Deputy Head \u2014 Dire Dawa Health Bureau<\/title>\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\" crossorigin>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Inter:wght@300;400;500;600;700&display=swap\">\n<style>\n :root {\n --sky-light: #f0f9ff;\n --sky-pale: #e0f2fe;\n --sky-mid: #bae6fd;\n --blue-primary: #0284c7;\n --blue-deep: #075985;\n --white: #ffffff;\n --ink: #0f172a;\n --ink-soft: #475569;\n --border: #e2e8f0;\n }\n\n * { margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box; }\n\n html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }\n\n body {\n font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;\n color: var(--ink);\n background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--white) 0%, var(--sky-light) 100%);\n line-height: 1.6;\n min-height: 100vh;\n }\n\n .container {\n max-width: 1100px;\n margin: 0 auto;\n padding: 0 2rem;\n }\n\n \/* Typography *\/\n h1, h2, h3 {\n color: var(--blue-deep);\n line-height: 1.2;\n 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var(--blue-deep);\n padding: 0.25rem 0.75rem;\n border-radius: 20px;\n font-size: 0.85rem;\n font-weight: 600;\n margin-bottom: 0.75rem;\n }\n\n \/* Vision Section *\/\n .vision {\n background: linear-gradient(135deg, var(--blue-primary) 0%, var(--blue-deep) 100%);\n color: var(--white);\n text-align: center;\n padding: 6rem 0;\n }\n\n .vision h2 {\n color: var(--white);\n }\n\n .vision .section-divider {\n background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);\n }\n\n .vision__text {\n max-width: 700px;\n margin: 0 auto;\n font-size: 1.25rem;\n font-style: italic;\n line-height: 1.6;\n color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.95);\n }\n\n .vision__author {\n margin-top: 2rem;\n font-weight: 500;\n color: var(--white);\n }\n\n \/* Footer *\/\n .footer {\n background: var(--white);\n padding: 2rem 0;\n text-align: center;\n border-top: 1px solid var(--border);\n font-size: 0.9rem;\n color: var(--ink-soft);\n }\n\n \/* Responsive *\/\n @media (max-width: 768px) {\n .hero__grid,\n .profile__grid {\n grid-template-columns: 1fr;\n gap: 2rem;\n }\n\n .profile__grid {\n padding: 2rem;\n }\n\n .hero__meta {\n flex-direction: column;\n gap: 1rem;\n }\n\n .timeline::before {\n left: 15px;\n }\n\n .timeline__item {\n padding-left: 45px;\n }\n\n .timeline__dot {\n left: 6px;\n }\n }\n<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n\n \n <section class=\"hero\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <div class=\"hero__grid\">\n <div class=\"hero__content\">\n <p class=\"subtitle\">Office of the Deputy Head<\/p>\n <h1>Mr. Yusuf Seid<\/h1>\n <p>\n A public health strategist serving as principal deputy to the Bureau Head. Charged with translating regional health policy into daily operations that touch every kebele, clinic, and household across Dire Dawa.\n <\/p>\n <div class=\"hero__meta\">\n <div class=\"hero__meta-item\">\n <span class=\"hero__meta-label\">Appointed<\/span>\n <span class=\"hero__meta-value\">November 2022<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"hero__meta-item\">\n <span class=\"hero__meta-label\">Specialization<\/span>\n <span class=\"hero__meta-value\">Public Health Policy<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"hero__portrait\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dahb.gov.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-25-at-12.47.17.png\" alt=\"Mr. Yusuf Seid\">\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n \n <section class=\"profile\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <h2>Professional Profile<\/h2>\n <div class=\"section-divider\"><\/div>\n \n <div class=\"profile__grid\">\n <div class=\"profile__portrait\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/picsum.photos\/seed\/deputy-profile-photo\/600\/800\" alt=\"Profile Photo\">\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"profile__content\">\n <h3>Career Overview<\/h3>\n <p>\n Dr. Yusuf Seid was appointed Deputy Head of the Dire Dawa Health Bureau in November 2022, bringing seventeen years of clinical practice, district-level administration, and graduate public health training to the office. She serves as the Bureau's principal deputy\u2014the operational counterweight to the Head's policy mandate.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n His early career was spent on the wards of Dil Chora Regional Referral Hospital. The shift to public health was deliberate: <strong>\"I wanted to treat the well, not only the sick.\"<\/strong> From 2014 he led the Bureau's Maternal and Child Health desk, overseeing the rollout of the Health Extension Programme across rural kebeles.