Anteneh Asefa

Dados Biográficos

ID7581008
NOMEAnteneh Asefa
PRENOMESAnteneh
SOBRENOMEAsefa
ASSINATURAASEFA A
AFILIAÇÕESInstituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
ORCID0000-0003-4470-1848
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS9
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR9
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2021
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • Inequalities in use of hospitals for childbirth among rural women in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessManuela Straneo, Claudia Hanson et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    INTRODUCTION: Rising facility births in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) mask inequalities in higher-level emergency care-typically in hospitals. Limited research has addressed hospital use in women at risk of or with complications, such as high parity, linked to poverty and rurality, for whom hospital care is essential. We aimed to address this gap, by comparatively assessing hospital use in rural SSA by wealth and parity. METHODS: Countries in SSA with…

  • Revisiting health systems to integrate perinatal mental health into maternal and child health services

    Open AccessAnteneh Asefa, C Hanlon et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    box There is a growing call for actionable recommendations to promote perinatal mental health and to prevent and treat perinatal mental health conditions, particularly in Africa

  • Determinants of teff row planting technology adoption on small farms yield in North Shewa zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia

    Open AccessAbebaw Hailu Fikire, Anteneh Asefa et al.ARTICLECogent Social Sciences2023

    Adoption of agricultural technology is an important avenue to increase agricultural productivity and thus improve the food security and livelihood of societies. To achieve this, it is quite important to understand the determinants of the adoption of new agricultural technologies. This study examined the determinants of teff row planting technology adoption on small farms’ yields in the North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. The study applied …

  • Wealth-based inequality in the continuum of maternal health service utilisation in 16 sub-Saharan African countries

    Open AccessAnteneh Asefa, Samson Gebremedhin et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2023

    Addressing the coverage gap in maternal continuum of care in SSA using multidimensional and people-centred approaches remains a key strategy needed to realise the SDG3. The pro-rich wealth-based inequalities observed show that bespoke pro-poor or population-wide approaches are needed

  • Using health policy and systems research to influence national health policies

    Open AccessDaniel Llywelyn Strachan, Kirsty Teague et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2023

    Health system reforms across Africa, Asia and Latin America in recent decades demonstrate the value of health policy and systems research (HPSR) in moving towards the goals of universal health coverage in different circumstances and by various means. The role of evidence in policy making is widely accepted; less well understood is the influence of the concrete conditions under which HPSR is carried out within the national context and which often …

  • A tale of 22 cities

    Open AccessKerry LM Wong, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    INTRODUCTION: Globally, the majority of births happen in urban areas. Ensuring that women and their newborns benefit from a complete package of high-quality care during pregnancy, childbirth and the postnatal period present specific challenges in large cities. We examine health service utilisation and content of care along the maternal continuum of care (CoC) in 22 large African cities. METHODS: 1 million inhabitants in 2015. Women with live birt…

  • “Separated during the first hours”—Postnatal care for women and newborns during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessAline Semaan, T Dey et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Routine postnatal care (PNC) allows monitoring, early detection and management of complications, and counselling to ensure immediate and long-term wellbeing of mothers and newborns; yet effective coverage is sub-optimal globally. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted availability and quality of maternal and newborn care despite established guidelines promoting continuity of essential services. We conducted a cross-sectional global online survey of 424 …

  • Unveiling respectful maternity care as a way to address global inequities in maternal health

    Open AccessAnteneh AsefaARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    box > The World Health Organization describes respectful maternity care (RMC) as “the care organised for and provided to all women in a manner that maintains their dignity, privacy and confidentiality, ensures freedom from harm and mistreatment, and enables informed choice and continuous support during labour and childbirth”.1 The components of respectful care mentioned in the definition above focus on the interpersonal relationships in the woman…

  • A double-edged sword—telemedicine for maternal care during Covid-19

    Open AccessAnna Galle, Aline Semaan et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a rapid implementation of telemedicine for the provision of maternal and newborn healthcare. The objective of this study was to document the experiences with providing telemedicine for maternal and newborn healthcare during the pandemic among healthcare professionals globally. METHODS: The second round of a global online survey of maternal and newborn health professionals was conducted, disseminated …