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Kesete has championed is the guidance and scaling up of an Audit-able
Pharmaceutical Transaction Service (APTS), which is a local innovation, started in Debre Markos Referral Hospital and grown in Axum St Mary Hospital and in other hospitals of the country. APTS is a data driven package of interventions designed to transform the pharmaceutical supply chain in general and pharmacy services at health facilities. The system improves patient knowledge on correct dosage, decrease waiting time and increase care time. It establish accountable, transparent and responsible supply chain and pharmacy practices enabling the Audit Bureau and regulatory authority to easily audit, trace and control products from theft, pilferage and illegal diversion. It helps supply chain organizations and health facilities to optimize utilization of medicines budget, improve access to affordable medicines, and decrease wastage. APTS standardizes and continuously monitors the number, mix & performance of supply and pharmacy service workforce. It also standardizes customer service premise design and workflow. Through improving recording and documentation, it generates reliable and consistent information for decision making and control for regulatory authority. As a result, APTS improves overall quality of the supply chain and pharmacy services thereby increasing patient knowledge on correct dosage and satisfaction for customers. APTS improves quality of pharmaceutical services, brings transparency, accountability and efficiency in health facilities through effective recording and reliable information. Ultimately it contributes to better health outcomes. from 2011 to June 2019, more than 200 health facilities have implemented APTS with dramatic improvement in availability of medicines and reduced wastage. During the inception of APTS, Dr Kesete and creator of APTS, discussed on the issue while they were in Adama for workshop developing manuals of “code of Ethics” for various health professions in Ethiopia. They discussed on the content of APTS, advantages and how to implement the system and Dr Kesete advised the creator on how to go about it and what should it focus. Dr Kesete decided to implement it at Amanuel Hospital and to transfer the creator from ALERT hospital to Amanuel Hospital, since he was the then CEO of the Amanuel hospital. But fortunately, soon he was promoted to be the health minister of the country so that he got opportunity to implement it nationally. He was leading implementation of the new system-APTS nationally, monitoring every month with very detailed knowledge of APTS. The new system, APTS, is incorporated in a level four pharmacy pre-service training curriculum in Ethiopia with significant credit hours. APTS is also included in the graduate level (master's degree) training of pharmacy management in Wollo University. The principles of APTS have potential to be scaled up to and beyond Ethiopia - globally both for pharmacy services and supply chain. Generally, Dr Kesete led and contributed a lot for the innovation, development and scale up of APTS.
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mental health services into primary care and initiated and coordinated psychiatric training for nurses and clinical offices that has addressed the critical shortage of health workers in the field. Dr Kesete has changed the course of mental health for the better in
Ethiopia. The BSc level pre-service training program is now running in 5 universities and produce up to 400 mental health practitioners who are deployed to primary and secondary care level. The MSc training in clinical and community psychiatry is also producing up to 30 graduates every year who are serving as Non-Physician Psychiatrists. For these and other initiatives that brought substantial change in mental health, Dr Kesete has been recognized by Ethiopian Psychiatric Association as outstanding leader in Mental Health in 2016. He also served the Ministry as Team Leader of Public Private Partnership and led the formation of partnership forums with health professional associations, civil society and the private sector.
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in exposure to fieldwork, and dedicated to expanding and strengthening of PHC programs at scale throughout Africa and beyond. The international institute will collaborate with the Johns
Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and is based within the Ethiopian Public Health Institute in Addis Ababa. The International Institute for PHC will assist other countries in the design and implementation of PHC programs at scale, aiming to accelerate the improvement of the health of populations in
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and 97% of the blood is collected from voluntary donors. The establishment of the
National Blood Bank and Transfusion Services by council of Ministers regulation in 2013 provided the platform for the transition of the blood transfusion service from Ethiopian Red Cross Society to the Ministry of Health. Minister Kesete's close follow up is credited for smooth transition and big improvement in voluntary blood collection.
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that developed the EWEC strategy 1.0. He has also championed the promise renewed movement to end preventable child deaths by 2030. As a result, he successfully co-hosted a global call to action conferences in DC, Delhi and Addis, that mobilized global support to reposition child health in the context
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and led the national roll-out of a single rod contraceptive implant through the use of community health workers that resulted in 2 million women using the method. He also coordinated the national scale up of integrated community case management of childhood illnesses to improve access to life saving
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Dr Kesete has also demonstrated strong leadership to improve emergency medical system in
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Under the leadership of Admasu, Ethiopia made huge strides in improving availability of safe blood. In 2012, the amount of blood collected was about 50, 000 units, in which only 27% were collected from voluntary donors and the rest from family replacements. This has increased to nearly 140,000 units
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reference group. Dr Kesete played a critical role in shaping up the Global
Financing Facility for RMNCHA + N as he has been a member of the design group. He has been serving as a member of 'Investor Group' of the GFF. Dr Kesete is a recognized global leader who demonstrated strong leadership in the
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Dr Kesete realized his vision of establishing an international institute for primary healthcare in
Ethiopia which is closely linked to the famous health extension program. The institute was officially launched in January 2016 and has the mission of providing training in primary healthcare, grounded
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of health services. The Clean and Safe Health Facility (CASH) initiative, with the objective of making health facilities safe and comfortable for patients, attendants and health workers, has been launched by him. CASH is transforming hospitals across the country. Another notable innovation Dr
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Kesete was born and raised in Addis Ababa, in a neighborhood called Cherkos. He attended Felege Yordanos Primary School and Abyot Kirs (aka GCA) secondary school. He was trained in the
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