Dr Woldekidan Kifle Amde

BA (Addis Ababa), MA (Ruhr-Bochum), MA (UWC), PhD (UWC)

Program Manager/Researcher
E: wamde@uwc.ac.za

Woldekidan is a researcher at the School of Public Health with interest in health policy and systems research, human resources for health, and capacity development.

Woldekidan is involved in teaching and inter-university collaborative initiatives to develop capacity in the field of health policy and systems research, and human resource leadership and management. He coordinates SOPH’s international PhD programme and co-convenes the Introducing Public Health module, part of SOPH’s Postgraduate Diploma programme. He also coordinates and manages content on the SOPH’s website and social media platforms. Prior to joining SOPH in 2009, Woldekidan worked as a development professional in Ethiopia with a focus on vulnerability and risk associated with disadvantaged groups, and access and usage to information communication technologies.

Projects

South African higher education institutions as drivers of change for health and wellbeing

This project seeks to address the twin challenges of developing capacity for training and research in pharmaceutical public health and doctoral education, and contributing to the goal of strengthening health and pharmaceutical systems capable of sustainably addressing key threats to health.

African Regional Community of Practice for Gender and Health

The African Regional Community of Practice (CoP) for Gender and Health in Africa was formed to facilitate a space in which the African community can engage in greater discussions and share ideas on matters of Gender and Health, especially after the Covid-19 global pandemic. It aims to advance African initiatives that facilitate regional understanding, collaboration, and policy-relevant knowledge production and practice on gender and health.

Gender-transformative research in Africa: collective learning and synthesis to improve sexual reproductive and maternal health rights and services

The overall aim of the project (February 2022-May 2025) is to foster a strengthened community of researchers and policymakers informed, connected and empowered to use gender-transformative frameworks and methods in their research and practice.

Strengthening capacity for research, education, policy support, advocacy and networking of the partners in the field of human and animal health

SOPH’s key focus with ITM has been on strengthening South-based knowledge generation based on ‘embedded country’ health policy and systems research (HPSR) and education.

Human Resources for Health Leadership and Management course

SOPH is one of four academic institutions in an academic consortium contracted by the WHO to develop prototype curricula for training in Human Resources for Health (HRH) leadership which will contribute to the implementation of the Global Health Workforce Strategy.

Drivers of retention of the HIV workforce transitioned from PEPFAR support to the Uganda government payroll

By: Henry Zakumumpa, Joseph Rujumba, Marjorie Kyomuhendo, Ilyse Stempler, Woldekidan Amde

Collaborative project on gender transformative approaches to improve sexual, reproductive and maternal health in Africa launched

The School of Public Health recently began work on two exciting aspects of a global research project focusing on gender transformative approaches to improve sexual, reproductive and maternal health in Africa.

Webinar on decoloniality held: Decolonial conversations about our health policy and systems research (HPSR) praxis: How do we resist?

When a country gains independence from a colonial power, it does not mean that all the effects of colonialism automatically disappear.