Teshome is a Senior Advisor for Health Campaign Effectiveness. He also currently works as Regional Director for Africa with the International Trachoma Initiative, a program of TFGH, and is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Teshome has more than 35 years of experience, ranging from various positions within the Ethiopian Ministry of Health ⎼ most of which were in disease control and eradication programs ⎼ to The Carter Center where he led the Ethiopia office as a founding Country Director. Teshome played a leading role in establishing and managing the national immunization program and several neglected tropical diseases control and eradication programs in Ethiopia. He has published more than 87 scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals. Dr. Gebre holds a Master of Science in Global Health Policy from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Doctorate in Health Care Management from Century University and is registered and licensed as a Consultant Health Science Specialist by the Ethiopian government.