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Call For Papers

Call For Papers (Deadlines Modified) The Institute of Oromo Studies (IOS) and Institute of Gada Studies (IGS) of Jimma and Haramaya Universities respectively-are jointly organizing 5th International Conference of Oromo Studies on the Grand Theme entitled Oromo in the Horn of African Discourse: Past and Present. The Conference will be tentatively held from 12-13 May [...]

Ph.D. Defense

Mr. Mniyichel Belay has defended his Ph.D. dissertation successfully at Jimma University’s senate hall today through an online platform using Google meet virtual meeting application. He is from Jimma Institute of Technology, Jimma University, Faculty of Computing and Informatics under the program of Information Science with the collaboration of GKEN-EDMA. Mniyichel’s dissertation is entitled, “Exploring […]

Collaborative Effort for Essential Health Services [EHS]

A workshop that aimed at improving basic health services has been held at Honey Land Hotel. Jimma University, Institute of Health has organized the event in coordinating diverse projects. Project offices those participated on the workshop: WHO-EHS, JUCAN, KOHFI, JU-CBMP, TIDRC, CDC-HIV and JEOC were the major ones. On this joint experience sharing workshop, heads […]

Capacity Building Partnership Agreement is signed

A capacity-building work plan partnership has been signed between Jimma University Institute of Technology (JIT) and Germany-based higher institution, University of Applied Forest Science (HFR). Representatives of the two institutions, Professor Dr. Engineer Isayas Alemayehu (JIT) and Professor Dr. Engineer Matthias Friedle (HFR) have signed the agreement today at the knowledge transfer center, JIT. The […]

Health Campaign Consultative Workshop Held

Health campaign integration effectiveness study stakeholders’ consultative workshop has been conducted at Jimma Central Hotel on March 06, 2022. Dr. Tadesse Habtamu, Vice President for Academic Affairs has opened the consultative workshop officially and said the most effective strategy to treat and prevent NTD (Neglected Tropical Diseases) by MDA (mass drug administration), which are crucial […]

Nursing education and employment at Jimma University

The Virtual discussion has been held on Nursing students’ employment and the on-going new nursing education curriculum status at Jimma University. United Arab Emirates officials including health professionals, Jimma University officials, JU health professionals, Jimma zone health office, Ministry of Education representatives, Ministry Health representatives, and invited guests have taken part in the online discussion. […]

Cancer Treatment Center have been Inaugurate

The second cancer treatment center in Ethiopia has been inaugurated at Jimma University, Jimma Medical Centre (JMC). It has been inaugurated officially in the presence of the Ministry of Health Dr. Liya Tadesse and Jimma University president Dr. Jemal Abafita accompanied by higher officials from the federal government, Jimma City and Jimma University. It is […]

Reflection on JUCAN’s evolution and future direction, 03 February 2022

Reflection on JUCAN’s evolution and future direction, 03 February 2022 A flashback has been presented on Clinical and Nutrition Research Centre (JUCAN)’s evolution and future direction (2008 to 2022) at Jimma University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine hall, today. The presentation was followed by a discussion. Dr. Jemal Abafita, JU president in his opening […]

Completion of Phase I KOFIH Project, and Phase II is about to commence

Completion of Phase I KOFIH project, and Phase II is about to commence KOFIH, JU, and JZHO commemorate the completion of phase I of collaborative MNCH projects by handing them over to end-users on the 5th and 6th of February 2022. The Korean Foundation for International Health (KOFIH), in collaboration with Jimma University (JU) and […]

PhD Defense

Ph.D. Defense on 29 January 2022 Teshome Degefa Deme and Dawit Hawaria Logita have defended their Ph.D. dissertation at the big senate hall on 29 January 2022. Teshome’s dissertation is entitled, “Profiling and Quantifying Residual Malaria Transmission in Kenya and Ethiopia”, whereas Dawit’s dissertation is entitled, “The Effect of Environmental Modification on Malaria Epidemiology and […]