Abstract
The college was established to train the public health workers vitally needed in Ethiopia today. Its student group consists of prospective health officers, who receive three years of academic work, community nurses who have two years, and sanitarians who study for one year. The first class for each group was graduated in August 1957. These young people were the country's first hometrained public health personnel. The idea for the school grew out of discussions between representatives of the Imperial Ethiopian Government and the International Cooperation Administration. This group recognized that Ethiopia's health problems would need attention before her social and economic development could get under way. They recognized, too, that many diseases could be eradicated by preventive measures alone.
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