Mr Getenet Dessie Ayalew

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PhD Candidate

Biography

Getenet earned his BSc in Nursing from Debre Berhen University, his MSc in Adult Health Nursing from Debre Markos University, and his Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from Bahir Dar University.

He has worked as a full-time academic as a lecturer and researcher at Bahir Dar University.

His doctoral research focuses on the double and triple burden of malnutrition, socioeconomic determinants, learning and health outcomes, and community perspectives using longitudinal data. He will stay at ANU for 3-4 years.

Research

Research interests

  • Malnutrition
  • Communicable and non-communicable diseases
  • Spatial analysis
  • Infectious diseases  modeling
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis

 

Research Topic: Double and triple burden of malnutrition, socioeconomic determinants, learning and health outcomes, and community perspectives using longitudinal data.

 

Groups

Publications

  • Belachew A, Tewabe T, Dessie G. Neonatal mortality and its association with antenatal care visits among live births in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2022 Jan 17;35(2):348-55.
  • Azmeraw M, Workineh Y, Girma F, Kassaw A, Kerebeh G, Tsedalu A, Tigabu A, Mengesha T, Dagnaw E, Temesgen D, Beletew B. Incidence and predictors of initial antiretroviral therapy regimen change among children in public health facilities of Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021: multicenter retrospective follow-up study. BMC pediatrics. 2022 Dec;22(1):1-1.
  • Getaneh T, Negesse A, Dessie G, Desta M. The impact of tuberculosis co-infection on virological failure among adults living with HIV in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. 2022 Mar 4:100310.
  • Getaneh T, Dessie G, Desta M, Assemie MA, Alemu AA, Mihiret GT, Wondmu KS, Negesse A. Early diagnosis, vertical transmission of HIV and its associated factors among exposed infants after implementation of the Option B+ regime in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. IJID Regions. 2022 Sep;4:66.
  • Dessie G, Burrowes S, Mulugeta H, Haile D, Negess A, Jara D, Alem G, Tesfaye B, Zeleke H, Gualu T, Getaneh T, Kibret GD, Amare D, Worku Mengesha E, Wagnew F, Khanam R. Effect of a self-care educational intervention to improve self-care adherence among patients with chronic heart failure: a clustered randomized controlled trial in Northwest Ethiopia. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2021 Aug 3;21(1):374. doi:
  • Getaneh T, Negesse A, Dessie G, Desta M, Assemie MA, Tigabu A, Gelaye K, Alemu AA, Lebu S. Treatment failure and its associated factors among children receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. SAGE Open Med. 2022 Feb 28; 10:20503121221081335. doi: 10.1177/20503121221081335. PMID: 35251655; PMCID: PMC8891854.