ABOUT US
Ethio-Nordic health professionals association (ENHPA) is a non profit association legally registered in Sweden, established in 2020, by health professionals of Ethiopian heritage living in the Nordic countries.
Mission and Objectives
ENHPA is a multidisciplinary health care professional association which brings together health care professionals residing in Nordic countries with strong ties to Ethiopia. Our aim is to facilitate connections and encourage connections in and between different health promotion activities.
We aspire to make professional linkage with each other in diaspora as well as with our colleagues in Ethiopia.
We want to make experience sharing easier between health professionals of Ethiopia, outside and inside the country.
Make different connections that promote health care, education, research and humanitarian projects between the Nordic countries and Ethiopia.
Make easier bridges for people who want to go to Ethiopia and work for a short time by sharing experiences.
We aspire to build a bridge of knowledge, skills and experiences between Ethiopia and the Nordic countries.
To participate in medical relief and other voluntary activities in Ethiopia in association with governmental and non- governmental organizations.
Board members
Selamawit Mekuria, MD, PhD
Dept. of Oncology, Lund University hospital
Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Halmstad county Hospital, Sweden
Board member of the Ethio-Nordic Healthcare Professionals Association
Tigist Hailemichael Fufa, B.Sc
Licenced Biomedical laboratory scientist.
Laboratory medicin. Clinical chemistry & transfusion medicin.
Karoliniska University laboratory.Unilabs AB, Sweden
Chairman of the Ethio-Nordic Healthcare Professionals Association
Aziza Abdella, B.Sc Research nurse at Karoliniska Institute.
Children’s intensive care unit nurse at Astrid Lindgrens children’s Hospital.
Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
Vice of the Ethio-Nordic Healthcare Professionals Association
Rahel Befekadu, B.Sc, PhD
Licenced Biomedical laboratory scientist.
Laboratory medicin. Clinical immunology &
transfusion medicin. Örebro University Hospital, Sweden
Board member of the Ethio-Nordic Healthcare Professionals Association
Hanna Gebremariam, B.Sc, MSc, PhD
Molecular Bioscientist, Immunology and infection Biology
Scientific Researcher / Biomedical laboratory scientist
Stockholm University, Uppsala University, Sweden
Board member and alternate of the Ethio-Nordic Healthcare Professionals Association
Addis Getachew, B.Sc
Pediatric emergency unit nurse
Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
Board member and treasurer of the Ethio-Nordic Healthcare Professionals Association
