Recent Publications

Publications from 2024

1. Effect of agriculture on surface water quantity and quality in Gilgel Gibe watershed, southwestern Ethiopia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-12732-w

2. Investigation of environmental and health impacts solid waste management problems and associated factors in Asella town, Ethiopia. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28203

3. Effect of a chimney-fitted improved stove on pregnancy outcomes in Northwest Ethiopia: a randomized controlled trial. DOI:  10.1289/isee.2024.0083

4. Prevalence and associated factors of noise-induced hearing loss among workers in Bishoftu Central Air Base of Ethiopia. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-56977-4

5. Heavy metals in wastewater and fish collected from waste stabilization pond and human health risks in southwestern Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvh.2024.1386827

6. Assessment of Biomass Energy Potential for Biogas Technology Adoption and Its Determinant Factors in Rural District of Limmu Kossa, Jimma, Ethiopia. DOI: 10.3390/en17092176

7. Availability of essential, generic medicines before and during COVID-19 at selected public pharmaceutical supply agencies in Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077545

8. Rainfall and Temperature Influences on Childhood Diarrhea and the Effect Modification Role of Water and Sanitation Conditions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.  https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21070823

Publications from 2023

1. Experimental evaluation of fresh human feces biogas and compost potential: Evidence for circular economy from waste streams in Ethiopia. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22494

2. Surface Water Pollution Source Identification and Quantification: Literature Review. DOI: 10.11648/j.ajwse.20230903.11

3. Mobile health service as an alternative modality for hard-to-reach pastoralist communities of Afar and Somali regions in Ethiopia. DOI: 10.1186/s13570-023-00281-9

4. Effect of conventional and household water treatment technologies on the removal of pesticide residues in drinking water, Jimma town, Southwestern, Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288086

5. Pesticide Residues and Effect of Household Processing in Commonly Consumed Vegetables in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/7503426

6. Prevalence of low back pain and its associated factors among traditional cloth weavers in Gulele sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1181591

7. Environmental exposures and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288240

8. Kitchen fine particulate matter (PM₅) concentrations from biomass fuel use in rural households of Northwest Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1241977

Publications from 2022

1. Habitat preference of blackflies in Omo Gibe river basin (southwest Ethiopia): Implications for onchocerciasis elimination and control. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0264750

2. Renewable energy generating technologies from solid waste improve urban waste management system in Asella town, Arsi zone, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2275537/v1

3. Urban Households’ Biomass Energy Fuel Stacking and Its Implications for Sustainable Development Goal Seven: The case of Jimma Town, Ethiopia. Global challenges. https://doi.org/10.1002/gch2.202100154

4. Households’ access to safely managed sanitation facility and its determinant factors in Jimma town, Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2022.003

Publications from 2021

1. Determination of Heavy Metal Contamination in Ground and Surface Water Sources in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia. DOI: 10.12691/jephh-9-2-2

2. Microbial quality of raw cow milk and its predictors along the dairy value chain in Southwest Ethiopia. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109228

3. Biomedical Solid Waste Management System in Jimma Medical Center, Jimma Town, South Western Ethiopia. Journal of Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. DOI: 10.2147/RMHP.S315446

4. Treatment of healthcare wastewater using the peroxi-photoelectrocoagulation process: Predictive models for COD, color removal and electrical energy consumption. DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2021.102068

5. Analysis of Achyranthes aspera leaf extract and environmental safety evaluation to non-target Nile tilapia fish fingerlings, Oreochromis niloticus. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-397933/v1

6. Non-Combustible Source Indoor Air Pollutants Concentration in Beauty Salons and Associated Self-Reported Health Problems among the Beauty Salon Workers. DOI: 10.2147/RMHP.S293723

7. Childhood Malnutrition and the Association with Diarrhea, Water supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Practices in Kersa and Omo Nada Districts of Jimma Zone, Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.1177/1178630221999635

8. Evaluating the Level of Pesticides in the Blood of Small-Scale Farmers and Its Associated Risk Factors in Western Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302211043

Publications from 2020

1. Open defecation-free slippage and its associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01511

2. Association between microbial water quality, sanitation and hygiene practices and childhood diarrhea in Kersa and Omo Nada districts of Jimma Zone, Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229303