ethiopian health and nutrition research institute - ianphi

activate the accreditation process for laboratories. The presence of quality-assured laboratoryservices in Ethiopia will not only strengthen case management but also support decisionmaking and epidemic response.OBJECTIVE 5: Improve national disease, nutrition and environmental survey andsurveillance dataThrough improved survey and surveillance data, EHNRI aims to reduce maternal, infant andchild mortality and to generate information on resistant infections. The occurrence ofdifferent diseases, infections and their levels of resistance will be studied through periodicalor one time surveys. Surveying the trends of major priority diseases, such as HIV, TB, malariaand other viral and bacterial diseases, will help to design programs aimed at reducingmortality and morbidity, build capacity and effectively allocate human, material and financialresources. Survey and surveillance data will also aid policy makers at the national, regionaland woreda levels to implement tools and mechanisms developed to reduce mortality andmorbidity. More specifically, survey and surveillance data generated for microbial andinsecticide resistance will help to facilitate the development of cures and prevent the spreadof resistant infections throughout communities. Surveys collecting data on nutritional,traditional medicine and other related issues will be performed to identify their contributionsto improving public health at the community level. . Micronutrient deficiency data are alsovital to ensure the health of the public and will be used to determine the magnitude ofnutritional deficiency diseases in Ethiopia. The level and magnitude of micronutrientdeficiency in Ethiopia needs to be clearly identified and reliable information is needed todevelop micronutrient interventions.OBJECTIVE 6: Increase problem solving research on disease, nutrition, traditionalmedicine and modern drugsThe objective in this area will focus on research that will be vital to improve diagnosis andintervention of infectious and non infectious diseases. New or existing diagnostic techniqueswill be developed or evaluated before their wide use is made available throughout thecountry. Clinical trials of newly developed medicines and alternative traditional treatmentswill be investigated. A national-level evaluation of nutritional intervention strategies will becarried out at research level prior to their implementation. The development or evaluation of32