A full professor at the College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, can be reached by email at muhe1952@gmail.com and lulu.muhe@aau.edu.et. He earned his PhD in 1995 from Umeå University, Sweden. His career includes service at Addis Ababa University from 1986 to 2000 and at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa and Geneva, Switzerland, from 1998 to 2015. While at WHO, he developed key policy guidelines, training materials, and tools focusing on child health, HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis, primarily aimed at low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Before joining WHO, his research on acute respiratory infections (ARI) and newborn health contributed significantly to the development of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) approach. Since 2015, he has led several projects, including the SIP project (Study of Illness in Preterm), the Task-shifting for MITS Butajira project, and the RSV BREATH project. He has authored multiple book chapters and published over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles. Currently, as an adjunct professor at Addis Ababa University, he teaches child health and the methodologies behind child health research, drawing upon his vast experience. He remains committed to his belief that both global and local research can address and resolve public health challenges.