MEMOIR
From Gondar to the World
A Memoir of Resilience, Purpose, and Global Healing
A memoir of resilience, purpose and global healing, from the hills of Gondar to refugee camps and health programmes across the world.
BOOKS
Four books by Prof. Nebiyu Lera Alaro.
A memoir of resilience and global healing, a story-led journey through Ethiopia’s progress and promise, and two Amharic books of Christian teaching. Copies are available by enquiry.
A JOURNEY THROUGH ETHIOPIA
Ethiopia Rising
A Journey Through Progress and Promise
A story-led journey through Ethiopia’s landscapes, history, cultures and economic change, and the young people shaping its future.
CHRISTIAN TEACHING · IN AMHARIC
The Revealed Truth
የተገለጠው እውነት · A study of who God is and how He makes Himself known
An Amharic study of how God makes himself known, who God is, and what it means to be human, written for believers and for anyone asking what the faith says to this generation.
PREACHING · IN AMHARIC
Sermon Preparation and Delivery
የስብከት አዘገጃጀትና አቀራረብ · A practical guide to homiletics
An Amharic handbook on homiletics: what preaching is, who the preacher is, how to choose and interpret a text, and how to structure and deliver a sermon.
Research & Publications
Evidence that
informs action.
Journal articles, conference records, a professional profile and public-health awareness writing drawn from a source-led dossier. Not every entry is a peer-reviewed paper — each one is labelled by type so the record stays honest.
Journal article · Iconic Research and Engineering Journals (IRE Journals), 10(4), 2026
Peer-reviewed journal article · Texila International Journal of Public Health, 9(4), 2021
Peer-reviewed journal article · Texila International Journal of Public Health, 7(2), 2019
Peer-reviewed journal article · Texila International Journal of Public Health, 7(3), 2019
Research / conference abstract record · Conference page 2020; 2017 title listed in CV/LinkedIn record
Conference abstract · Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research (Hilaris Publisher), joint event, Zurich, 27–28 August 2018
Public healthHumanitarian healthMaternal, newborn & child healthNutrition & IYCFHealth systems strengtheningMonitoring, evaluation & qualityOperational researchHIV & key populationsProgramme leadershipTraining & mentoring
About
Public health and humanitarian leadership, built on 17+ years of practice.
Health Systems Programme quality
Maternal & Child Health MNCH
Humanitarian Health Field operations
Research & Learning Evidence
Nutrition Infant feeding
Training & Mentoring Capacity building
Focus Areas
Areas of professional focus
Reliable systems, safer services.
Supporting planning, implementation, monitoring and review of health activities; strengthening service standards; and helping teams use programme information to guide decisions.
Health systems and programme quality
Focus Areas
Areas of professional focus
Continuity of care for families.
Advancing the quality and continuity of services for mothers, newborns and children, with attention to reproductive health, immunisation, nutrition and prevention of avoidable illness.
Maternal, newborn and child health
Focus Areas
Areas of professional focus
Standards that hold in demanding settings.
Working with teams and partners in demanding operational contexts, where programmes must respond to evolving needs while maintaining clinical standards, accountability and coordination.
Humanitarian health
Focus Areas
Areas of professional focus
Evidence that guides practice.
Exploring practical questions that affect service access, health outcomes and the implementation of public-health interventions, and sharing lessons through research and professional forums.
Research and learning
Focus Areas
Areas of professional focus
Strong foundations in the first years of life.
Supporting evidence-informed nutrition programming, counselling and health-worker capacity, with particular attention to the first years of life.
Nutrition and infant and young child feeding
Focus Areas
Areas of professional focus
Building capable teams.
Developing the confidence and technical capability of health workers, students, interns and volunteers through coaching, supervision and knowledge sharing.
Training and mentorship
Gallery
Where the work happens.
PUBLIC HEALTH IN PRACTICE
Public health advances when evidence, capable teams and community priorities come together.
Explore the professional journey, research interests and selected publications of Prof. Nebiyu Lera Alaro, or make contact to discuss professional collaboration, research and public-health initiatives.
From the Blog
Reflections & Writing
Personal reflections, leadership essays and public-health awareness writing by Prof. Alaro.
A Letter to My Kindergarten Graduate
A letter from a father to his daughter at the end of her kindergarten year: a note of pride, gratitude and love as she grows up.
Brave Hero: His Excellency Former Prime Minister Haile Mariam Dessalegn
A tribute, written mainly in Amharic, reflecting on the leadership, diplomacy and national-development record of former Prime Minister Haile Mariam Dessalegn. It expresses the author’s own opinion.
04 — CONTACT
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enquiries.
For enquiries relating to public health, humanitarian health programmes, research, training, programme quality or professional collaboration.