Capability

Statement
March 2010

Bole Road, TK International

Building
P. O. Box 19468
Email: [email protected]
Tel.:
+251911511610/+251116186520
Fax: +251116186528
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Who are we?
ABH Services Plc is a legally registered company in Ethiopia to provide technical and logistic
services for short term trainings, consultancy works, operational researches, and project &
program implementations. ABH grew out of the capacity building fields of clinical training,
education, research and development. Our core staff worked as independent consultants and
trainers and together in a consortium of trainers and educators in the three old medical schools at
both clinical and public health departments, federal ministry of health, regional health bureaus
and in many other local and international NGOs. In addition, they have served as key resource
persons in design and roll out of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment programs under the
HIV/AIDS prevention and control office (HAPCO) at national and regional level.

ABH staffs maintain close ties with governmental and nongovernmental organizations, teaching
and research institutions and such combination of extensive training experience with substantial
expertise in training services making it one of our core strengths. This enables us to offer a wide
range of services to suit a diverse set of clients working on national health priorities.

What are our aims?

ABH is committed to using the existing bona fide efforts to salvage the people of Ethiopia from
the calamity of a number of diseases. To that end ABH is prepared to provide technical, logistic
and programmatic support to the Ministry of Health and Regional Health Bureaus by working
closely with international and national governmental and non governmental organizations.
 Contribute in using the existing local knowledge and skill through competency based
trainings for capacity development
 Develop a locally appropriate and innovative ways of implementing prevention, care and
treatment services
 Advocates for the use of contracting out services for private providers to develop a
mutually beneficial approach of providing services such as referrals, trainings, and actual
health services.

In which areas do we work?

We work to improve health service delivery, institutional technical capacity and quality
management in all regions of Ethiopia. We provide considerable attention on the development of
effective use of knowledge transfer to work place and appropriate training frameworks. We
support our clients during the processes of situational analysis/ needs assessment, instructional
and curriculum design, planning, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
Health service programs and projects. Furthermore we provide capacity building and technical
assistance to our partners/clients during all stages of the project cycle.

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What services do we offer?
We work to improve health service delivery, institutional technical capacity and quality
improvement in all regions of Ethiopia. We provide considerable attention on the development of
effective use of knowledge transfer to work place and appropriate training frameworks. We
support our clients during the processes of situational analysis/ needs assessment, instructional
and curriculum design, planning, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
health service programs and projects. Furthermore we provide capacity building and technical
assistance to our partners/clients during all stages of the project cycle.

What specific services do we offer?

Technical: ABH offers professional training, consultancy, and applied research in the health
system with focus on country’s priorities: survey, needs assessment, training, program
monitoring and evaluation. We have considerable expertise in mobilizing of experienced trainers
and high profile consultants for different health program needs and service providers. The
combination of our training and research experience provides innovative and effective solutions
for our clients. We see the efficient integration of quality improvement approaches and
specialised expert knowledge as our key asset, enabling processes with sustainable results.

We provide specific services in the following

areas:
Technical and Training Curriculum Development:
o Anti Retroviral Treatment (ART)/IMAI
o HIV Counselling and Testing: Provider Initiated Counselling and Testing PIHCT,
Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing
o Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
o (PMTCT) Mother Support Groups Program (MSG/M2M)
o TB/HIV
o Basic Life Support/First Aid
o Sexually Transmitted
o Infections Palliative Care
o Clinical Nutrition Care for Adults and Children with
o HIV Community Based Nutrition
o Clinical Mentorship
o Infection
o
Prevention Injection
o
Safety
o
Malaria prevention and control
o
o Training needs assessment
o Performance and quality
o Improvement Monitoring and
Evaluation

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We have had key roles in Development of National Training package and as Review and task
force members for:

o ART/IMAI
o PMTCT
o Mother Support Group (MSG/M2M)
o HIV Counselling and Testing (VCT and
o PIHCT) TB/HIV
o Palliative Care
o Infection
o Prevention
o Syndromic Management of
o STIs Lab monitoring of HIV
o Paediatric HIV/AIDS
o Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV/AIDS
o
programs Basic Life Support/First Aid
o
Case Management of HIV/AIDS
o
Clinical Nutrition Care for Adults and Children Living with
o
HIV Community Based Nutrition Care

Logistic support: In addition to its high quality technical support, the following are some of
the services we offer to support trainings and related events in any part of Ethiopia:

o Book training venues in all parts of Ethiopia.

