Daniel G. Datiko
REACH ,Ethiopia
Biography
I am an epidemiologist by training after General Medical Practitice. I have worked in health institutions in the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia. I have also coordinated TB Leprosy and Blindness Prevention and Control Programme in Southern Ethiopia with a population of about 15 million. I was responsible for training, planning and M+E. I have also worked with stakeholders and partners working related activities in capacity building and improving services. The current project I am sharing involved community health workers to identify presumptive TB cases and sending smears for laboratory examination. I have received grants and successfully implemented many projects.
Abstract
Abstract : Involving lay health workers for case finding and improved treatment outcomes in rural Ethiopia