Ezra Tessera

Senior public health expert with a proven track record and knowledge of global health with extensive experience in health systems, community based activities, program management, TB, DR-TB, TB/HIV, and infectious disease control. Provides sound technical assistance based on wide-ranging knowledge and scientific evidence from health system data, research, and decades of field experience in more than 50 countries globally, analytic mindset, solution-oriented, creative, forward-thinking, and adaptable to the context in problem-solving.

Senior public health advisor for TB, M&E, Epidemiologist - TB data Impact assessment for health (TBDIAH), JSI - Arlington, USA

Provided strategic advice and technical assistance on TB program activities for prevention and control of disease on various technical components of the program, case finding, TBIC, TPT, Community TB, PPM, PMDT, TB/HIV, Childhood TB, health system strengthening.

• Led TB Epidemiology, monitoring and evaluation activities, across the various global, multi-country and national projects and support alignment with Performance Based Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (PBMEF)
• Identified best practice in TB service delivery and promoted the scale up and dissemination of effective models nationwide and across countries.
• Supported country TB Work plan in high burden countries for improvement in TB case finding, effective screening, improved diagnostics, treatment and case holding activities
• Supported innovation and the adoption of better diagnostic, therapeutic and programmatic services to improve case finding and treatment outcomes.
• Conducted high quality health system assessment, strategic advice, policy support, technical assistance, health system data analytics with multiple and diverse quantitative and qualitative data sets
• Worked closely with internal and external partners to ensure investments and strategies are shaped and guided by insights derived from high quality quantitative and qualitative data
• Assisting countries and partners with development and updates of M&E systems and performance indicators. Modeling with focus on understanding HIV and TB transmission dynamics at global, national and sub-national levels

Specialist in public health, TB epidemiology, M&E - Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and malaria - Geneva, Switzerland

(2014-07 - 2021-12)

• Provide strategic advice on TB program management, health system strengthening, Monitoring and evaluation, Epidemiology, technical support, partnership and coordination
• Conduct identification of analytic needs unique to each Global Fund-funded country/region, conduct country- and regional-level analysis to facilitate evidence-based decision making, especially for concept note development, grant implementation and annual disbursement decisions
• Technical assistance to support countries on planning, designing, and implementing epi/performance/impact analysis, surveys, sentinel surveillance, monitoring and evaluations and data quality assurance, including TB modelling

Country Director - KNCV/TBCARE - Ethiopia

(2008-07 - 2014-07)

Provided technical support to national TB control program, on strategies, programming, planning activities, and other areas for implementation of USG's TB and HIV/AIDS strategy. Have managed the Project effectively with range of responsibilities and amazing achievements on resource mobilization, managing partnership with government and other stakeholders, coordination with national and international teams. Under leadership the project had contributed for successful achievements of national TB program targets on case finding, treatment outcome, and improving quality of services.

Senior TB/HIV advisor - ICAP - Addis Ababa

(2006-01 - 2008-12)

• Technical assistance on TB/HIV program management
• Program management: planning, coordination, strategic plan, monitoring and evaluation

International advisor - The Union

(2004-11 - 2006-10)

Responsible for supporting implementation and monitoring performance in 20 countries in Africa and Asia: 12 countries in Africa and 8 in Asia.

• Technical assistance

Head Department of Diseases Control Health programs - Addis Ababa Health Bureau - Addis Ababa

(2003-02 - 2004-11)

• Infectious disease control program
• TB and Leprosy Control including introduction of TB/HIV collaborative activities
• HIV/AIDS prevention and control
• Syndromic case management of STI
• Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response

TB coordinator and senior expert infectious diseases - Addis Ababa Health Bureau - Addis Ababa

(2000-04 - 2003-02)

• Planning, monitoring and evaluation of TBL program activities
• Integrated disease surveillance and response
• Sexually transmitted diseases prevention and control
• Malaria prevention and control

Medical doctor - Ministry of Health

(1995-01 - 2000-12)

• Clinician at primary health care, health center, hospitals
• Public health activities in the community including outreach activities

Master of Business Administration - Quantic School of Business and Technology (2025-11)

Master of Public Health - MPH - Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) (2002-06)

Doctor of Medicine - MD - Addis Ababa University (1995-05)

PG diploma - Computer Science - Computer professionals United (CPU) College (2001-08)

PhD - Epidemiology, Public Health - Walden University