Research and policy advisor | Associate | IRC Ethiopia
Ephraim Mebrate Disasa is an associate to IRC since 1 October 2021. Prior to that Ephraim was a Research and Policy Advisor to IRC. Before joining IRC in 2019, Ephraim had been working in an International NGO, Higher Academic Institutions and Psychiatric Hospital for the last 10 years. Ephraim has track record for Market and Health Research in areas of WASH, FP, HIV, Nutrition and Mental Health. During his five and half year stay at PSI/Ethiopia, Ephraim conducted wide arrays of market and health researches geared towards programme improvements and policy influencing.
Ephraim did his baccalaureate and graduate studies from Addis Ababa University in Sociology and Social Anthropology and Social Work in Health Care Setting where he graduated with very great distinction.
A novel Empowerment in WASH Index is presented, which was piloted in Banfora, Burkina Faso. Findings show importance of household- and community-... Read more...
More emphasis is needed on building and strengthening the work of multi-stakeholder platforms in WASH at the national level. Read more...
Burkina Faso was unable to generate full funding for its previous national programme to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), falling... Read more...
This working paper reviews the institutional setup and financial flows for water supply and sanitation in the commune of Houndé, Burkina Faso. Read more...
Paper underlining the importance of learning for better performance in the WASH sector and to contribute to the discussion on how this can be... Read more...
Proposal for three case studies to be implemented in Honduras and two African countries researching the effectiveness of aid from the perspective of... Read more...
Public-private partnerships potentially harness market incentives to improve service delivery and leverage private capital for investment costs. Read more...
Stool disposal practices have been shown to be associated with childhood diarrhoea. However, efforts to promote improved hygiene behaviour are... Read more...
The purpose of this paper is to summarize the status of the Dracunculiasis Eradication Programme as of March 1993, when less than three years are... Read more...
Gender impact assessment is a way to estimate the expected impact of an intervention, such as a development project, on women; and to what extent the... Read more...
This technical study evaluates the performance of handpumps used in UNICEF projects in four African countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Nigeria, and Benin. Read more...