East African Training Initiative

Founded by physicians out of Columbia University and Brown University, the East African Training Initiative (EATI) is a two-year fellowship training program in pulmonary and critical care medicine, and it’s the first of its kind in Ethiopia. An initiative of Vital Strategies, EATI is based in capital city Addis Ababa’s Tikur Anbessa (Black Lion) Hospital, the flagship medical training institution of Addis Ababa University School of Medicine. Since its inception in 2013, EATI has made a tremendous impact in shaping the future of pulmonary and critical care medicine in Ethiopia.