o Arrange accommodation upon the request of the
o organizers. Arrange air and ground transportation as
o required.
o Reproduce training documents in a manner suitable for the various trainings.
Assign conference coordinators to all training venues to ascertain that all the
o required arrangements had been fulfilled
o Arrange meals and coffee breaks for the
o trainees Provide stationeries as may be
required.
o Provide training equipment including lap tops, LCD projectors, overhead

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 Contribution of ABH Core team staff and associates to the national HIV/AIDS
Prevention and Control

ABH technical teams and its associate members have had immense contribution and technical
input to the national endeavors in the control of HIV/AIDS pandemic in Ethiopia. Their technical
inputs includes range of activities such as development of national guidelines and
curriculums, capacity
strategic development, program design monitoring and evaluation, research and development,
representation in the national task forces and technical working groups as well as international
conferences. Their knowledge of the national health sector development and MDGs goal and its
objectives and their involvement towards this end is also quite remarkable.

With respect to training facilitation, all the technical teams and its associates have facilitated
quite large number of trainings in areas of ART for multidisciplinary teams, PMTCT, TB/HIV,
HCT, STIs, Infection Prevention/Injection Safety, Clinical Nutrition Care for PLHIV, Clinical
Mentorship etc. Almost all ABH staff and associates were involved either in the planning,
coordination or actual
Their professional competence and dedication in undertaking such technica inputs is als wel
l o l
acknowledged by the respective training organizers and
trainees.

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Organization Capacity
Statement
Financial
capacity
As can be seen from its official Business Licence, ABH has started its operation with initial
investment of 2.5 million Ethiopian Birr specifically for technical and logistic support of
trainings Because of the ever increasing demand in the market; the management has doubled the
capital in less than one year period. ABH Services Plc, through the Overdraft Agreement with
Abyssinia Bank, has also the potential to mobilize as much as 3 million more ETB to execute the
orders/contracts of

ABH follows globally accepted standard accounting system and also accommodates the
requirements set by all US Government and other donors funded programs/projects. ABH’s
Financial, Procurement, Supply, Personnel and Travel manuals ensure accountable and
transparent

Human Resource

Founded and led by experts in technical and logistic support for short term trainings, consultancy
works, operational researches and project/program implementations, ABH has very diversified
team member staff working with different capacities including on technical and administrative
leadership, finance, operation and conference/training assistants and other administrative works.
ABH has the biggest and most diversified pool of trainers and consultants who have official
working relationship with the company.
ABH has organized its human resource into organizational structure that enables efficient
delivery of its services.

Capacity to Mobilize Resourceful Professionals

ABH, through its strong link and an extensive network with professionals of diversified
disciplines, can mobilize as many trainers as required. One of ABH’s guiding principles in
ensuring quality of

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committed to identify trainers who are nationally accepted by the MOH and partner organizations
working in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention care and treatment.

ABH has a much facilitated way of accepting and head hunting proficient trainers in different
thematic areas/programs.

Equipments/Facilities/Office

ABH has a professional permanent working environment at its head office in Addis Ababa, on
TK International Building, Bole Road around Bole International Air Port. It is conveniently
located in the business district of the city where many stake holders and partners are also located.
The regional offices of ABH located in Bahir Dar (North Western), Southern (Hawassa) and
Adama (Central) provide closer technical and administrative support to projects and programs
ABH implements. Those regional offices are led by Regional Directors who liaise with
respective local authorities and

The head office is equipped with classic & contemporary communication systems and
equipments such as broad band internet connection (512kb/s), emails, telephone and fax. Each
regional office is

ABH recognizes that organizing training and related events is demanding in terms of material
resources too especially when such events are organized for different groups at different
locations simultaneously. ABH is, therefore, equipped with appropriate equipments are facilities
that would

ABH Services has its own model training auditorium located in Bole Sub city, fully equipped
with relevant meeting facilities, for those who want to use the full board services of ABH. The
duplication/printing unit of ABH Services Plc equipped with state of the art printing and
duplicating materials that have the capacity to print up to 200,000 pages and copy up to 750, 000
pages per day. The heavy duty binding machines bind the materials printed/photocopied in the
printing and

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The following table shows some of training and event related materials needed for organizing
and
providing logistic support in kind, type and quantity. Moreover, ABH has the access/ of
system
renting more materials of any kind and quantity if need be.

