Wubegzier Mekonnen
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 6652341 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Wubegzier Mekonnen |
| NOMBRES | Wubegzier |
| APELLIDO | Mekonnen |
| FIRMA | MEKONNEN W |
| AFILIACIONES | Addis Ababa University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7153-4988 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Macro-level facilitators and impediments to fertility transition in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Fertility transition is essential for health and development, yet Ethiopia continues to face high fertility and rapid population growth. Due to limited evidence on macro-level derivers of fertility, this study assesses Ethiopia’s readiness and implementation capacity for fertility transition, alongside structural and programmatic barriers. METHOD: A convergent parallel mixed-methods design was used, combining 14 key informant intervie…
Gender dynamics affecting women’s uptake of maternal health service in agrarian and pastoral settings in Ethiopia
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
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
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…
Effective treatment coverage for sick young infants with possible serious bacterial infection when referral not feasible in low-and middle-income countries
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…
Explaining changes in educational disparities in competent maternal health care services in urban and rural areas in Ethiopia
Introduction: Aggregate statistics of maternal health care services have improved in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, the country has one of the lowest Universal Health Coverage (UHC) service coverage indices, with slight improvement between 2000 and 2019. There are disparity studies that focus on a single dimension of inequality. However, studies that combine multiple dimensions of inequality simultaneously may have important policy implications for clos…
Health system barriers to the first dose of measles immunization in Ethiopia
Our research highlighted significant health system barriers to MCV 1 immunization, contributing to unmet EPI targets in Ethiopia. Our results suggest that to accelerate the country towards measles elimination, there is an urgent need to improve the health systems components such as service delivery, information systems, as well as access to vaccine and cold chain technologies
Inter-district and Wealth-related Inequalities in Maternal and Child Health Service Coverage and Child Mortality within Addis Ababa City
In sub-Saharan Africa, urban areas generally have better access to and use of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) services than rural areas, but previous research indicates that there are significant intra-urban disparities. This study aims to investigate temporal trends and geographic differences in maternal, newborn, and child health service utilization between Addis Ababa's poorest and richest districts and households. A World Bank dist…
Intimate partner violence as a determinant factor for spontaneous abortion during pregnancy
Background Intimate partner violence affects a significant portion of women worldwide throughout their lifetimes. Ethiopia lacks data that policymakers could utilize to develop context-specific policies for handling intimate partner violence during pregnancy. Objectives To identify the determinants of spontaneous abortion among women survivors of intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Adigrat General Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, in 2020. M…
Cause-Specific Mortality Fraction (CSMF) of adult mortality in Butajira, South Central Ethiopia
Cause- and context-specific mortality data are imperative to understand the extent of health problems in low-income settings, where national death registration and cause of death identification systems are at a rudimentary stage. Aiming to estimate cause-specific mortality fractions, adult (15+ years) deaths between January 2008 and April 2020 were extracted from the Butajira health and demographic surveillance system electronic database. The phy…
Injury-related gaining momentum as external causes of deaths in Ethiopian health and demographic surveillance sites
BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, though all kinds of mortality due to external causes are an important component of overall mortality often not counted or documented on an individual basis. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the patterns of mortality from external causes using verbal autopsy (VA) method at the Ethiopian HDSS Network sites. METHODS: All deaths at Ethiopian HDSS sites were routinely registered and followed up with VA intervie…
The global burden of injury
BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), Injuries, and Risk Factors study used the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) to quantify the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors. This paper provides an overview of injury estimates from the 2013 update of GBD, with detailed information on incidence, mortality, DALYs and rates of change from 1990 to 2013 for 26 causes of injury, globally, by region and by country. METHODS: Injury morta…
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (Dalys) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (Hale) for 188 countries, 1990–2013
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013
Determinants of fertility in rural Ethiopia
Policy makers should focus on hoisting women secondary school enrollment and age at first marriage. The community should also be made aware on the negative impact of fertility on household economy, environmental degradation and the country's socio-economic development at large
Growing rejection of female genital cutting among women of reproductive age in Amhara, Ethiopia
Data on female genital cutting are presented from 1942 women aged 15-49 years in Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2005. Reportedly 69% (1333/1942) had undergone the procedure. Rates showed a secular decline, decreasing from 77% in women aged 45-49 years old to 59% in those age 15-24 years. Of women with daughters, 64% had at least one circumcised daughter. Again, prevalence declined from 78% in daughters of mothers aged 45-49 years to 45% in those aged 1…
