Iftekhar Rashid

Humanitarian and development worker | Public Health and Nutrition | RMNCH Lead - USAID, Ethiopia.

[Iftekhar Rashid @RashidIftekhar]

Spina Bifida and the importance of Folic Acid.
https://t.co/iwnnAcHNMO
#FolicAcid #SpinaBifida #Nutrition #Micronutrients

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@USAID Asst. Administrator, Dr. Atul Gawande and Ethiopian Minister of #Health Dr. Lia Tadesse at the launch of International Conference on Primary Health Care in Addis Ababa, #Ethiopia.

#ICPHC2023 #PHC @GawandeUSAID @Atul_Gawande @lia_tadesse @USAIDGH

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Opening remarks from Dr. @lia_tadesse at the International Conference on Primary Health Care, Addis Ababa 2023. #ICPHC2023

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USAID/Ethiopia is looking for a Project Management Specialist (Humanitarian Assistance) for its Office of Humanitarian Assistance.
Please see the solicitation here: https://t.co/vZVJRRTkCr
Application deadline - Sep 19, 2023.

#hiring #Ethiopia #humanitarian @USAID

[Iftekhar Rashid @RashidIftekhar]

Chaltu, age 30, carries fresh Swiss Chard grown in her home garden in the Southwest Region of #Ethiopia.
@USAID, through its Growth through Nutrition project, promoted and implemented integrated household food production, a #nutrition-sensitive, pro-poor, and women-led approach.

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#Ethiopia's State Minister of Health, H.E. Dr. Dereje Duguma MD, MPH and @USAIDEthiopia Mission Director Scott Hocklander launched $49.8 million project will support maternal and child health in Ethiopia.

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@USAID delegation at the 2nd Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia in Madrid, Spain.

@USAIDGH @USAIDEthiopia #StopPneumonia

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At the 2nd Global Forum on Childhood Pneumonia in Madrid, representing the Ethiopian Delegation.
#StopPneumonia #Ethiopia

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Excellent discussions at the 2nd Global Pneumonia Forum on effects of malnutrition and WASH.
#StopPneumonia #malnutrition #WASH #Madrid

[Michael Dunford @micdunford]

This year, in #EasternAfrica, we expect:
More hunger
More malnutrition
More deaths associated with hunger.

It all comes at a massive cost for the people that @WFP serves.

[Iftekhar Rashid @RashidIftekhar]

A huge honor for me to receive an award from Ambassador Jacobson (US Amb. to #Ethiopia) and Ambassador Lapenn (US Amb. to the #AfricanUnion) for my contribution to #PublicHealth and #nutrition. Grateful to everyone who supported me during the past two challenging-exciting years.

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USAID/Ethiopia Notice of Funding Opportunity
Feed the Future Ethiopia Community Nutrition Activity
https://t.co/4yNGUEyRBr
Award Ceiling: $69.5 million.
Applications deadline: Jan 31, 2023
#Nutrition #Ethiopia @USAIDEthiopia

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@SUN_Movement @GerdaVerburg @schitekwe @ETLeadNutrition

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A very successful week for #nutrition in #Ethiopia that became more special as we had the UN Assistant Secretary General and Scaling Up Nutrition Movement Coordinator, Ms. Gerda Verburg among us. Proud to lead the SUN Donor Network in this country.
@SUN_Movement @GerdaVerburg

[Gerda Verburg @GerdaVerburg]

Great to meet with Ethiopia @SUN_Movement Donor Network, thank you for your strong support to advance key #nutrition targets through a country-led, multistakeholder and multisectoral approach. Demonstrating the power of "we".

[Iftekhar Rashid @RashidIftekhar]

Six years of successful implementation and learning from Growth through Nutrition project in Ethiopia

#nutrition #Ethiopia @USAID @USAIDEthiopia @FMoHealth @MoA_Ethiopia

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Very encouraging commitments from the Government of Ethiopia and development partners to improve nutrition at the launch of the African Union Year of Nutrition and Food Security

#nutrition #Ethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USAID @USAIDEthiopia @FMoHealth @EthiopianFNP

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Launch of African Union Year of Nutrition and Food Security in Ethiopia

#nutrition #Ethiopia @_AfricanUnion @USAID @USAIDEthiopia @dr_zelalem @dereje_dugumaMD @lia_tadesse @israel_hailu @UNICEFEthiopia

[Israel Hailu @israel_hailu]

Happening now: Launch of African Union Year of #Nutrition and Food Security in #Ethiopia. @AbiyAhmedAli @DemekeHasen @ObaOumer @lia_tadesse @dereje_dugumaMD @dr_zelalem @Save_ChildrenET @USAIDEthiopia @UNICEFEthiopia @schitekwe @RashidIftekhar @NamukoloC @SUN_Movement