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n Before assuming the deputyship, Mr. Yusuf served for four years as Head of the Bureau's Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, coordinating the region's COVID-19 response. She holds an MPH from Addis Ababa University and is a member of the Ethiopian Public Health Association.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n \n <section class=\"mandate\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <h2>Core Mandate<\/h2>\n <div class=\"section-divider\"><\/div>\n \n <div class=\"mandate__grid\">\n <div class=\"mandate__card\">\n <span class=\"mandate__num\">1<\/span>\n <h3>Operational Stewardship<\/h3>\n <p>Directs the day-to-day work of the Bureau's five core process owners, ensuring policy is translated into work plans, budgets, and measurable service delivery.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"mandate__card\">\n <span class=\"mandate__num\">2<\/span>\n <h3>Public Health Programs<\/h3>\n <p>Oversees maternal and child health, immunization, communicable disease control, and health extension programming across the region.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"mandate__card\">\n <span class=\"mandate__num\">3<\/span>\n <h3>Emergency Preparedness<\/h3>\n <p>Chair of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre. Leads outbreak investigation and cross-border health security.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"mandate__card\">\n <span class=\"mandate__num\">4<\/span>\n <h3>System Strengthening<\/h3>\n <p>Drives health workforce planning, supply chain reliability, and the digitalization of the Health Management Information System.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"mandate__card\">\n <span class=\"mandate__num\">5<\/span>\n <h3>Federal-Regional Liaison<\/h3>\n <p>Serves as principal operational counterpart to the Federal Ministry of Health and partner agencies.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"mandate__card\">\n <span class=\"mandate__num\">6<\/span>\n <h3>Acting for the Head<\/h3>\n <p>Exercises the full authority of the Bureau Head in their absence, signing directives and presiding over management committees.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n \n <section class=\"experience\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <h2>Career Trajectory<\/h2>\n <div class=\"section-divider\"><\/div>\n \n <div class=\"timeline\">\n <div class=\"timeline__item\">\n <div class=\"timeline__dot\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"timeline__content\">\n <span class=\"timeline__year\">2022 \u2014 Present<\/span>\n <h3>Deputy Head of Bureau<\/h3>\n <p><em>Dire Dawa Health Bureau<\/em><\/p>\n <p>Principal deputy to the Head. Chairs Technical Operations Committee. Supervises five core process owners and a regional workforce of 2,400+ across 84 health facilities.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"timeline__item\">\n <div class=\"timeline__dot\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"timeline__content\">\n <span class=\"timeline__year\">2018 \u2014 2022<\/span>\n <h3>Head, Public Health Emergency Operations Centre<\/h3>\n <p><em>Dire Dawa Health Bureau<\/em><\/p>\n <p>Led regional COVID-19 response, surveillance strengthening, and cross-border coordination. Directed outbreak response for measles and acute watery diarrhoea events.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"timeline__item\">\n <div class=\"timeline__dot\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"timeline__content\">\n <span class=\"timeline__year\">2014 \u2014 2018<\/span>\n <h3>Maternal & Child Health Desk Head<\/h3>\n <p><em>Dire Dawa Health Bureau<\/em><\/p>\n <p>Oversaw rollout of the Health Extension Programme across 38 rural kebeles. Regional immunization coverage rose from 71% to 89% during tenure.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"timeline__item\">\n <div class=\"timeline__dot\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"timeline__content\">\n <span class=\"timeline__year\">2007 \u2014 2014<\/span>\n <h3>Medical Officer & General Practitioner<\/h3>\n <p><em>Dil Chora Regional Referral Hospital \/ Dire Dawa Polyclinic<\/em><\/p>\n <p>Clinical duties in internal medicine and emergency settings. Part-time lecturer at Haramaya University's College of Health and Medical Sciences.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n \n <section class=\"vision\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <h2>On the Work Ahead<\/h2>\n <div class=\"section-divider\"><\/div>\n <p class=\"vision__text\">\n \"A health system is judged not by its strongest hospital, but by the quiet competence of its weakest clinic. Our work is to lift every clinic\u2014every kebele, every post\u2014toward the same standard of care.