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Dr. Eskinder Wolka
National Primary Health Care Lead
Dr. Eskinder Wolka is a public health specialist working as National Primary Health Care
support lead at the International Institute for Primary Health Care- Ethiopia (IPHC-E). He
graduated in Bachelor of Science degree in public health from Haramaya University, Ethiopia
and obtained MPH and PhD in Public Health from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. He has
more than 12 years of experience in Public Health training, research and program management.
He has taken different roles in various health interventions evaluation and assessment activities
in health system and has over 46 publications as author and co-author in peer reviewed journals
in various public health and primary health care areas.
As national primary health care support lead for the IPHC-E, Dr Eskinder leads capacity building
training for program leaders and health care workers at health system to contribute to the
establishment of a stronger Primary Health Care system in Ethiopia. Dr Eskinder is also
responsible for coordinating provision of support to Ministry of Health in enhancing PHC
improvement initiatives. He coordinates the activities of Woreda Innovation Center (WIC), an
initiative that aims on generating innovative interventions to test and replicate in carefully
selected districts. Consolidated learning and best practices from WIC is then transferred to other
primary health care facilities for scale-up
