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  1. Factors influencing breast cancer screening among reproductive age women in Lesotho: Analysis of the 2023-24 demographic and health survey using the Andersen Behavioral Model

    Article • PLOS One, November 2025, PLOS

    Mesfin Abebe

  2. Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Syed Muhammad Yousaf Farooq, Asrat Agalu Abejew, Mesfin Abebe, Felix Nyande, Kamoru Ademola Adedokun, