Research and policy advisor | Associate | IRC Ethiopia
Ephraim Mebrate Disasa is an associate to IRC since 1 October 2021. Prior to that Ephraim was a Research and Policy Advisor to IRC. Before joining IRC in 2019, Ephraim had been working in an International NGO, Higher Academic Institutions and Psychiatric Hospital for the last 10 years. Ephraim has track record for Market and Health Research in areas of WASH, FP, HIV, Nutrition and Mental Health. During his five and half year stay at PSI/Ethiopia, Ephraim conducted wide arrays of market and health researches geared towards programme improvements and policy influencing.
Ephraim did his baccalaureate and graduate studies from Addis Ababa University in Sociology and Social Anthropology and Social Work in Health Care Setting where he graduated with very great distinction.
This article outlines the process and results of an education/communication health intervention funded by WHO and carried out in Santa Maria de Jesus... Read more...
This book aims to provide a state-of-the-art review of practice in the collection of rainwater. Read more...
The development of small-scale water resources is crucial for rural agricultural areas in developing countries which are not reached by irrigation... Read more...
The return of cholera to the Latin American and Caribbean region in 1991 is a symptom of inherent problems in publicly operated water supplies and... Read more...
Ghana has recently decided to shift from centralized maintenance of handpumps to community managed maintenance. Read more...
This technical study evaluates the performance of handpumps used in UNICEF projects in four African countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, and Benin. Read more...
The manual is the result of a workshop held in Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka where 18 participants from 7 Asian countries worked on region-specific... Read more...
This manual aims to help in detecting water pollution, indicate the type of pollution involved, and determine the source(s) of the pollution. Read more...