Dr. Yekoyesew Worku Belete, a medical doctor and public health specialist with 15yrs of experience in Ethiopia and Zambia. Recently, he worked for Ethiopian Ministry of Health as Director General for Health Systems/Operations and Chief of Staff, for the Minister's office in Addis Ababa for two years (2019-2021). He led the Resource Mobilization Task Force for National COVID outbreak response in the health sector under the National Ministry of Health until November, 2020. Prior to that, He worked as an expatriate staff for 9 yrs with number of International NGOs (Abt Associates, UNICEF, Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)) in Lusaka, Zambia in different public health program management and technical advisory role for priority health programs such as RMNCH&N, HIV/AIDS care and treatment, Community health training and governance. In Ethiopia, he invested his 6yrs in government University Hospital (University of Gondar) as a clinician and unit lead for HIV/AIDS care treatment section which later extended to different NGOs including University of Washington, CHAI and MSF-Holland as technical officer, clinical mentor and program manager. Health systems strengthening is his specialty which include HRH, HMIS/PMEL, SCM, Leadership governance. Currently, Dr. Yekoyesew Worku Belete, is working at USAID/Ethiopia mission, health office as Team Lead, Health Systems and Resilience.