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Departments

Dr.Firehiwot Workneh MPH,PhD
Assistant Professor of Public Health/M&E and Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Email:firehiwotworkneh@addiscontinental.edu.et 

The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is one of the four departments in Addis Continental Institute of Public Health. The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics applies, develops, and teaches the skills needed to understand the determinants of disease and improve health. The department studies the frequency, distribution, and determinants of disease and health-related events in low-income settings. Building human capacity to address health-related challenges is an integral component of our teaching and research initiatives. The main courses that run under the department are Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Research methods. Department members also deliver courses that are run by the Global Health department by teaching Introduction to Health Service Management and Computer and Statistical Software application Courses.


Walelegn Worku . MPH, PhD
Head of Global Health and Health Policy Department
Associate Professor of Public Health

Email: walelegnworku@addiscontinental.edu.et

Global Health Department serves as a dynamic hub for education, research, community service, and institutional governance within the Institute’s academic landscape. Global Health Department offers five key courses and provides essential student advising services. Additionally, the department collaborates with other departments on research initiatives, fostering a multidisciplinary approach to academic exploration. The main courses that are run by the department

  • Introduction to Public health
  • Health policy formulation and analysis
  • Environmental health
  • Health service management and
  • health economics

The Global Health Department also   contributes to knowledge dissemination by organizing short courses on relevant topics and publishing scientific research within the field of global health. Beyond its academic role, the department is actively involved in community-oriented initiatives and services.

Dagmawit Tewahido, BSc, MPH, PhD
Head of Nutrition and Behavioral Sciences department

Assistant Professor of Health Promotion and Communication


Addis Continental Institute of Public Health

Email: dagmawittewahido@addiscontinental.edu.et

Tel.0116390013

The nutrition and behavioral sciences department aims to understand, train and improve public health through enhanced nutrition; and social and behavioral determinants of health. It strives to accomplish this through long-term and short-term training programs and research.

The department’s academic mission is to train both scholars and practitioners to equip them with the skillset in designing, implementing, and evaluating health-enhancing programs with special focus on nutrition and behavioral sciences.

The main courses that run under the department are:

  • Public health nutrition
  • Health promotion and communication and
  • Qualitative research methods

Tigest Shifraw, BA, MPH, PhD

Head of Reproductive Health and Population Studies Department

Addis Continental Institute of Public Health

Email: Tigestshifraw@addiscontinental.edu.et

Tel: +251116390018

Department of Reproductive health and population

The Department of Reproductive Health and Population is engaged in sexual reproductive health research that address issues that are relevant to low-income country settings. The Department also contributes to the training of health experts who will lead and manage reproductive health services, projects, and programs. The Reproductive Health and Population Studies course offered by the Department mainly covers concepts, theories, practices and measurement of health and disease in women, men, children, adolescents, and the elderly. In addition, the course addresses key concepts and measurements of the three demographic processes: fertility, mortality and migration. The Department also supports research conducted by Master of Public Health students. More than eight public health professionals are involved in the department.

The main courses that run under the department are:

  • Introduction to Reproductive Health
  • Maternal Health
  • Family Planning
  • Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health
  • Newborn and child health
  • Gender & RH
  • Introduction to Population studies

Head of Registrar: Seada Beyan, BA, MA

Email: seadabeyan@addiscontinental.edu.et

registrar.aciph@gmail.com  

registrar@addiscontinental.edu.et

Tel: +251116390000/04

The Office of the Registrar: 

The Office of the Registrar provides academic support services for the academic programs of the Institute. The office maintains timely and accurate records of the academic progress of students. The office is responsible for all operational matters pertaining to student intake, admission, readmission, enrollment, class and exam schedules, and academic records, allocation of classrooms as well as lecture halls and graduation.

Typical activities include registration, preparing student copy, checking graduation requirements and providing degrees and transcripts for graduates. The Office permanently documents students’ academic records in different forms, Prepares the Academic Calendar of the institute each year in consultation with the Director and Deputy Director and submits it to the Senate for approval; ensures the timely distribution of such Calendar to departments and other units of the institute and sees to it that academic units strictly adhere to the Calendar.