Congratulations Mekdes Daba, our new Minister of Health

Developing Story: Mekdes Daba Appointed as Minister of Health by House of Peoples Representatives The parliament also approved the appointment of Dr. Mekdes Daba as minister of Health, replacing Dr. Lia Tadesse. Dr. Mekdes, an obstetrician and gynecologist at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, was the first woman in Ethiopia to have completed family planning and reproductive health subspecialty training in 2022. She served as the president of the Ethiopian Obstetricians and Gynecologists Association (ESOG). In 2021, she won the FIGO Awards in Recognition of Female Obstetricians/Gynecologists.

We wish her all the best

This is the message from Lia Tadesse:

Your Excellency Dr.

@MekdesDaba

, Congratulations on your appointment as the Minister of Health. Wishing you a successful tenure, I take this opportunity to express my sincere confidence you will discharge this tremendous responsibility with diligence, competence, & compassion.

Mekdes Daba was the first woman to complete the Family planning & Reproductive health subspecialty training.

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Mekdes Daba, from St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology has successfully completed Family planning & Reproductive health subspecialty training. She is the first woman to complete this fellowship program in Ethiopia. We wish her all the best in her upcoming endeavors.

She is the first woman to complete this fellowship program in Ethiopia.