\"\n <\/p>\n <p class=\"vision__author\">\u2014 Mr. Yusuf Seid, Deputy Head of Bureau<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Head \u2014 Dire Dawa Health Bureau Office of the Deputy Head Mr. Yusuf Seid A public health strategist serving as principal deputy to the Bureau Head. Charged with translating regional health policy into daily operations that touch every kebele, clinic, and household across Dire Dawa. 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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\nDeputy Head \u2014 Dire Dawa Health Bureau<\/title>\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\">\n<link rel=\"preconnect\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\" crossorigin>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Inter:wght@300;400;500;600;700&display=swap\">\n<style>\n :root {\n --sky-light: #f0f9ff;\n --sky-pale: #e0f2fe;\n --sky-mid: #bae6fd;\n --blue-primary: #0284c7;\n --blue-deep: #075985;\n --white: #ffffff;\n --ink: #0f172a;\n --ink-soft: #475569;\n --border: #e2e8f0;\n }\n\n * { margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box; }\n\n html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }\n\n body {\n font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;\n color: var(--ink);\n background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--white) 0%, var(--sky-light) 100%);\n line-height: 1.6;\n min-height: 100vh;\n }\n\n .container {\n max-width: 1100px;\n margin: 0 auto;\n padding: 0 2rem;\n }\n\n \/* Typography *\/\n h1, h2, h3 {\n color: var(--blue-deep);\n 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.profile__grid {\n grid-template-columns: 1fr;\n gap: 2rem;\n }\n\n .profile__grid {\n padding: 2rem;\n }\n\n .hero__meta {\n flex-direction: column;\n gap: 1rem;\n }\n\n .timeline::before {\n left: 15px;\n }\n\n .timeline__item {\n padding-left: 45px;\n }\n\n .timeline__dot {\n left: 6px;\n }\n }\n<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n\n \n <section class=\"hero\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <div class=\"hero__grid\">\n <div class=\"hero__content\">\n <p class=\"subtitle\">Office of the Deputy Head<\/p>\n <h1>Mr. Yusuf Seid<\/h1>\n <p>\n A public health strategist serving as principal deputy to the Bureau Head. Charged with translating regional health policy into daily operations that touch every kebele, clinic, and household across Dire Dawa.\n <\/p>\n <div class=\"hero__meta\">\n <div class=\"hero__meta-item\">\n <span class=\"hero__meta-label\">Appointed<\/span>\n <span class=\"hero__meta-value\">November 2022<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"hero__meta-item\">\n <span class=\"hero__meta-label\">Specialization<\/span>\n <span class=\"hero__meta-value\">Public Health Policy<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"hero__portrait\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dahb.gov.et\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-25-at-12.47.17.png\" alt=\"Mr. Yusuf Seid\">\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n \n <section class=\"profile\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <h2>Professional Profile<\/h2>\n <div class=\"section-divider\"><\/div>\n \n <div class=\"profile__grid\">\n <div class=\"profile__portrait\">\n <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/picsum.photos\/seed\/deputy-profile-photo\/600\/800\" alt=\"Profile Photo\">\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"profile__content\">\n <h3>Career Overview<\/h3>\n <p>\n Dr. Yusuf Seid was appointed Deputy Head of the Dire Dawa Health Bureau in November 2022, bringing seventeen years of clinical practice, district-level administration, and graduate public health training to the office. She serves as the Bureau's principal deputy\u2014the operational counterweight to the Head's policy mandate.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n His early career was spent on the wards of Dil Chora Regional Referral Hospital. The shift to public health was deliberate: <strong>\"I wanted to treat the well, not only the sick.\"<\/strong> From 2014 he led the Bureau's Maternal and Child Health desk, overseeing the rollout of the Health Extension Programme across rural kebeles.\n <\/p>\n <p>\n Before assuming the deputyship, Mr. Yusuf served for four years as Head of the Bureau's Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, coordinating the region's COVID-19 response. She holds an MPH from Addis Ababa University and is a member of the Ethiopian Public Health Association.\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n \n <section class=\"mandate\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <h2>Core Mandate<\/h2>\n <div class=\"section-divider\"><\/div>\n \n <div class=\"mandate__grid\">\n <div class=\"mandate__card\">\n <span class=\"mandate__num\">1<\/span>\n <h3>Operational Stewardship<\/h3>\n <p>Directs the day-to-day work of the Bureau's five core process owners, ensuring policy is translated into work plans, budgets, and measurable service delivery.