S.No Name of Equipment Type/Model Quantity Remark

1 Heavy duty printer HP 9000dn 5

2 Heavy duty photo copier Canon/Xerox 4
3 Scanner HP 2115 5
4 Heavy duty Colour Printer HP 4650 and HP 4600 2
5 LCD Projector SONY 12
6 Laptops TOSHIBA,DELL, 12 All with
ACER, HP, updated
7 Binding machine 3 Heavy duty
8 Flip chart holder 15
9 Overhead projectors 14
10 Overhead projectors 13
Screen
11 Laminating machine 3 Heavy duty

Vehicles

Recognizing the need for transport of participants, trainers, delegates, speakers of events, ABH
has leased and acquired 6 field vehicles and 4 vans. The vehicles serve for transport of trainees,
materials to and from venues of trainings and other events throughout Ethiopia. It is worth
mentioning our ability to provide as many more vehicles that our clients request/needed for their
events at a very

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Experience/ Past Performance
For the last years, ABH has been undertaking provision of logistic and technical support for
various governmental, local & international non governmental and private organizations on
training and related events in Addis Ababa and all regional states. Such service constitutes the
typical services ABH to select nationally approved trainers, adopt/adapt training materials, book
venues and accommodation for participants and trainers, provide training aids (laptops, LCD
projectors, flip chart holders, stationeries), duplicate and distribute various training materials, pay
per diem, trainers fee and other payments according to the approval/request of the
organizers/clients, book air and

ABH is very proud to name the following list of USG (US Government) and other donors
funded/supported organizations with which it has worked very closely:
 Federal Ministry of Health
 Oromia Regional State Health
 Bureau SNNPR Health Bureau
 Tigray Regional State Health
 Bureau Amhara Regional State
 Health Bureau
 Addis Ababa City Administration Health
 Bureau Somali Regional State Health Bureau
 USAID|AED/Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Program
 USAID| Abt Associates/Private Sector Partnership on TB and HIV
 USAID| JSI/AIDSTAR-One Project

US CDC| Johns Hopkins University/ Technical Assistance for Ethiopian HIV/AIDS ART

Initiative
US CDC| University of Washington/International Training and Education Centre on HIV

(ITECH-Ethiopia)
US CDC| Columbia University/International Centre for AIDS Care and Treatment

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  Agency for Refugees and Returnees Affairs (ARRA), UNHCR counter part of the
Ethiopian Government
 World Bank| African Regional Capacity Network ON HIV/AIDS/ African Institute of
Disaster Management and Development
 SOS Sahel International/SOS Children’s
 Village DXN-Ethiopia
 AMBA Pharmaceuticals

The very large number of trainings, consultancy works, researches/surveys and events organized
and
supported by ABH over the last years is a clear indicator that ABH is a very competent and
efficient organization to provide technical and logistic support on trainings and related events.

The core team members and associates of ABH have also a very extensive experience of
organizing and conducting short term trainings at various levels for decades. The contribution
and input of its members and associates to the HRH development in the context of HIV/AIDS in
the country is

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Sample Performance of ABH Services PLC (Jan.08 – Nov. 2009)
Client: USAID/Academy for Educational Development |Food and Nutrition Technical
Assistance II (USAID/AED|FANTA-2 Project)

Project: Conducting Training on Clinical Nutrition Care for Adults and Children Living with
HIV for Chronic HIV Health Care Providers

Under sub contractual agreement from AED/FANTA-2 Project ABH has provided technical and
logistic support using nationally recognized trainers. ABH has so far trained a total number of
420 health care providers working at health centres and regional health bureaus in Amhara,
SNNPR and Oromia Regional States. The service requires identification of trainers for
simultaneous and decentralized trainings, manage all logistics of the training, assign training
admin assistants, organize, implement and oversee the training events produce technical reports.
ABH has been very much acknowledged for the very well organized and efficient services

Client: USAID/Academy for Educational Development |Food and Nutrition Technical

Assistance II (USAID/AED|FANTA-2 Project)

Project: Conducting Training of Trainers (TOT) on Clinical Mentorship for HIV/AIDS and
Clinical Nutrition Care for Adults and Children Living with HIV

Under sub contractual agreement from AED/FANTA-2 Project ABH has provided technical and
logistic support for the TOT Program organized by Federal Ministry of Health, USAID,
AED/FANTA-2 and WHO-Ethiopia Country Office. ABH provided the technical and logistic
support for the training event that included both technical and logistic support. The service
requires identification of high calibre trainers that train the very experienced service providers,
program advisors and instructors drawn from FMOH, RHB, University Hospitals and USG
Partner organizations.

