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Fussum Daniel

July 7, 1958 - January 15, 2022

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Dr Fussum Daniel worked as a Public Health Physician in WHO from 1992 when he joined through the Volunteer programme till his death on Saturday 15th January 2022. He believed in the centrality of health in development and sought to make his contribution through the immunization and vaccine preventable diseases programme. Dr Fussum Daniel had various work experiences in immunization at duty stations – Zambia, Namibia, Nigeria, Serra Leone, Liberia; and the IST/ESA in Harare where he was Team Lead for the VPD programme. Dr Fussum Daniel contributed tremendously at various times to expansion of the Immunization agenda in the region, including partners coordination, leading the RWG/ESA as Co-Chair since 2014. Dr Fussum Daniel was part of the response team for the Ebola pandemic in West Africa, where he discharged his work creditably. He was passionate for Africa to have vaccine manufacturing capacity and capabilities. He was making tremendous contribution to the scale up of COVID-19 vaccination as part of response to COVID-19 pandemic. The Immunization community will certainly miss him as a valued and fantastic colleague. May God grant his family, friends, and colleagues the fortitude to bear the loss and grant his soul eternal rest.

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2022-01-25 22:40:29 wrote:

Dr Fussum Daniel was tough, we called him "the General" because he was firm. We called him by his first name and he wasn't hung up on titles. We used to joke that if you could survive working with Fussum, you could work anywhere . He never believed in being second best, so he pushed for excellence from all of us. He didn't shy away from challenges and he inculcated the same spirit in us. Some of us secretly believed his brilliance and guts to speak his mind were encapsulated in his hat. Fussum wore his hat indoors and outdoors, while wearing his suit and his jeans alike. His hat was his identity, and we should one day all wear a similar head covering in his memory. We remember him as Team Lead, Big Brother, our Father and most of all our friend. Before COVID-19 chased us from our offices he had a daily routine of visiting each one of us in our offices to informally chat. Fussum served with his heart and soul. He had the rare quality of being able to lead from the front, the middle and back according to the situation. Fare thee well our General. Rest in peace and power one of us.

2022-01-25 22:40:29 wrote: Dr Fussum Daniel was tough, we called him "the General" because he was firm. We called him by his first name and he wasn't hung up on titles. We used to joke that if you could survive working with Fussum, you could work anywhere . He never believed in being second best, so he pushed for excellence from all of us. He didn't shy away from challenges and he inculcated the same spirit in us. Some of us secretly believed his brilliance and guts to speak his mind were encapsulated in his hat. Fussum wore his hat indoors and outdoors, while wearing his suit and his jeans alike. His hat was his identity, and we should one day all wear a similar head covering in his memory. We remember him as Team Lead, Big Brother, our Father and most of all our friend. Before COVID-19 chased us from our offices he had a daily routine of visiting each one of us in our offices to informally chat. Fussum served with his heart and soul. He had the rare quality of being able to lead from the front, the middle and back according to the situation. Fare thee well our General. Rest in peace and power one of us.

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