Acting Director, Primary Health Care Clinical Guideline National Coordinator, Clinical Service Directorate, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Yibeltal Mekonnen Feyissa, M.D. qualified as a Medical Doctor from Hawassa University in Ethiopia in 2010. After graduation he served in the following roles at the Haramaya University College of Health Sciences and Hiwot Fana University Hospital: Medical Director of the University hospital (2 years), lecturer, undergraduate research advisor, medical education quality assurance team chair and practicing GP within the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (5 years) and Head of Paediatrics (2 years). He has subsequently worked for the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health since April 2016 to date in the following roles: National University Hospitals Service Coordinator (April to August 2016), National Coordinator Primary Health Care Reform (August 2016 to August 2017), Ethiopian Primary Health Care Clinical Guidelines National Coordinator/lead (August 2016 to date), Clinical Services Directorate Director – current post (September 2017 to date): lead national clinical service delivery strategies, set, implement and support national policies to improve health service delivery at Hospitals and Health centers, expand specialty services and tertiary care in the nation. He is affiliated to the Ethiopian Public Health Association.