Kersa HDSS in Hopes for New CHAMPS Network Project Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network team met with Haramaya University’s President, Vice-President and Directors on 3rd Nov. 2016 to discuss the new project that works on the tracking and prevention of child health and mortality. The project so far has selected six sites in the world with high mortality rate of children under-5 and would work on identifying main areas of focus, tracking child mortality and mortality prevention. Kersa/Harar HDSS including Hiwot Fana Referral Hospital is among the six sites. The main idea of the Network is to share collected pathology data from the different sites, hopefully in real-time, with the Central Storage Facility using telepathology to analyze, share and notify the different stakeholders of the result. The specimens are expected to be stored in local storage facilities; some would be sent to the Central Storage Facility at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). After the data are analyzed, the panel members such as family members and clinicians who have been taking care of the child or children would be notified of the cause of death. In the discussion session held at the President’s Office, questions were raised and the team gave their feedback. one raised concern was the integration and linkage of the project with the learning-teaching process in the University. The team pointed out that the project is a ‘robust project’ with a multidisciplinary dimension, from which
Agricultural Experts Receive Training on Transferring New Technologies Haramaya University’s Research and Extension wing organized a-two-day training on 24 and 25 October 2009 for 35 experts selected from Haramaya District in Haramaya Town. The training included seven very important topics such as water resources and management, utilization of irrigation technology (drip), integrated soil fertility management, vegetables pre-and post-harvest practices, vegetables disease and pest management. Seven skilled professionals from the field ofhorticulture were involved in delivering these topics. According to Mr. Teklemariam Keneni, a member of the University’s Research and Extension Directorate, the objectives of the training was to demonstrate and trans- is useful to boost experts’ knowledge and understand attitudes of people they encounter so that they can train and change them to maintain a positive and optimistic outlook about work and work environment. The training participant appreciated the University, the trainers and media personnel for the training they received which will enable them to solve farmers’ production problems by applying drip irrigation technology. fer technologies/improved practices, show how to manage water resources and utilize the irrigation technology (drip) as well as use integrated soil fertility management to in order to improve their livelihood by creating sustainable agricultural production in the region. Many relevant questions were raised by the participants and they actively attended the training. They were very eager to scale-up to 33 kebeles selecting model farmers who have the potential to implement drip irrigation technology to produce major vegetal crops like potato, cabbage, carrot, tomato, onion etc. The closing remark was made by Professor Kebe- de W/Tsadik, Vice-president for Community Engagement and Enterprise Development. He said that such training users