ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2022
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. Over 31,000 young leaders on 2,400+ campuses across 140+ nations applied to join the Class of 2022. 200+ campuses worldwide (just 8%) were selected to host the 3,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT BISIRAT MATHEWOS TIRAMO, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2022.
Addis Ababa University | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Advancing SDG 3 & UNAI 3
" I am very passionate about public health and I believe that with proper intervention we can save millions of people who die needlessly of diseases that are preventable and treatable. I believe we can make a difference by providing health education, building early screening habits among the public, and providing people the essential help they need to protect themselves from diseases. I'm excited to join the Millennium Fellowship as I believe it ignites the ability to lead and find the courage to put my ideas into action. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: NCD Alert
The NCD Alert project works to address the rapidly growing risks of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) - particularly diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and kidney disease - among federal government office workers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The project is designed with the objectives:
- educating and empowering the workers to lead healthier lifestyles by avoiding the main risk factors for non-communicable diseases,
- screening for non-communicable diseases to detect serious illnesses early and to prevent disease progression,
- coordinating with local governments and partners on new health policies that improve the detection, treatment, and management of non-communicable diseases, and
- empowering medical students at Addis Ababa University with the necessary knowledge and skills needed to address non-communicable diseases in public.
The project is implemented by the Standing Committee on Public Health (SCOPH), one of the six standing committees of the Ethiopian Medical Students’ Association at Addis Ababa University. I am Vice-Director of SCOPH and work as Director for NCD Alert. Activities under this project include awareness campaigns, screening programs, and training for medical students.
About the Millennium Fellow
Bisirat is a bright & globally competitive MD student at Addis Ababa University College of Health Sciences. Medicine, public health and public health research have always fascinated the young man. As a medical student at Addis Ababa University, he actively founded & led initiatives & participated in various projects to improve the health of his community while acquiring skills not typically taught in school. Bisirat is interested in going to a graduate school in the field of public health. He aspires to a career as a strong public health leader capable of accelerating improvements in the public health sector & solving complex public health challenges in Africa. He sees himself able to save millions of lives from preventable deadly diseases & contribute to the achievement of the SDGs, particularly Goal 3, good health and wellbeing.
