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Alemayehu Amberbir

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Articles 58
Citations 4215
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Public Health
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Kebede Deribe
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Gail Davey
Josh Berman
Shabbar Jaffar
Alfred Matengeni
Girmay Medhin
Amelia C Crampin
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PLoS One
BMC Public Health
BMC Pediatr
Malawi Med J
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Recent Articles
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Maintaining Delivery of Evidence-Based Interventions to Reduce Under-5 Mortality During COVID-19 in Rwanda: Lessons Learned through Implementation Research
Amberbir A, Sayinzoga F, Mathewos K, Ntawukuriryayo J, VanderZanden A, Hirschhorn L, et al.
Ann Glob Health . 2024 Jul; 90(1):47. PMID: 39070076
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in drops in access to and availability of a number of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) known to reduce under-5 mortality (U5M) across a wide range of countries,...
2.
Factors associated with self-reported diagnosed asthma in urban and rural Malawi: Observations from a population-based study of non-communicable diseases
Amoah A, McLean E, Price A, Amberbir A, Crampin A
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2024 Jul; 4(7):e0002952. PMID: 38990860
The growing burden of asthma in low- and middle-income countries has been linked to urbanisation and lifestyle changes. However, this burden has not been well characterised in adults. Therefore, we...
3.
Evidence of health system resilience in primary health care for preventing under-five mortality in Rwanda and Bangladesh: Lessons from an implementation study during the Millennium Development Goal period and the early period of COVID-19
VanderZanden A, Amberbir A, Sayinzoga F, Huda F, Ntawukuriryayo J, Mathewos K, et al.
J Glob Health . 2024 Jul; 14:05023. PMID: 38963883
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic led to disruptions of health service delivery in many countries; some were more resilient in either limiting or rapidly responding to the disruption...
4.
Evidence-based Decision Making: Infectious Disease Modeling Training for Policymakers in East Africa
Ofori S, Dankwa E, Ngwakongnwi E, Amberbir A, Bekele A, Murray M, et al.
Ann Glob Health . 2024 Mar; 90(1):22. PMID: 38523847
Background: Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases is an important decision-making tool for outbreak control. However, in Africa, limited expertise reduces the use and impact of these tools on policy. Therefore,...
5.
Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on primary healthcare interventions for the reduction of under-5 mortality in Bangladesh: Lessons learned through implementation research
Amberbir A, Huda F, VanderZanden A, Mathewos K, Ntawukuriryayo J, Binagwaho A, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2024 Mar; 4(3):e0002997. PMID: 38446832
The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges and threats to health systems, particularly affecting delivery of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) to reduce under-5 mortality (U5M) in resource-limited settings such as Bangladesh. We...
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Reducing the equity gap in under-5 mortality through an innovative community health program in Ethiopia: an implementation research study
Drown L, Amberbir A, Teklu A, Zelalem M, Tariku A, Tadesse Y, et al.
BMC Pediatr . 2024 Feb; 23(Suppl 1):647. PMID: 38413946
Background: The Ethiopian government implemented a national community health program, the Health Extension Program (HEP), to provide community-based health services to address persisting access-related barriers to care using health extension...
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Inequity in the face of success: understanding geographic and wealth-based equity in success of facility-based delivery for under-5 mortality reduction in six countries
Ntawukuriryayo J, VanderZanden A, Amberbir A, Teklu A, Huda F, Maskey M, et al.
BMC Pediatr . 2024 Feb; 23(Suppl 1):651. PMID: 38413911
Background: Between 2000-2015, many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) implemented evidence-based interventions (EBIs) known to reduce under-5 mortality (U5M). Even among LMICs successful in reducing U5M, this drop was unequal...
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Understanding factors associated with rural-urban disparities of stunting among under-five children in Rwanda: A decomposition analysis approach
Kalinda C, Phiri M, Simona S, Banda A, Wong R, Qambayot M, et al.
Matern Child Nutr . 2023 Mar; 19(3):e13511. PMID: 36994914
Childhood stunting in its moderate and severe forms is a major global problem and an important indicator of child health. Rwanda has made progress in reducing the prevalence of stunting....
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Decentralising diabetes care from hospitals to primary health care centres in Malawi
Pfaff C, Malamula G, Kamowatimwa G, Theu J, Allain T, Amberbir A, et al.
Malawi Med J . 2022 Mar; 33(3):159-168. PMID: 35233273
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes and hypertension have become a prominent public health concern in Malawi, where health care services for NCDs are generally restricted to urban centres...
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Frequency of visits to health facilities and HIV services offered to men, Malawi
Dovel K, Balakasi K, Gupta S, Mphande M, Robson I, Khan S, et al.
Bull World Health Organ . 2021 Sep; 99(9):618-626. PMID: 34475599
Objective: To determine how often men in Malawi attend health facilities and if testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is offered during facility visits. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, community-representative...