{"id":5196,"date":"2025-11-17T18:16:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/?p=5196"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:32:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T09:32:00","slug":"yemeserach-belayneh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/2025\/11\/17\/yemeserach-belayneh\/","title":{"rendered":"Yemeserach Belayneh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Senior Advisor, Global Reproductive Health, Packard Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yemeserach Belayneh is a regional advisor to the Global Reproductive Health Initiative, contributing to the initiative\u2019s strategy, grantmaking, evaluation and learning for East and West Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the past 20 years, as the Foundation\u2019s advisor and representative in Ethiopia, she managed the Foundation\u2019s grantmaking activities in the country. She offered insights into the local context and identified grantmaking opportunities aligned with the Foundation\u2019s priority issues. Additionally, she acted as a liaison to government institutions, donors, and decision-makers, facilitating strategic cooperation and collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yemeserach has a strong commitment to advancing reproductive health, women and youth empowerment, and social inclusion. She also serves as an advisor to various national institutions, including the Joy Center for Autism in Ethiopia. Furthermore, she contributes to Amref Health Africa International Board of Directors, Health Program Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yemeserach holds a master\u2019s degree in Organizational Leadership and Management from Azusa Pacific University and a bachelor\u2019s degree in International Relations and Political Science from Addis Ababa University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Advisor, Global Reproductive Health, Packard Foundation Yemeserach Belayneh is a regional advisor to the Global Reproductive Health Initiative, contributing to the initiative\u2019s strategy, grantmaking, evaluation and learning for East [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":5141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[13,25],"class_list":["post-5196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-advisory-council"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/amref.org\/ethiopia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-11-17-at-10.51.33.png","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v14.6.1 - 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