Client: US CDC/International Training and Education Centre on HIV (ITECH-

Ethiopia)
Project: Curriculum Review and Development of National Training Package of Case
Management of HIV/AIDS and Palliative Care

Under a contractual agreement with the nation’s technical lead supporting international NGO to
the FMOH, ITECH-Ethiopia, ABH has reviewed and developed the training package and
curriculum for training of case management and palliative care. ITECH-Ethiopia, the
FMOH/FHAPCO and its partners have been very grateful for the quality of work ABH

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Client: USAID/Abt Associates Inc/Private Sector Partnership on TB and HIV Program
(Abt/PSP- Ethiopia Program)

Project: Provide training on Basic ART for physicians, nurses, pharmacy technicians, health
officers; and Monitoring & Evaluation of ART program for health care workers and data clerks
in rounds

ABH Services Plc has conducted six parallel trainings on basic ART to Physicians, Nurses,
Pharmacy Technicians; Monitoring and Evaluation of National ART Program for health care
workers and data clerks for staff working in private higher clinics in Addis Ababa city. The
services provided in to Abt Associates Inc include both technical and logistic support.

Client: US CDC/Johns Hopkins University/Technical Support for the Ethiopian HIV/AIDS ART
Initiative, JHU-TSEHAI Project

Project: Provide training TOT training on Clinical Training Skills to JHU-TSEHAI Project
staff
ABH Services Plc has conducted a Clinical Training Skills Course for key staff of JHU (March
16- 31, 2009). JHU and its staff in particular have highly appreciated ABH Services for the
outstanding services they were offered

Client: US CDC/Johns Hopkins University/Technical Support for the Ethiopian HIV/AIDS ART
Initiative, JHU-TSEHAI Project

Project: Provide onsite training on Palliative Care, Clinical Nutrition Care for PLHIV,
Syndromic Management of STI and PEP at JHU-TSEHAI Project supported health facilities in
Addis Ababa, Gambella and Benshangul Gumuz

ABH Services Plc has been awarded a sub contract to provide onsite training on Palliative Care,
Clinical Nutrition Care for PLHIV, Syndromic Management of STI and PEP at JHU-TSEHAI
Project supported health facilities in Addis Ababa, Gambella and Benshangul Gumuz. The total
number of the onsite trainings is about 87.

Client: Federal Ministry of Health (HAPCO)/ World Bank/African Regional Capacity Network
on HIV/AIDS/African Disaster Management and Development

Project: Conduct National HIV/AIDS Related Training Needs Assessment in

Ethiopia
ABH Services Plc provided technical and logistic support of the nationwide HIV/AIDS related
Training Needs Assessment that targeted public and private health facilities, federal and regional
health authorities, NGO’s involved in delivery of HIV/AIDS related capacity building and other
relevant stakeholders in May 2009. ABH received an official letter of acknowledgment from
ADMD

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Client: UNHCR/ARRA

Project: Provide training on PIHCT (Provider Initiated HIV Counselling and

Testing)
ABH Services Plc conducted offsite training at its own training venue in Addis Ababa for health
care workers of UNHCR/ARRA (March 25-27, 2008). The service includes both technical and
logistic support. ABH has received appreciation from the client, UNHCR/ARRA, for the
outstanding services offered.

Client:
UNHCR/ARRA
Project: Provide training on Infection
Prevention
ABH Services conducted offsite training at its own training venue in Addis Ababa for health care
workers of UNHCR/ARRA (March 25-April 1, 2008). The service includes both technical and
logistic support. ABH has received appreciation from the client, UNHCR/ARRA, for the
outstanding services offered.

Client: UNHCR/ARRA

Project: Provide training on Palliative Care

ABH Services conducted offsite training at its own training venue in Addis Ababa for health care
workers of UNHCR/ARRA (May 26-30, 2008). The service includes both technical and logistic
support. ABH has received a letter of acknowledgment from the client, UNHCR/ARRA, for the
outstanding services offered.

