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We bring together health facilities, communities, development partners, and other stakeholders around a shared purpose: healthier lives for everyone.<\/p>\n        <p>Our work connects health promotion and disease prevention with emergency preparedness, laboratory and research services, curative and rehabilitative care, quality assurance, pharmaceutical services, and sound health-system management.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <aside class=\"contact-card\" id=\"contact\" aria-labelledby=\"contact-heading\">\n        <h2 id=\"contact-heading\">Contact the Bureau<\/h2>\n        <dl>\n          <dt>Location<\/dt><dd>Dire Dawa, Ethiopia<\/dd>\n          <dt>Telephone<\/dt><dd><a href=\"tel:+251251112330\">+251 25 111 2330<\/a><\/dd>\n          <dt>Information<\/dt><dd>Visit our official public updates on <a href=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/people\/Dire-Dawa-Administration-Health-Bureau\/100071147246709\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/dd>\n        <\/dl>\n      <\/aside>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"container section\" id=\"services\" aria-labelledby=\"our-work\">\n      <div class=\"section-head\">\n        <span class=\"eyebrow\">Our work<\/span>\n        <h2 class=\"section-title\" id=\"our-work\">A connected approach to public health<\/h2>\n        <p>We combine prevention, quality services, and accountable systems so that every programme contributes to better health outcomes.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"cards\">\n        <article class=\"card\"><div class=\"card-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">01<\/div><h3>Promote &amp; prevent<\/h3><p>We support health education, disease prevention, hygiene, food safety, and environmental-health protection.<\/p><\/article>\n        <article class=\"card\"><div class=\"card-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">02<\/div><h3>Protect &amp; respond<\/h3><p>We coordinate public-health emergency preparedness and response, supported by laboratory and research services.<\/p><\/article>\n        <article class=\"card\"><div class=\"card-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">03<\/div><h3>Improve care quality<\/h3><p>We strengthen service quality, inspection, licensing, blood-bank services, and supply quality control.<\/p><\/article>\n        <article class=\"card\"><div class=\"card-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">04<\/div><h3>Support healthy facilities<\/h3><p>We help advance curative, palliative, rehabilitative, pharmaceutical, and rational medicine-use services.<\/p><\/article>\n        <article class=\"card\"><div class=\"card-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">05<\/div><h3>Use evidence well<\/h3><p>We plan, monitor, evaluate, and use health information to guide programmes and improve decisions.<\/p><\/article>\n        <article class=\"card\"><div class=\"card-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">06<\/div><h3>Strengthen accountability<\/h3><p>We develop health professionals and reinforce good governance, public communication, and institutional accountability.<\/p><\/article>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    <section class=\"container section commitment\" aria-labelledby=\"our-commitment\">\n      <div class=\"commitment-grid\">\n        <div><span class=\"eyebrow\">Our commitment<\/span><h2 id=\"our-commitment\">Accessible, accountable, evidence-informed care.<\/h2><\/div>\n        <p>We work to build a health system that listens to communities, responds to local needs, and continually improves the services people rely on.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n  <\/main>\n\n  <script>\n    document.getElementById('year').textContent = new Date().getFullYear();\n  <\/script>\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us | Dire Dawa Administration Health Bureau + Dire Dawa AdministrationHealth Bureau About the Bureau Healthier communities begin with trusted public health. 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