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Alem Desta

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Snapshot
Articles 8
Citations 134
Followers 0
Related Specialties
Gynecology & Obstetrics
Public Health
General Medicine
Top 10 Co-Authors
Araya Abrha Medhanyie
Mussie Alemayehu
Atakelti Abrha
Henock Yebyo
Alemayehu Hunduma
Luigi Toma
Aster Kalayu
Anne-Claire Marrast
Tesfu Alemu
Joanna Schellenberg
Published In
BMC Womens Health
Trop Med Int Health
Reprod Health
BMJ Open
BMC Public Health
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Recent Articles
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Does a complex intervention targeting communities, health facilities and district health managers increase the utilisation of community-based child health services? A before and after study in intervention and comparison areas of Ethiopia
Berhanu D, Okwaraji Y, Defar A, Bekele A, Lemango E, Medhanyie A, et al.
BMJ Open . 2020 Sep; 10(9):e040868. PMID: 32933966
Introduction: Ethiopia successfully reduced mortality in children below 5 years of age during the past few decades, but the utilisation of child health services was still low. Optimising the Health...
2.
Level of quality of option BPMTCT service provision in public health facilities in Mekelle zone, northern Ethiopia: cross-sectional study
Ajemu K, Desta A
BMC Health Serv Res . 2020 Jun; 20(1):547. PMID: 32552783
Background: Substantial improvements have been observed in coverage and access to maternal health services in Ethiopia. However, the quality of care has been lagging behind. Therefore, this study aimed to...
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Utilization and factors associated with antenatal, delivery and postnatal Care Services in Tigray Region, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study
Alemayehu M, Gebrehiwot T, Medhanyie A, Desta A, Alemu T, Abrha A, et al.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth . 2020 Jun; 20(1):334. PMID: 32487069
Background: This study aimed to identify the utilization and factors associated with antenatal care, delivery, and postnatal care services in Tigray regional state, Ethiopia. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was...
4.
Tending the 'monthly flower:' a qualitative study of menstrual beliefs in Tigray, Ethiopia
Wall L, Teklay K, Desta A, Belay S
BMC Womens Health . 2018 Nov; 18(1):183. PMID: 30424763
Background: Menstruation is a universal aspect of human female reproductive life. Management of menstrual flow presents hygiene challenges to girls and women in low-income countries, especially when they first start...
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Factors associated with contraceptive use in Tigray, North Ethiopia
Medhanyie A, Desta A, Alemayehu M, Gebrehiwot T, Abraha T, Abrha A, et al.
Reprod Health . 2017 Feb; 14(1):27. PMID: 28228141
Background: Family planning interventions are cost-effective and have several cross-cutting benefits. Despite these benefits of family planning, progress in ensuring universal access to family planning to women in developing countries...
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Rural women are more likely to use long acting contraceptive in Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia: a comparative community-based cross sectional study
Alemayehu M, Kalayu A, Desta A, Gebremichael H, Hagos T, Yebyo H
BMC Womens Health . 2015 Sep; 15:71. PMID: 26341405
Background: In the latest report of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) 2011, the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) was estimated at 676/100,000 live births, with total fertility rate at 4.8...
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Treatment outcomes and their determinants in HIV patients on Anti-retroviral Treatment Program in selected health facilities of Kembata and Hadiya zones, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, Ethiopia
Ayele W, Mulugeta A, Desta A, Rabito F
BMC Public Health . 2015 Aug; 15:826. PMID: 26310943
Background: Ethiopia has been providing free Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) since 2005 for HIV/AIDS patients. ART improves survival time and quality of life of HIV patients but ART treatment outcomes might...
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Deploying artemether-lumefantrine with rapid testing in Ethiopian communities: impact on malaria morbidity, mortality and healthcare resources
Lemma H, Byass P, Desta A, Bosman A, Costanzo G, Toma L, et al.
Trop Med Int Health . 2009 Dec; 15(2):241-50. PMID: 19961564
Objective: To assess the impact and feasibility of artemether-lumefantrine deployment at community level, combined with phased introduction of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), on malaria transmission, morbidity, and mortality and health...