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"mandate__card\">\n <span class=\"mandate__num\">2<\/span>\n <h3>Public Health Programs<\/h3>\n <p>Oversees maternal and child health, immunization, communicable disease control, and health extension programming across the region.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"mandate__card\">\n <span class=\"mandate__num\">3<\/span>\n <h3>Emergency Preparedness<\/h3>\n <p>Chair of the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre. Leads outbreak investigation and cross-border health security.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"mandate__card\">\n <span class=\"mandate__num\">4<\/span>\n <h3>System Strengthening<\/h3>\n <p>Drives health workforce planning, supply chain reliability, and the digitalization of the Health Management Information System.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"mandate__card\">\n <span class=\"mandate__num\">5<\/span>\n <h3>Federal-Regional Liaison<\/h3>\n <p>Serves as principal operational counterpart to the Federal Ministry of Health and partner agencies.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"mandate__card\">\n <span class=\"mandate__num\">6<\/span>\n <h3>Acting for the Head<\/h3>\n <p>Exercises the full authority of the Bureau Head in their absence, signing directives and presiding over management committees.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n \n <section class=\"experience\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <h2>Career Trajectory<\/h2>\n <div class=\"section-divider\"><\/div>\n \n <div class=\"timeline\">\n <div class=\"timeline__item\">\n <div class=\"timeline__dot\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"timeline__content\">\n <span class=\"timeline__year\">2022 \u2014 Present<\/span>\n <h3>Deputy Head of Bureau<\/h3>\n <p><em>Dire Dawa Health Bureau<\/em><\/p>\n <p>Principal deputy to the Head. Chairs Technical Operations Committee. Supervises five core process owners and a regional workforce of 2,400+ across 84 health facilities.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"timeline__item\">\n <div class=\"timeline__dot\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"timeline__content\">\n <span class=\"timeline__year\">2018 \u2014 2022<\/span>\n <h3>Head, Public Health Emergency Operations Centre<\/h3>\n <p><em>Dire Dawa Health Bureau<\/em><\/p>\n <p>Led regional COVID-19 response, surveillance strengthening, and cross-border coordination. Directed outbreak response for measles and acute watery diarrhoea events.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"timeline__item\">\n <div class=\"timeline__dot\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"timeline__content\">\n <span class=\"timeline__year\">2014 \u2014 2018<\/span>\n <h3>Maternal & Child Health Desk Head<\/h3>\n <p><em>Dire Dawa Health Bureau<\/em><\/p>\n <p>Oversaw rollout of the Health Extension Programme across 38 rural kebeles. Regional immunization coverage rose from 71% to 89% during tenure.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <div class=\"timeline__item\">\n <div class=\"timeline__dot\"><\/div>\n <div class=\"timeline__content\">\n <span class=\"timeline__year\">2007 \u2014 2014<\/span>\n <h3>Medical Officer & General Practitioner<\/h3>\n <p><em>Dil Chora Regional Referral Hospital \/ Dire Dawa Polyclinic<\/em><\/p>\n <p>Clinical duties in internal medicine and emergency settings. Part-time lecturer at Haramaya University's College of Health and Medical Sciences.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n \n <section class=\"vision\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <h2>On the Work Ahead<\/h2>\n <div class=\"section-divider\"><\/div>\n <p class=\"vision__text\">\n \"A health system is judged not by its strongest hospital, but by the quiet competence of its weakest clinic. Our work is to lift every clinic\u2014every kebele, every post\u2014toward the same standard of care.\"\n <\/p>\n <p class=\"vision__author\">\u2014 Mr. Yusuf Seid, Deputy Head of Bureau<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n<\/body>\n<\/html>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deputy Head \u2014 Dire Dawa Health Bureau Office of the Deputy Head Mr. Yusuf Seid A public health strategist serving as principal deputy to the Bureau Head. Charged with translating regional health policy into daily operations that touch every kebele, clinic, and household across Dire Dawa. 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