This Expert's name is Mr. Abyu Faris Aberra

Professional Experience

• Result For Development (R4D)

  Jun 2020 - Present
  Senior Market Shaping Specialist, Results for Development (R4D), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Provide technical leadership to the Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Agency (EPSA) so that the agency’s Quantification and Market Shaping Directorate (QMSD) play a lead role as a market manager.
  • Provide technical assistance for the co-development of health commodities market shortcoming assessment frameworks and methodologies.
  • Lead technical assistance around cross-cutting market analyses including data collection, data cleaning and rigorous analytics.
  • Provide technical guidance in the application of market shaping approaches to solve complex and ambiguous market shortcomings in the Ethiopia public

• Chemonics International

  Jan 2019 - Nov 2019
  Senior Technical Advisor/Emergency Supply Chain Coordinator, Chemonics International, Monrovia, Liberia
  • Build local capacity for supply chain management in the context of Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA).
  • Led a team of local consultants in the adaptation and piloting of an Emergency Supply Chain (ESC) framework for strengthening local response capacities and managing outbreaks of infectious diseases and other public health threats in conjunction with local stakeholders.
  • Led all aspects of technical and project management, serving as the project’s main technical and coordination resource in Liberia.
  • Established close coordination with government stakeholders, including the Minist

• John Snow INC (JSI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  Apr 2018 - Dec 2018
  Project Manager/Consultant, John Snow INC (JSI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Coordinated the activities of the Ethiopian Pharmaceutical Supply Agency (EPSA) Center of Excellence (COE) initiative in Ethiopia.
  • Monitored the progress of the Warehouse Management System (WMS) optimization, distribution & refill system optimization and performance management processes using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
  • Established Technical Working Groups, conduct regular meetings, review action points and act as a primary point of contact with MOH, EPSA, partners, donors and other stakeholders.
  Successfully translated the Integrated Pharmaceutical Logistics System (IPLS) training modul