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Who we Are

Establishment

The Miz-Hasab Research Center (MHRC) was established in October 1996 as a licensed private and independent research center based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Objectives

The Center's objective is to conduct researches on population and development, in general, and reproductive health, in particular, and publish and disseminate the results to as many stakeholders as possible.
The specific objectives are to:

Undertake quantitative surveys and qualitative studies to analyze critical issues relating to population,
Evaluate programs, particularly on family planning and other reproductive health activities;
Advise and assist individuals and/or institutions in the country that are engaged in social science research;
Develop and disseminate short-term training manuals based on the results of the research activities conducted at the Center;
Establish linkages and working relationships with similar other national and international institutions as well as local and international organizations;

Administration and Staff of the Center

Administration

The Director of the Center is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating and managing all the technical and administrative activities of the Center.

Staff

The Center has the following staff:

Full-time

Director (Ph.D.)
Senior Researcher (Ph.D.)
Research Assistant (BA, Economics)
Research Assistant (BA, Anthropology)
Junior Research Assistant (BA, Sociology)
Junior Research Assistant (BA, Political Science and International Relations)
Administrative Assistant (Diploma)
Assistant (Diploma)

Associate Staff

The Center, when necessary, draws heavily upon the expertise of individuals in the following areas of specialization:

Maternal and Child Health
Reproductive Health and Family Planning
STDs/AIDS and Communicable Diseases
Population and Sustainable Development
Population, Natural Resources and Environment
Gender Equity and Empowerment of Women
Urbanization and Migration
Fertility, Mortality and Migration.

Part-time Staff

There are 36-40 enumerators/field workers, mostly fresh college graduates or graduate students, who are readily available for data collection and entry purposes. Most of these are trained by the Center as quantitative and qualitative data collectors/interviewers and have backgrounds in Demography, Sociology, Gender and Development, Statistics, Public Health and English.