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Peer-reviewed Publications

  1. Single-Dose Tafenoquine to Prevent Relapse of Plasmodium vivax Malaria
  2. Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of MMV390048 in Acute Uncomplicated Malaria
  3. Bacterial pathogens in Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra-negative sputum samples of patients with presumptive tuberculosis in a high TB burden setting: a 16S rRNA analysis
  1. Long-term monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and variants in Ethiopia provides prediction for immunity and cross-immunity 
  1. Clinical performance validation of the STANDARD G6PD test: A multi-country pooled analysis
  2. Seroepidemiology and model-based prediction of SARS-CoV-2 in Ethiopia: longitudinal cohort study among front-line hospital workers and communities
  1. Pharmacogenetic assessment of tafenoquine efficacy in patients with Plasmodium vivax malaria
  1. Safety and efficacy of single-dose primaquine to interrupt Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission in children compared with adults: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis
  1. Antibiotic Use Patterns at Jimma Medical Center in Southwest Ethiopia: A Call for Local Antibiogram-Guided Prescription
  1. Effectiveness of clinical integrated short course training of evidence based medicine for postgraduate medical specialty students in Ethiopia in 2022: A randomized control trial
  1. The immediate effect of peripheral stimulation on cervical dystonia disease outcomes: single-case experimental design
  1. Epidemiology of Surgical Site Infections: Incidence and Risk Factors at Jimma University Specialized and Comprehensive Hospital, Ethiopia
  1. Ethiopia’s First Marburg Virus Outbreak: Readiness Gaps, Response Progress, and Lessons for Sub-Saharan Africa
  1. Barriers to and readiness for advance care planning: a systematic review and metaanalysis of quantitative and qualitative evidence 
  1. Participant recruitment and retention in a longitudinal study: experience from SARS-CoV-2 cohort in Ethiopia
  1. Clinical profiles and mortality predictors of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Ethiopia
  1. Clinical and behavioural correlates of early diabetic foot ulcer risk at Jimma Medical Center, Ethiopia: application of Inlow’s 60-Second Screening Tool in a resource-constrained setting
  1. Epistaxis and thrombocytopenia as major presentations of louse borne relapsing fever: Hospital-based study
  1. Double burden of gestational diabetes and pregnancy-induced hypertension in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies
  1. The Need to Establish and Sustain Public Health Emergency Operation Centers for Managing Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Lesson From Response to Louse-Borne Relapsing Fever Outbreak in Jimma, Ethiopia

21. Usability of a point-of-care diagnostic to identify glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: a multi-country assessment of test label comprehension and results interpretation.

  1. Performance of quantitative point-of-care tests to measure G6PD activity: An individual participant data meta-analysis.
  1. Travel bans did not contain omicron: a call for data-driven public health responses.
  1. Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE) implementations to control cholera outbreak in Oromia region, Ethiopia.
  1. Understanding the COVID-19 vaccine uptake, acceptance, and hesitancy in Ethiopia and Tanzania: a scoping review. 
  1. Tailoring COVID-19 Vaccination Strategies in High-Seroprevalence Settings: Insights from Ethiopia.
  1. Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa: A Call for Multidimensional Strategies to a Growing Crisis.
  1. Neonatal Sepsis Due to Multidrug-resistant Bacteria at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Ethiopia. 
  1. Hospital Wastes as Potential Sources for Multi-Drug-Resistant ESBL-Producing Bacteria at a Tertiary Hospital in Ethiopia.
  1. Molecular characterization of carbapenem-resistance in Gram-negative isolates obtained from clinical samples at Jimma Medical Center, Ethiopia.
  1. An outbreak of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii at a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia.
  1. Hepatitis delta virus infection hotspots in Ethiopia: a multicenter study. 
  1. Hepatitis B treatment in Africa: experiences from a scale-up program in Ethiopia.
  1. Scaling up treatment of chronic hepatitis B in Africa: 1-year results from a simplified public-sector treatment program in Ethiopia.
  1. Clinical profiles and mortality predictors of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Ethiopia.
  1. Escalating spread of SARS-CoV-2 infection after school reopening among students in hotspot districts of Oromia Region in Ethiopia: Longitudinal study.
  1. Emerging COVID-19 virus variants and low vaccination coverage in Ethiopia: The need for tailored vaccination strategy.
  1. Vaccine Inequity and Hesitancy: A Vicious Cycle Undermining the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  1. COVID-19 in Oromia Region of Ethiopia: a review of the first 6 months’ surveillance data.
  1. COVID-19 in Ethiopia in the first 180 days: lessons learned and the way forward.
  1. Association between birth length, linear growth velocities, and primary school achievement at age 10 years: evidence from the Ethiopian iABC birth cohort. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20875-1
  1. Associations of body composition at birth and accretion from 0 to 5 years with kidney function and volume at the 10-year follow-up: the Ethiopian Infant Anthropometry and Body Composition birth cohort. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.12.015
  1. Associations of fat and fat-free mass at birth and accretion from 0 to 5 years with cognitive function at later childhood: the Ethiopian infant anthropometry and body composition birth cohort. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007114524002605
  1. Association of Early Life Growth and Kidney Function With Blood Pressure in Ethiopian Children: Birth Cohort Study. https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.20223311S1441c
  1. Prevalence and predictors of asymptomatic malaria infection in Boricha District, Sidama Region, Ethiopia: implications for elimination strategies.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-023-04722-z
  1. Genetic diversity and genotype multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infection in patients with uncomplicated malaria in Chewaka district, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03278-6
  1. Therapeutic efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine in the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Chewaka District, Ethiopia. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7350688/
  2. Efficacy and safety of artemether–lumefantrine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-03745-8