With a background of General Medical Practitioner I have worked in health institutions under the Ministry of Health working with common medical problems in health centre and one of the oldest and biggest hospitals in the country, Yirgalem Hospital which provides comprehensive health services. I have also worked as TB Leprosy and Blindness Prevention and Control Programme coordinator for Southern Ethiopia with a population of about 15 million. Later, I continued my career in TB research and project activities in southern Ethiopia in collaboration with universities by intrduicng new diagnsotics and conducitng implementation researches. My area of interest is community based TB care and identifying innovative apraches to improve TB case fidning and trearment, and other poverty related diseases.

community based TB care and identifying innovative apraches to improve TB case fidning and trearment, and other poverty related diseases. 

Email :  danieljohn42@yahoo.com