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Disease Prevention & Health Promotion Directorate

On behalf of the entire team of our directorate, I’m delighted to welcome you to the diseases prevention & Health promotion directorate. Under the directorate, seven programs are being handled; namely:

  • Malaria & other vector borne diseases prevention and control program
  • Tuberculosis, Leprosy and other lung disease prevention and control program
  • Non communicable diseases prevention and control program
  • Neglected tropical diseases prevention & Control program
  • Health centre reform program
  • Health extension & Primary health care program
  • Hygiene & environmental health /WASH program

Our directorate strives to prevent morbidity, mortality, and disability through provision of quality preventive, curative and promotive health services aligned with the national HSTP-II. Our directorate has registered significant achievements on both diseases prevention as well as health promotion wings in saving lives & connecting generation with the future possibilities, contributing its vital role for realization of the regional health bureau’s vision.


I would like to take this opportunity to call-up any interested development partners to work with us for the success of our common goal, i.e., healthy, productive & prosperous citizen.

Warm regards,

Currently, our directorate’s focus areas include:

Under diseases prevention and control wing:

  • Proactive diseases prevention & control of outbreaks as per the national protocols and keep the regional morbidity and mortality trend under the WHO-fixed ranges.
  • Achieving the 2030 elimination/eradication-targeted major communicable diseases mainly neglected tropical diseases.

Under health promotion wing:

  • Ensuring the regional health extension program optimization road map for health system strengthening to assure universal health service coverage.
  • Quality health care delivery through reforming the health care system at primary health care units(health posts, health centres and primary hospitals)