Public Engagements

Media interviews

These are some of the media interviews I've done throughout the years.​

Interview with SBS Radio, Dedebit Media on advocacy about conflict-related health and humanitarian crisis.

7 Nov 2022

The collaboration between Settlement Council of Australia (SCoA) and Tigray Community Association of South Australia (TCASA) [In my capacity as President of TCASA and public health expert].

22 March 2021

'Where is humanity?' ask the helpless doctors of Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region. National Public Radio (NPR), Washington.

(2022)

Common illness by age and gender: screening and prevention in Collaboration with Settlement Council of Australia, Dedebit Media and Television. Sydney, Australia.

11 July 2022.

War & Health: How the war in Ethiopia has impacted the Tigrayan health system. Podcast interview with Where the Health Are We, Boston.

16 July 2022.

Humanitarian crisis in Tigray amidst civil war. Interviewed by Lancet Infectious Diseases (Talha Burki).

6 May 2022.

Research in a time of War. Interview by Linda Nordling. Research Professional.

28 April 2022.

Interview with Dedebit Media on the role of diaspora in rebuilding Tigray after the ongoing war.

15 April 2021.

Is Tigray health care weaponized during the 2020-2022 Tigray war? Structure, pre-war performance, and impact of the war (2022). Dedebit Tv (English).

25 March 2022.

Interview with and documentary by Dedebit Media on my community leadership role for Tigray community in South Australia.

22 March 2021

Is Tigray health care weaponized during the 2020-2022 Tigray war? Structure, pre-war performance, and impact of the war (2022). Mereba Esset Media (Amharic Part 1)

1 February 2022

Is Tigray health care weaponized during the 2020-2022 Tigray war? Structure, pre-war performance, and impact of the war (2022). UMD Media (English).

3 February 2022

Is Tigray health care weaponized during the 2020-2022 Tigray war? Structure, pre-war performance, and impact of the war (2022). Mereba Esset Media (Amharic Part 2)

5 February 2022

Impact of war on Tigray Health system (1): Media brief based on a published paper on war and health in BMJ Global Health (2021). Voice of1:20:50 America (VoA) Tigrigna, 25 December 2021

25 December 2021

Impact of war on Tigray Health system (2): Media brief based on a published paper on war and health in BMJ Global Health (2021). Voice of America (VoA) Tigrigna,

25 December 2021

Impact Seed Grants for Early Career Researchers. Office of Communication, Marketing and Engagement at Flinders University.

22 December 2021

Covid-19 vaccine: how it works, types, advantage, side effect, misconceptions. Dedebit Media, Sydney, Australia .

21 August 2021

Health crises in war-torn Tigray (update). SBS Radio Australia (Tigrigna), Melbourne, Australia

7 April 2021

Interview with SBS Amharic about the Caravan rally against the war on Tigray by Tigray community in South Australia.

22 March 2021

7NEWS Adelaide about the Caravan rally against the war on Tigray by Tigray community in South Australia (myself as Community Chairperson).

19 March 2021

Interview with SBS Radio (Amharic) on Impact of war on Tigray health care system (update).

12 March 2021

Open Letter by People’s Health Movement to UN, WHO, and UNICEF using my opinion piece.

9 March 2021

24 hours Loby for Tigray: complications of the Ethiopia-Tigray war and solutions to end the fight. Live interview with Global Volunteers Voice for Tigray Group, broadcasted by social media and TMH (Tigray mainstream media).

09 March, 2021

Health crises in war-torn Tigray. SBS Radio Australia (Amharic), Melbourne, Australia

3 March 2021

The health crisis in Ethiopia’s war-ravaged Tigray. Broadcasted on DW International Tigrigna News (Dimtsi-Weyane TV, mainstream television for Tigray).

26 February 2021.

Interview with Dedebit Media on Tigray conflict-related health crisis.

3 February 2022

Health crises in war-torn Tigray. Dedebit Media (Tigray), Brisbane, Australia.

1 February 2021

Humanitarian and health crises in Tigray-Ethiopia war. SBS Radio Australia (Amharic), Canberra, Australia

13 January 2021

Ethiopia’s health care system in Feudal Haile Slassie, Dictator Mengistu, Federalist Meles, Neo-liberal Abiy: key indicators, successes, challenges. Zoom Interview. Dedebit Media (Tigray).

15 December 2021

Zoom Interview with Dedebit Media (Tigray) on COVID-19 updates in Tigray, Ethiopia: Epidemiology, sign and symptoms, transmission, and prevention and control strategies.

14 August 2020

Interview on a conference (sharing main findings) organized by myself and other Ethiopian researchers in Australia, SBS Radio Australia (Amharic), Canberra, Australia

22 June 2020

Interview on a conference (evaluation of pre-, during- and after the conference) organized by myself and other Ethiopian researchers Based in Australia, SBS Radio Amharic, Canberra, Australia

19 June 2020