Wolde

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. 

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In the news


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.