobilization strategy (Chairman of the five technical
team which crafted the draft document)
14) Ethiopian national mainstreaming handbook (Member of the four technical
core group)
15) SNNPR guideline for mainstreaming HIV/AIDS and gender in agriculture and
rural livelihood
16) SNNPR regional mass mobilization, FBO mainstreaming, Youth and CBO
mobilization strategy papers (Conceptualization, process facilitation, and
training for implementation)
17) SNNPR woreda/district response framework, a brief guide in result-oriented
planning putting CCE, mainstreaming and co-ordination as key (65%), major
(25%) tasks for woreda sectors and HAPCO
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7. 18) Different district and kebele level implementation guides and tools which
have contributed and are contributing to great extents for the successful
implementation of the HIV/AIDS programmes.
Some of these materials developed under my technical leadership and massive
professional input are:
 Manual for Kebele/village-level HIV/AIDS Activities – This manual is a
detailed explanation of the various community level interventions based
on the regional and national mass mobilization strategies. The manual
includes how the activities planned, implemented, track recorded,
reported, what roles expected from different bodies. It also consists of
more than 9 formats for planning, data gathering, reporting, etc at kebele
and wereda level.
 Regional Mass Mobilization Strategic Document – This is a document
about current regional HIV/AIDS strategies which is now adapted at
national level and I was the chairman of the group who developed the
draft document.
 Youth mobilization Manual – This is a supplementary document to the
regional mass mobilization strategic document which explains the need for
attitudinal, systemic and organizational change in order to reduce
vulnerability of the youth and effectively involve the youth in their own
issues. The manual also indicates areas for youth’s involvement and the
roles of other bodies towards empowering/strengthening and encouraging
the youth.
 Manual for Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) – This is also a document
prepared as part of mobilization strategic document which explains the
need for attitudinal, systemic and organizational transformation for
positive social change against HIV/AIDS and explains areas for
involvement of FBOs in fighting against HIV/AIDS. More than 600
leaders trained as TOTs.
 NGOs/CSOs’ Manual – This manual is similar to the last two manuals but
focuses on the roles of NGOs/CSOs in effective implementation of the
mobilization strategy.
 Draft Manual for Establishing Community based Non-Formal Education
Centers for OVCs – It is an implementation guideline on establishing and
running kebele/local level non-formal education and day care services for
orphans and vulnerable children. It also explains the roles of different
stakeholders.
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8.  Sectoral Checklist for HIV/AIDS Mainstreaming- It is to assist work place
intervention and sector specific mainstreaming activities in SNNPR from
region to woreda.
VI. ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
• Member of the Ethiopian Society of General Medical Practice (ESGMP)
• Member of the Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA)
• Member of the Ethiopian Medical Association (EMA)
• Member of the Ethiopian Family Guidance Association (FGAE)
• Honorary member of two PLWHA associations: Tila (Association of
Women Living with HIV) and Tesfagoh (National Association of
PLWHA)
• Member of the national mainstreaming taskforce and core technical group,
the national BCC task force
VII. REFERE
1) Dr Abeba Bekele,MD,MPH,MA, Chief of Party ,newborn program ,Save the
children, Ethiopia +251-911 950255,email:abitayele@gmail.com,Skype:-
abeba_bekele
2) Dr.Mirgissa Kaba,PHD Department of Addis Ababa University Community
Health ,AAU/A.,+251911213631
3) Others Available on demand
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