{"id":4473,"date":"2025-06-04T10:36:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T07:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/?page_id=4473"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:31:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:31:14","slug":"thought-leaders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/thought-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Thought Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4473\" class=\"elementor elementor-4473\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43bb10c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43bb10c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ac22c5\" data-id=\"0ac22c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68833e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"68833e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SMT<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0be50fd elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0be50fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ccda36e\" data-id=\"ccda36e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06e6d0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06e6d0f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-328bc1b\" data-id=\"328bc1b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-785ff9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"785ff9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Misrak-Mekonnen-300x273.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4498\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Misrak-Mekonnen-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Misrak-Mekonnen.jpg 751w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e32df22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e32df22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Misrak Makonnen<\/h3>\n<p>Country Director<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b32875d elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b32875d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/2025\/09\/15\/misrak-makonnen\/?\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-83de3db\" data-id=\"83de3db\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40fe852 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"40fe852\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Dr-Addis-T-300x273.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-4502\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Dr-Addis-T-300x273.png 300w, https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/06\/Dr-Addis-T.png 751w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48346a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48346a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Dr Addis Tamire<\/h3>\n<p>Senior Director, Health System Strengthening<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cfc889 elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3cfc889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/2025\/06\/04\/dr-addis-tamire\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8451a6\" data-id=\"a8451a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6abaed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6abaed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Murida-for-bio-1-300x265.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5115\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Murida-for-bio-1-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Murida-for-bio-1.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5950ec1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5950ec1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Murida Kemal\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Program Implementation Director<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e870e5\" data-id=\"8e870e5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4efad38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4efad38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Dr-Hilina-photo-wz-white-edit--e1763226692171-300x280.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5117\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Dr-Hilina-photo-wz-white-edit--e1763226692171-300x280.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Dr-Hilina-photo-wz-white-edit--e1763226692171-768x718.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Dr-Hilina-photo-wz-white-edit--e1763226692171.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-940ea45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"940ea45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Dr Helina Worku<\/h3>\n<p>Director of Primary Health Care and Strategic Partnership<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1285b3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1285b3e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-72541d5\" data-id=\"72541d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67647d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"67647d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Bersi-300x288.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5134\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Bersi-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Bersi.png 526w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8669447\" data-id=\"8669447\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcd958e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fcd958e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"463\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Meketa.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5133\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Meketa.png 463w, https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Meketa-292x300.png 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-880db17\" data-id=\"880db17\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cb53b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8cb53b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-083724.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5135\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-083724.png 523w, https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-083724-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ff32b77\" data-id=\"ff32b77\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8ef8bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b8ef8bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"499\" src=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-083750.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5136\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-083750.png 506w, https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-083750-300x296.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ff49cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ff49cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aabd100\" data-id=\"aabd100\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9f2a7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b9f2a7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-56b44ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"56b44ba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-753a84ae\" data-id=\"753a84ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1585ff8a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1585ff8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>\u00a0Our Thought Leaders<\/h1>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4addb6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4addb6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column 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