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Haramaya University & Institute of Tropical Medicine

Haramaya University has an established partnership with the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) Antwerp, Belgium, one of the world’s leading centers for tropical medicine and global health research. Although publicly available sources do not specify the exact start year of the partnership,

Haramaya University has an established partnership with the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) Antwerp, Belgium, one of the world’s leading centers for tropical medicine and global health research. Although publicly available sources do not specify the exact start year of the partnership, ITM has a long history of building institutional collaborations across Africa, including Ethiopia, through its extensive network of 24 institutional partnerships and capacity‑strengthening programs.

FOCUS AREA

The core working areas of the Haramaya–ITM collaboration align with ITM’s global mandate in infectious diseases, public health, tropical medicine, and capacity building. This includes joint work in epidemiology, clinical research, population health, and strengthening research training for African institutions.