User talk:Yifru Niguse

Early life Sharew Niguse was born in 1988 in North Shoa province of Amhara regional state. He was born as a third child of his father Niguse Gebreyohans and his mother Kijinesh Tekilemariam in a small village called Shilafaf. He attended his primary education at Zerea'm Primary school. Sharew attended his secondary and preparatory school in Menz Molale.

Higher Education and Professional Development He attended his higher education in Jimma University and graduated with BSc degree in Health education and Promotion. He also studied General public Health in Debremarkos Univesity and graduated with Master of Public Health. He got his Ph.D in Global Health and Health Systems.

Professional experience

Sharew began his career life working with Addis ABABA health bureau which later moved to NGO and humanitarian work after two year in government office. His first humanitarian work started in the Federation of National Associations of People with Disabilities (FENAPD). He worked with Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), International Medical Corps, CORE Group, The Carter Center, ICAP Columbia University in Ethiopia, the World Health Organization and Population Media Center before he move to his international career. Sharew started his international career working with World Health Organization seconded to UNICEF as Communication for Development Specialist in Middle East and North Africa regional office for UNICEF, Jordan from July 2019 to August 2021 as Polio Eradication team. Then he moved to the UNICEF pacific office in Fiji to work in Kiribati as Social and Behavior Change Specialist.

His personal philosophy He believe what we invest today on human capacity building to strengthen the system will pay back. Simple aid cannot change life.