Client: DXN-
Ethiopia
Project: Provide logistic and other administrative support for trainings and related
events
ABH Services has been providing logistic and other meeting/conference facility services for
DXN- Ethiopia, a global leader of Ganoderma based food supplements, since January 2008 to
date. ABH was able to efficiently execute assignments given by its DXN. The services included
booking arranging venues in Addis Ababa, Awasssa, Mekelle, Bahir Dar, Jimma and Adama.
We provided DXN with training aids, reproduced training related materials, arranged transport
and accommodation of both international and local participants/trainers, effect payment of
trainees and trainers per diems and other payments. DXN has awarded a certificate of
acknowledgement for the best service it obtained from ABH Services PLC.

Client: AMBA Pharmaceuticals

Plc
Project: Provide logistic support to meeting and related
events

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The drug and medical equipment importing giant in Ethiopia, AMBA Pharmaceuticals PLC, is
one of the clients of ABH Services PLC. ABH has been providing all kinds of logistic support
needed to organize Continuing Medical Education (CME), Treatment Updates and other
trainings/meeting in nearly all part of Ethiopia.

Client: Handicap International and Dire Dawa Regional Health

Bureau
Project: Provide training on VCT (Voluntary HIV Counselling
Testing)
ABH Services jointly conducted training on VCT (Voluntary HIV Counselling Testing) with
Bethzatha Health Services PLC in Dire Dawa City (February 25-March 18, 2008). Participants
were drawn from health facilities in Dire Dawa, Afar, and Somali Regional States. The service
both technical and logistic support. ABH received a certificate of acknowledgement for the
includes
successful coordination and conduct of this training

Client: UNHCR/ARRA

Project: Provide training on

PMTCT
ABH Services conducted offsite training at Ayu International Hotel in Adama town for health
care workers of UNHCR/ARRA (September 22-27, 2008). The service includes both technical
and logistic support. The training was offered along with practical site visit at Adama Hospital
ABH has received a letter of acknowledgment from the client, UNHCR/ARRA, for the
outstanding services offered.

Client: SOS Children’s Village-

Ethiopia
Project: Evaluation of SOS Maternity and Paediatric Medical Centre in Gode, Somali Regional
State
In October 2008, ABH Services Plc conducted the evaluation of SOS Maternity and Pediatric
Medical Center in Gode Town, Somali Regional State to evaluate the suitability of SOS MC
Gode interventions in meeting its operational objective taking into account the time and cost of
the

Client: SOS Children’s Village-

Ethiopia
Project: Rapid Nutritional Assessment in Gode, Somali Regional
State
In July 2009, ABH Services Plc conducted the evaluation of SOS Maternity and Pediatric
Medical Center in Gode Town, Somali Regional State to evaluate the suitability of SOS MC
Gode interventions in meeting its operational objective taking into account the time and cost of
the

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Client: Lundin
Petroleum
Project: Provide training on Basic Life Support/First
Aid
ABH Services conducted two parallel trainings on first aid and basic life support to office and
field staff of Lundin Petroleum, a global company engaged in exploration of petroleum here in
Ogaden region of Ethiopia. The service provided in October 2008 includes both technical and
logistic support.

Client: USAID|JSI/AIDSTAR-One Project

Project: Provide trainings and supportive supervision on injection

safety
ABH Services Plc has won a big bid to provide onsite and offsite trainings on injection safety in
Oromia and Harari Regional States of Ethiopia and Dire Dawa City Administration. The task
includes providing all technical and logistic supports needed to roll out training of health workers
on basic and TOT on injection safety and supportive supervision.

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Core management and technical staff members
Markos Feleke Haile, (MD, MPH).: Co founder and Executive Director of ABH Services Plc
obtained his first degree in Medicine (MD) from Jimma University and his Masters in Public
Health (MPH) from Haramaya University. Dr. Markos has ample experience in designing,
coordinating, implementing, and Monitoring & Evaluation of all HIV/AIDS training programs in
Ethiopia. He has served governmental, private and nongovernmental organization at different
capacities ranging from service provision to overall management. He has a wide range of training
and facilitation skills that has enabled him to transfer his knowledge and skills to relevant
trainees aimed at improved service quality in areas of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment
services. Working at Merlin- Ethiopia, he has spearheaded the malaria prevention and control
effort Arsi and Bale Zones of Oromia Regional State while working as Public Health Programs
Coordinator. Dr. Markos has served as a program and training consultant for various
organizations like Save Your Generation – Ethiopia (a partner of FHI/USAID) and JHPIEGO (A
partner of US CDC) on HIV/AIDS related trainings such as Infection Prevention, PMTCT,
PIHCT, SBM-R and HCT. He was actively engaged in the preparation of various national
training packages related to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment. Dr. Markos is been one
of the key resource persons for training of health professionals on Infection Prevention and
PMTCT/MNCH. Dr. Markos has been supervising the national roll out of onsite infection
prevention trainings when working with Jhpiego in 2006-2007. He also has been working with
AED/Linkages project as consultant trainer on ENA/BCC. Dr. Markos worked at Columbia
University, ICAP-Ethiopia, with a capacity of PMTCT and Pediatric HIV Program Advisor for
Oromia, Somali and Harari Regional States and Dire Dawa City Administration. Dr. Markos’
professional experience in the past years have given him the opportunity to know the overall
health system of almost all regional states in particular and that of the country in general. His
capability in networking and leadership in terms of efficient coordination of resources of all
kinds is commendable. Working with many USG funded programs as program advisor and lead,
he has been able to have the necessary experience of the requirements and compliance needed by
USG funded programs and projects both on grant basis and performance based subcontract basis.
He has been actively involved in the roll out of comprehensive HIV/AIDS programs in Ethiopia

