Public Health Officers Association of Ethiopia

The training was interrupted during the Derg Regime and resumed later in the current government administration. Graduates of the program are placed at the center piece of the Primary Health Care Unit of the Public Health System (they manage Health Center with its satellite Health Posts; Woreda Health Office with several Health Center under it). They also assume different capacities in Civil Societ

y Organizations (CSOs) and other health related sectors. To effectively and efficiently tackle the health and health-related problems of individuals, families and communities, health officers are expected to have the following knowledge and skills: 1) assess community health needs; 2) plan, implement and evaluate activities and resources of the primary health care unit; 3) collect, organize and analyze health and health-related data from health institutions, communities and other relevant areas and utilize and disseminate the information to the community and other concerned bodies; 4) conduct and provide continuing education on the- job- training to the staff of the primary health care unit and community health workers. Since its inception in the early1950’s, HO has been a backbone for the Health Sector Development as well as for the success of MDG programs in Ethiopia.