Robel Yirgu
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Hounsome N, Yirgu R, Middleton J, Cassell J, Fekadu A, Davey G
Front Health Serv
. 2024 Oct;
4:1279762.
PMID: 39359345
Background: The strategies to control scabies in highly endemic populations include individual case/household management and mass drug administration (MDA). We used a decision-analytic model to compare ivermectin-based MDA and individual...
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Yirgu R, Middleton J, Cassell J, Bremner S, Davey G, Fekadu A
PLoS Negl Trop Dis
. 2024 Aug;
18(8):e0012429.
PMID: 39163473
Introduction: Scabies undermines quality of life through its highly disturbing disease symptoms, by distorting self-perception, and secondary to social stigma. Knowledge of its effect on quality of life in general...
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Shiferaw R, Yirgu R, Getnet Y
BMC Pediatr
. 2024 Mar;
24(1):216.
PMID: 38532394
Background: A Suitable environment and proper child nutrition are paramount to a child's physical and mental development. Different environmental factors contribute to proper child development. Breast milk is an important...
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Yirgu R, Middleton J, Fekadu A, Cassell J, Tesfaye A, Jones C, et al.
BMJ Open
. 2023 Oct;
13(10):e075038.
PMID: 37880172
Background: The WHO aims to prevent, eliminate or control neglected tropical diseases, including scabies, by 2030. However, limited epidemiological data presented a challenge to control efforts, especially in high burden...
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Yirgu R, Middleton J, Fekadu A, Davey G, Bremner S, Jones C, et al.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
. 2023 Sep;
118(2):110-117.
PMID: 37665766
Background: Mass drug administration (MDA) is among the five major strategies that are currently in use to control, eliminate or eradicate Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Optimising MDA to control multiple...
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Yirgu R, Wondimagegnehu A, Qian J, Milkovich R, Zimmerman L, Decker M, et al.
BMC Public Health
. 2023 Apr;
23(1):725.
PMID: 37081421
Background: Globally, 2-14% of women experience intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy. Timely response to IPV is critical to mitigate related adverse health outcomes. Barriers to accessing limited IPV support...
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Wood S, Dozier J, Karp C, Desta S, Decker M, Shiferaw S, et al.
Sex Reprod Health Matters
. 2022 Dec;
30(1):2139891.
PMID: 36469634
Partner-perpetrated pregnancy coercion inhibits women's reproductive autonomy. However, few studies have quantified pregnancy coercion and its effects on women's health within low- and middle-income countries. Among a national sample of...
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Wood S, Yirgu R, Karp C, Tadesse M, Shiferaw S, Zimmerman L
EClinicalMedicine
. 2022 Nov;
53:101715.
PMID: 36345400
Background: Gendered health inequities impede women's reproductive autonomy over the life course. Pregnancy is a critical time point for assessing inequities and partners are integral actors in the achievement or...
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Dozier J, Zimmerman L, Ejigu B, Shiferaw S, Seme A, Yihdego M, et al.
Contracept X
. 2022 Oct;
4:100084.
PMID: 36193281
Objective: To examine the relationship between pregnancy coercion and partner knowledge of contraceptive use. Study Design: Cross-sectional Performance Monitoring for Action-Ethiopia data were collected in October-November 2019 from a nationally...
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Wood S, Yirgu R, Wondimagegnehu A, Qian J, Milkovich R, Decker M, et al.
BMJ Open
. 2022 Apr;
12(4):e055790.
PMID: 35414554
Objectives: This multimethods study aimed to: (1) compare the prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy pre-COVID-19 and during the COVID-19 pandemic using quantitative data and (2) contextualise pregnant...