PMED, Digital Health & Infrastructure Directorate

Plan, Monitoring Evaluation, Digital Health & Infrastructure Directorate

Harari Regional Health Bureau

June 2025
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Director

Directorate Director

Mr. Abdusemed Ali

PMED, Digital Health & Infrastructure Directorate

The Directorate Director leads the planning, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation, resource mobilization, digital health, and infrastructure development functions of the Harari Regional Health Bureau. The Director institutionalizes the principles of One Plan, One Budget, and One Report within the health sector, spearheads preparation of strategic and operational plans through participatory processes, implements robust health information systems, and ensures effective coordination and harmonization among all health sector stakeholders.

Harari Regional Health Bureau

Office Contact

+251 25 111 2200
abdusemedali50@gmail.com
Harari Regional Health Bureau, Harar
Mon–Fri, 8:30 AM–5:30 PM

Vision

To see a healthy, productive and prosperous society through evidence-based planning, budgeting, and decision-making practices.

Mission

To advance culture of evidence informed decision making to continually improve health system performance in delivering quality health services for all. The Directorate institutionalizes One Plan, One Budget, and One Report principles; prepares strategic and operational plans through participatory process; implements robust HIS; mobilizes resources; synthesizes evidence on health economics and financing; and strengthens harmonization and alignment of health sector stakeholders with effective private sector engagement.

Directorate Objectives

Promote culture of evidence-based planning, monitoring and decision making within the health sector to drive improvement in health system performance and thereby improve health outcomes.
Identify funding gaps, map resources, and mobilize resources for priority health system investments.
Ensure efficient utilization and equitable allocation of existing resources and guide efforts to increase financial risk protection through grant management practices.
Serve as a focal unit for Development Partners coordination to strengthen harmonization and alignment among stakeholders of the health sector.
Engage private for-profit and non-profit stakeholders in fostering a shared vision and agenda in health, harnessing the potentials of private sector engagement and facilitating an enabling environment.

6

Teams & Units

1 Plan

One Budget, One Report

HIS

Digital Health Systems

PPP

Private Sector Engagement

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Teams & Units

Health Information & Statistics

HIS & Data Management

Developing, testing, and implementing health information systems to generate and ensure access to quality data at all levels, fostering culture of evidence informed decision making.

  • Develop & Implement Health Information Systems
  • Routine Data Analysis, Generation & Use
  • Identify Priority HIS Sub-Systems for Digitization
  • Software Requirements Development & Testing
  • Strengthen Governance of HIS for Coordination
  • Dissemination of Information Products to Actors
+251 25 111 2210
his@hararihealth.gov.et
Team Leader: TBD

Plan, Budget, M&E

Strategic Planning & Performance Tracking

Preparing strategic and operational plans, ensuring routinization of performance monitoring, and leading evaluations including ARM, JSC, MTR and Final Evaluation of strategic plans.

  • Strategic & Operational Plan Preparation
  • Performance Reviews & Supervisory Visits
  • Annual Review Meetings (ARM) Coordination
  • Joint Steering Committee (JSC) Facilitation
  • Mid-Term & Final Evaluation of Strategic Plans
  • Implementation Research & Surveys Coordination
+251 25 111 2220
pme@hararihealth.gov.et
Team Leader: TBD

Grant & Project Management

Resource Mobilization & Grant Administration

Coordinating and administering Treasury budget, grants, and projects; serving as liaison between MOH, BOFED, Development Partners; and delivering capacity building on grant management.

  • Treasury Budget, Grant & Project Administration
  • Stakeholder Resource Mapping & Mobilization
  • Concept Note Preparation & Resource Solicitation
  • Pledged Fund Tracking & Management Systems
  • Capacity Building on Grant & CSO Management
  • Liaison with MOH, BOFED & Development Partners
+251 25 111 2230
grants@hararihealth.gov.et
Team Leader: TBD

Health Economics, Financing & PPP

Sustainable Financing & Private Sector Engagement

Designing financial and economic analysis for evidence-based resource allocation, harnessing private sector engagement for UHC, and ensuring harmonization and alignment per the Paris Declaration.

  • Financial & Economic Analysis for Resource Allocation
  • Private Capital Mobilization for Health
  • Public-Private Coordination for Efficiency
  • Quality Standards Enforcement for All Providers
  • Harmonization & Alignment per Paris Declaration
  • JSC & Regional Platform Coordination
+251 25 111 2240
ppp@hararihealth.gov.et
Team Leader: TBD

Digital Health

Digital Health Case Team

Leading the digital transformation of health service delivery through identification of priority health information sub-systems for digitization, software development requirements, and implementation of digital health solutions at all levels of the health system.

  • Digital Health Strategy & Implementation
  • HIS Sub-System Digitization & Software Development
  • eHealth Solutions Deployment at All Levels
  • IT Infrastructure & Network Management
  • Data Security & Interoperability Standards
+251 25 111 2250
digitalhealth@hararihealth.gov.et
Case Team Leader: TBD

Infrastructure Unit

Health Facility Construction & Rehabilitation

Increasing access to and improving the quality of health services through rehabilitation of existing facilities and construction of new ones — providing adequately equipped, staffed, and governed health facilities.

  • Construction of Health Posts & Health Centers
  • Rehabilitation of Existing Infrastructure
  • Furniture, Medical & Hospital Equipment
  • Equipping Health Posts & Health Centers
  • IT Expansion & Maintenance
  • Customer-Friendly Standard Facility Layout
+251 25 111 2260
infrastructure@hararihealth.gov.et
Unit Head: TBD

Directorate at a Glance

One Plan, One Budget, One Report

4

PMED Teams

2

Operational Units

6

Total Teams/Units

PPP

Private Sector

Harari Regional Health Bureau, Harar, Ethiopia

Key Roles & Responsibilities of the Directorate

Strategic & Operational Planning

Develop health sector strategies aligned with national long-term plans and global goals through participatory processes to carve out one harmonized plan.

Robust HIS Implementation

Develop, test, and implement HIS generating quality data; identify sub-systems for digitization; strengthen HIS governance for coordinated efforts.

Monitoring & Evaluation

Routinize performance monitoring through reviews, supervisory visits, data analysis; lead ARM, JSC, MTR, Final Evaluations and implementation research.

Resource Mobilization & Grants

Map stakeholders and resources; mobilize for priority programs and emergencies; prepare concept notes; administer Treasury budget, grants, and CSO projects.

Sustainable Financing & PPP

Design financial and economic analysis for evidence-based allocation; harness private capital; ensure quality standards for all healthcare providers.

Harmonization & Alignment

Engage all stakeholders per Paris Declaration; avoid duplication; ensure harmony and alignment to government priorities via JSC and regional platforms.

PMED, Digital Health & Infrastructure Directorate

Realizing the principles of One Plan, One Budget, and One Report within the Harari regional health sector — ensuring sustainable health financing, efficient utilization of resources, robust health information systems, digital transformation, and quality infrastructure for improved health outcomes.

Total Teams & Units

6

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