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Dawit Wondimagegn (MD) associate professor of psychiatry at Addis Abeba University’s School of Medicine and chief executive director of Tikur Anbessa Hospital.

Dawit Wondimagegn


Dawit Wondimagegn (MD) (dawitwondimagegn@gmail.com), associate professor of psychiatry at Addis Abeba University’s School of Medicine and chief executive director of Tikur Anbessa Hospital.


Dawit Wondimagegn's Articles

In the Scramble for Vaccines, the Have-nots Lose Out

Nov 29 , 2020 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage in many parts of the world, the African re...


What ‘The Professor’ Reminds Us about Academic Freedom

Oct 10 , 2020 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

As life would have it, there is only a thin line between now and then. It feels stran...


Dereliction of Duty of the Educated Elite in Public Service

Jun 20 , 2020 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

One of the factors crippling progress in Ethiopia is the lack of involvement from the...


The Volatile Politics of the WHO's Public Health Function

Jun 7 , 2020 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

Criticism is a constant companion of the United Nation's agencies and their leaders....



When the Elephants Fight, Developing Nations Get Sick

May 31 , 2020 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

Controversies are engulfing the global response toward the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-...


COVID-19: the Social, the Spiritual and the Illness

Apr 25 , 2020 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

In the plagues of yesteryear, epidemics were equated and explained by social and spir...


Health Professionals May Not Feel Okay: That's Okay

Apr 11 , 2020 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

Health care professionals are living in an unprecedented time. The responsibility of...


The Plague Looms Large, Let's Not Repeat History

Mar 28 , 2020 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

The Bubonic Plague, also called the Great Dying or Black Death, is the most famous ep...



Messages from the Past! The Plague of Athens

Mar 21 , 2020 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

As we remain alert and calm in the COVID-19 era, we might as well take a break from ...


The Romance in Good ol' Professionalism

Jan 18 , 2020 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

In this age of disruption, we can no longer expect things to be the way they are supp...


Meditating About People: In Defense of the Youth

Nov 30 , 2019 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

The youth, the ultimate victims of Ethiopian political history, are under attack. Onc...


Lawlessness Begets Lawlessness

Nov 23 , 2019 . By Dawit Wondimagegn

Once again, the idea of the law seems to occupy the central stage in Ethiopian life. The cry for law enforcement on one side and the primacy...




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