The Government of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has embarked a country wide reform initiative aimed at bringing effectiveness and efficiency in execution of various works using the Business Process Reengineering (BPR) as a tool. In line with this, the Federal Ministry of Health and its Agencies identified 7 core processes that will enable the fulfillment of sectoral visions and missions. Public Health Emergency Management (PHEM) is one of the core processes identified.PHEM is the process of anticipating, preventing, preparing for, detecting, responding to, controlling, and recovering from the consequences of public health threats in order that health and economic impacts are minimized.