Dawit Getachew Assefa’s Fellowship reflections

Dawit Getachew Assefa, based at Dilla University, Ethiopia, joined IDDO in 2024 for a 12-month placement as part of the WHO/TDR Postgraduate Research Fellowship.  He worked on projects across visceral leishmaniasis and malaria. 

Here he talks about his experience on the Fellowship programme; the benefits to his career, as well as his home institution, colleagues and university students in Ethiopia.