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Growing rejection of female genital cutting among women of reproductive age in Amhara, Ethiopia
Data on female genital cutting are presented from 1942 women aged 15-49 years in Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2005. Reportedly 69% (1333/1942) had undergone the procedure. Rates showed a secular decline, decreasing from 77% in women aged 45-49 years old to 59% in those age 15-24 years. Of women with daughters, 64% had at least one circumcised daughter. Again, prevalence declined from 78% in daughters of mothers aged 45-49 years to 45% in those aged 1…
Determinants of fertility in rural Ethiopia
Policy makers should focus on hoisting women secondary school enrollment and age at first marriage. The community should also be made aware on the negative impact of fertility on household economy, environmental degradation and the country's socio-economic development at large
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (Dalys) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (Hale) for 188 countries, 1990–2013
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013
The global burden of injury
BACKGROUND: The Global Burden of Diseases (GBD), Injuries, and Risk Factors study used the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) to quantify the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors. This paper provides an overview of injury estimates from the 2013 update of GBD, with detailed information on incidence, mortality, DALYs and rates of change from 1990 to 2013 for 26 causes of injury, globally, by region and by country. METHODS: Injury morta…
Injury-related gaining momentum as external causes of deaths in Ethiopian health and demographic surveillance sites
BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, though all kinds of mortality due to external causes are an important component of overall mortality often not counted or documented on an individual basis. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the patterns of mortality from external causes using verbal autopsy (VA) method at the Ethiopian HDSS Network sites. METHODS: All deaths at Ethiopian HDSS sites were routinely registered and followed up with VA intervie…
Intimate partner violence as a determinant factor for spontaneous abortion during pregnancy
Background Intimate partner violence affects a significant portion of women worldwide throughout their lifetimes. Ethiopia lacks data that policymakers could utilize to develop context-specific policies for handling intimate partner violence during pregnancy. Objectives To identify the determinants of spontaneous abortion among women survivors of intimate partner violence during pregnancy in Adigrat General Hospital, Northern Ethiopia, in 2020. M…
Cause-Specific Mortality Fraction (CSMF) of adult mortality in Butajira, South Central Ethiopia
Cause- and context-specific mortality data are imperative to understand the extent of health problems in low-income settings, where national death registration and cause of death identification systems are at a rudimentary stage. Aiming to estimate cause-specific mortality fractions, adult (15+ years) deaths between January 2008 and April 2020 were extracted from the Butajira health and demographic surveillance system electronic database. The phy…
Explaining changes in educational disparities in competent maternal health care services in urban and rural areas in Ethiopia
Introduction: Aggregate statistics of maternal health care services have improved in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, the country has one of the lowest Universal Health Coverage (UHC) service coverage indices, with slight improvement between 2000 and 2019. There are disparity studies that focus on a single dimension of inequality. However, studies that combine multiple dimensions of inequality simultaneously may have important policy implications for clos…
Health system barriers to the first dose of measles immunization in Ethiopia
Our research highlighted significant health system barriers to MCV 1 immunization, contributing to unmet EPI targets in Ethiopia. Our results suggest that to accelerate the country towards measles elimination, there is an urgent need to improve the health systems components such as service delivery, information systems, as well as access to vaccine and cold chain technologies
Inter-district and Wealth-related Inequalities in Maternal and Child Health Service Coverage and Child Mortality within Addis Ababa City
In sub-Saharan Africa, urban areas generally have better access to and use of maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) services than rural areas, but previous research indicates that there are significant intra-urban disparities. This study aims to investigate temporal trends and geographic differences in maternal, newborn, and child health service utilization between Addis Ababa's poorest and richest districts and households. A World Bank dist…
Health post readiness and its influence on mothers’ care-seeking practice for their sick children in Ethiopia
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…
Effective treatment coverage for sick young infants with possible serious bacterial infection when referral not feasible in low-and middle-income countries
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…
Macro-level facilitators and impediments to fertility transition in Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Fertility transition is essential for health and development, yet Ethiopia continues to face high fertility and rapid population growth. Due to limited evidence on macro-level derivers of fertility, this study assesses Ethiopia’s readiness and implementation capacity for fertility transition, alongside structural and programmatic barriers. METHOD: A convergent parallel mixed-methods design was used, combining 14 key informant intervie…
Gender dynamics affecting women’s uptake of maternal health service in agrarian and pastoral settings in Ethiopia
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
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…
Medicine (13 obras) · Environmental health (9 obras) · Global Maternal and Child Health (9 obras) · Demography (8 obras) · Population (8 obras) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 obras) · Geography (4 obras) · Pathology (4 obras) · Public health (4 obras) · Demography (3 obras)