About EHEPA
Ethiopian Health Education and Promotion Professionals Association (EHEPA)
The association’s mission is to save lives and improve the quality of life of Ethiopian citizens by promoting healthy behaviors, disease prevention, increasing treatment-seeking behavior, and adherence to treatment services targeting communicable and non-communicable diseases, maternal and child health services, and health system behaviors.
The Ethiopian Health Education and Promotion Professionals Association (EHEPA) is a professional association for social behavior change communication (SBC), health education, and health promotion established in 2022.
What We Do
Designing Research Projects
Design, implement, monitor and evaluate research projects
Knowledge Management & Evidence Synthesis
Engaged in knowledge management and evidence synthesis including SBC manuals, guidelines, strategies, evidence brief and policy brief development
Technical Support in Health Promotion/Communication
Provide technical support in health promotion/communication for different NGOs, CSO and academic institutions
Capacity Building Training
Provide capacity building trainings on SBC, risk communication and community engagement, qualitative research, advocacy, health literacy, behavioral insight, social marketing and community mobilization
Social & Behavior Change Material
Design, pre-test and audit social and behavior change (SBC) material
BIRDLAB
BEHAVIORAL health INSIGHTS RESEARCH AND DESIGN LAB
School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University
BIRD Lab In Ethiopia
Dec 14, 2022, BIRD Labwas launched in Addis Ababa University, School of Public Health in partnership with UNICEF and EHEPA