Ethiopian Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists

ESOG News

Dr. Ayele Debebe: Recipient of ESOG 2023 Distinguished Service Award

Over the last 31 years, the awardee has provided care to many women and newborns of Ethiopia with the highest professional integrity as a medical doctor by practicing across all dimensions of health care. His maternal and perinatal health care practice extends from a health facility service provider to a National MCH program leadership, from clinical to public health practice, from public to private institutions & NGOs, and from local to international

Dr. Endrias Lenchamo: Recipient of ESOG 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. Endrias Lenchamo was born in 1961. He completed his secondary school education at Akaki Adventist School in Addis Ababa in 1980. He later went to Santiago, Cuba to study his medical degree and completed it in 1987. In 1990, Dr. Endrias completed his post graduate degree in Santiago, Cuba.

Professor Senait Fisseha: Global Health Leader Receives ESOG's 2023 Award of Honor

Professor Senait Fisseha is a globally recognized public health leader and a lifelong gender champion of reproductive health & rights. She currently serves as the Vice President of Global Programs at the Buffett Foundation, the Chief advisor of the director General of the World Health Organization and adjunct faculty at The University of Michigan School of Medicine

Trained as an attorney and a physician, her unique ability to bring the advocacy, practitioner, and policymaking communities together and build broad coalitions of support has fundamentally shifted the global conversation around reimagining global health. Her contributions to the field of women’s health, especially through her thought leadership in her role as the Vice President of Global Programs at the