Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh

Datos Biográficos

ID7757360
NOMBREGizachew Tadele Tiruneh
NOMBRESGizachew Tadele
APELLIDOTiruneh
FIRMATIRUNEH G T
AFILIACIONESEthiopian Public Health Institute
ORCID0000-0002-5842-9518
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS7
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR7
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Advancing gender equity in primary health care

    Open AccessGizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Agumasie Semahegn et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Gender inequities remain a major barrier to women’s access to reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) services. To address this gap, the Improve Primary Health Care Service Delivery (IPHCSD) project integrated a set of gender-responsive strategies into primary health care (PHC) systems. This paper presents lessons from implementing gender-responsive strategies that empowered women and communities while enhancing access to essent…

  • Gender dynamics affecting women’s uptake of maternal health service in agrarian and pastoral settings in Ethiopia

    Open AccessAgumasie Semahegn, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh et al.ARTICLEReproductive Health2026

    BACKGROUND: Lack of access to essential maternal health service remains a significant public health challenge in low-income countries. Gender dynamics play a critical role in determining women’s access to and use of maternal health services. We assessed the influence of gender dynamics on women’s use of maternal health services in Ethiopia. METHODS: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted using a mixed method in 10 selected district…

  • Women’s postpartum family planning use and intention in Ethiopia

    Open AccessAgumasie Semahegn, Gizachew Tadele Tiruneh et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Despite the substantial improvement on maternal health service use and impactful intervention to reduce the risk of maternal and child deaths, uptake of Postpartum Family Planning (PPFP) has remain a critical gap in Ethiopia. There is a paucity of context-based evidence is crucial in addressing these gaps to inform policies. We assessed women’s current use and intention on postpartum contraception in the agrarian and pastoral contexts of Ethiopia…

  • Health post readiness and its influence on mothers’ care-seeking practice for their sick children in Ethiopia

    Open AccessWassie Negash, Wassie Negash Mekonnen et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Introduction Infection accounts for about half of all neonatal deaths and it contributes to 37% of neonatal deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa where there is low health facility readiness and the quality of service given at health facilities is low. In this study, we assessed the influence of health posts’ readiness on the care-seeking behavior of mothers of sick young children. Method This study analyzed data from a community-based implementation surv…

  • Gender disparities and barriers to access and use of essential health services in Ethiopia

    Open AccessAgumasie Semahegn, Yohannes Mehretie Adinew et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Despite remarkable gains in maternal and child health (MCH) outcomes globally, the lack of access to and use of essential health services remains a challenge in low-income countries, like Ethiopia. To address health service access and use, the Ethiopian government has endorsed a fifteen-year “Optimizing Ethiopian Health Extension Program” strategy. This study explored gender barriers to access to and use of MCH services in the primary health care…

  • Effective treatment coverage for sick young infants with possible serious bacterial infection when referral not feasible in low-and middle-income countries

    Open AccessWassie Negash, Wassie Negash Mekonnen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Introduction Bacterial infections are major causes of neonatal deaths globally and about 6.9 million episodes occur among young infants in low-and middle-income countries every year. A comprehensive cascade of care from identifying the target population to outcome-adjusted coverage is essential to identify service delivery bottlenecks and take corrective action; however, the majority of studies included single treatment coverage rates. In this st…

  • Associations between integrated family planning, maternal and newborn health, and immunization services and adoption of postpartum family planning and immunization services in Ethiopia

    Open AccessGizachew Tadele Tiruneh, Bezawit Mesfin Hunegnaw et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The study highlights observed associations between service integration and uptake of maternal and child health services, indicating variation across contexts and the importance of considering these patterns in efforts to improve service delivery