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Dr. Markos’ diversified technical and leadership qualification & experience would enable him to
efficiently lead the operation of the company there by achieving the tasks to be subcontracted to
ABH in a way that exceeds expectation.

Samuel Tilahun Gebeyehu (MD, MPH), Technical Director of ABH Services Plc,
obtained his degree of doctor of medicine from Addis Ababa University and his MPH from
University of Gondar. Besides, he has taken different trainings and has attended national,
regional and international scientific as well as programmatic conferences. Dr Samuel has
considerable experience as a result of working in public, private and faith-based organizations as
expert as well as manager for more than 16 years. His extensive experience in managing
development, capacity building and intervention programs and projects funded by USAID and
other partners makes Dr. Samuel an all-rounded and exceptional technical person in the area of
public health. In his current role, as Technical Director for ABH Services Plc, Dr. Samuel
provides technical and programmatic leadership to a portfolio of training and capacity
development on major public health problems of the country. Before joining ABH Services Plc,
Dr Samuel has worked as Program Service Manager at Bethzatha Health Service Plc, Technical
Service for Monitoring Support Project of USAID. While working with this project at almost all
health centers in Ethiopia providing HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment services, Dr.
Samuel has been able to get a very good experience of working with Health Centers in the
country. His role has also enabled him to further expand his professional network with all
concerned authorities at Federal Ministry of Health and respective regional health bureaus. Dr.
Samuel also worked as Global Fund/National HIV/AIDS Program Officer at National
HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office of Ethiopia; Health and Nutrition Desk Officer for
USAID supported Integrated Food Security Project at Ethiopian Orthodox Church- Development
and Inter-Church Aid Commission (EOC-DICAC); and in many other reputable

Girma Seifu Maru (BA, MA), the Administartion and Finance Director of ABH Services
Plc is a graduate of Economic Policy Analysis from Addis Ababa University. Girma primary
duty and responsibility at ABH is to guide, plan, manage and review the implementation and
effectiveness of all financial and administrative strategies, processes, systems and procedures of
ABH Services Plc that aid in meeting its overall organizational objectives. He also works
as a member of senior
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project implementation and grant making related to government and USAID funded project in
wide
variety of sectors including HIV/AIDS in particular and Health in general. He has been
involved in implementation of extensive field work involving research, analysis, design and
assessments of organizations and programs. With a solid academic grounding in Economic
Policy Analysis and practice, Girma has worked on health issues both at the community and
donor level. At the local level, Mr. Seifu has liaised with diverse NGOs and GO constituencies
for the purposes of collaboration and the development of capacity building activities. At the
national and regional levels, he has worked in Federal HAPCO as key person in the development
of National HIV/AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation Framework. His sensitivity toward donor
requirements and planning needs is complemented by his experience in Pact Ethiopia (USAID
Funded Program) as Grant Manager. Excellent written and oral communications skills
complement Mr. Girma direct, hands-on approach. Girma has an M. Sc. in Economic Policy
Analysis from Addis Ababa University, and ACCA – Certificate Level from London. He has
served at different capacity in Office of the Federal Auditor General, Ethiopian Social
Rehabilitation Fund, Self Help Development International, Pact

Eyob Kifle, (MPH): Associate Technical Director of ABH is a public health expert currently
providing technical support to the short term trainings, consultancy works and operational
researches that ABH is engaged in. Eyob has an excellent understanding of the prevailing public
health issues and all the necessary skills to contribute towards alleviating the existing problems.
He was winner of the Outstanding Student Award upon completion of his MPH degree for his
exceptional performance. Mr. Eyob has a background in educational and health professionals
training institutes as instructor, teaching different courses for nurses, pharmacists and lab
technicians. He has hands- on experience on organizing short term trainings, conducting rapid
assessments and different types of surveys. As part of his duty, his most recent activities include
coordination of a national Training Need Assessment carried out by ABH for the African
Regional Capacity Building Network for HIV/AIDS Prevention, Treatment and Care (ARCAN
Project), a World Bank funded project working in Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia. Mr. Eyob
particularly trained the data collectors and coordinated the data collection teams deployed to the
SNNPR, Oromia and Addis Ababa regions. He also led a team of experts to conduct a Rapid
Assessment of the Humanitarian/Nutritional Situation of Gode Woreda, Gode Zone of the
Somali Regional State. The rapid assessment was

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qualitative and quantitative data collection methods-which incorporates anthropometric
measurements, household interviews, key informant interviews and focus group discussions. Mr.
Eyob also boldly contributed towards the successful provision of trainings organized by FMOH,
FHAPCO and Regional Health Bureaus in collaboration withPEPFAR, USAID, MSH/HCSP,
AED/FANTA-2, and WHO and facilitated by ABH Services, on Clinical Nutrition for Children
and Adults Living with HIV, clinical mentorship, basic ART, basic VCT, PMTCT, and many
more

Adiam Tsega (BA), Operations Manager of ABH Services Plc, is a young, energetic and
enthusiastic woman who spells success in all activities she engages in. She received her Bachelor
of Arts degree from Gondar University in Business Management. Ms Adiam has an amazing
ability of handling and coordinating different tasks simultaneously. She is well aware of different
issues associated with her job including but not limited to office management, financial
transaction, procurement and supply management, travel coordination and booking. Her time and
people management and good communication skills are helping her and the company she is
working for in different ways. Before assuming the position of Operations Manager at ABH, she
served the same company as an Administrative Assistant. Miss Adiam also worked on the
position of Junior Accountant for Jerusalem Children and Community Development
Organization and also worked as

Yigrem Kindie (BA), Finance Manager of ABH Services Plc, is a born accountant and
financier. After receiving his Diploma from the oldest business school of the country, Addis
Ababa Commercial College, he pursued his education further in the Faculty of Business and
Economics of Addis Ababa University and received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Accounting.
Mr. Yigrem has unique skills in managing financial transactions specially those related to
sbcontract and grants. His experience of working strictly under the requirements of international
funding agencies like the USAID, CDC, PEPFAR, European Union, DFID and Global Fund is
considered as a great asset by his employers. Before joining ABH Services Plc as a Finance
Manager, Mr. Yigrem accumulated

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Kalkidan Nigussie (LLB), Human Resources and Contracts Officer of ABH Services Plc,
is a Graduate from the Law School of Addis Ababa University. Ms. Kalkidan has a thorough
knowledge and understanding of the legal system of the country and international laws pertaining
to her assignment. Miss Kalkidan has served ABH as Admin Assistant previously, and worked in
other organizations at different capacities. She served United Peace Federation as Secretary
General and received Certificate of recognition as an Ambassador for Peace from the Universal
Peace Federation and the Inter Religious and International Federation for the World Peace,
worked in Self Help
charming personality, human approach to problem and an everlastin energ and perseveranc
s g y e
made her successful at early age.

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Organogram of ABH Services
Plc

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References
:
1. Mrs. Kathleen Poer
Chief of Party
Abt Associates Inc/Private Sector
Partnership Tel.: +251116298232
Cell Phone: +251911510991
Fax: +2511162997845
Email: [email protected]

2. Dr. Mengistu Tafesse

Chief of Party/Nutrition and HIV Specialist
AED/USAID/Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance II
Tel. +251911217919
Email: [email protected]

3. Marion McNabb
Program
Johns Hopkins University, TSHEAI
Director
Program Tel. +251913472174
Fax: +251113724482
Email: [email protected]

4. Fekadu Abebe (B, Pharm, MPH)

Country
USAID|JSI/AIDSTAR-One Project
Director
Tel. +251911638001
Email:
[email protected]

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Annexes: Sample letters of recommendation and copy of legal
documents

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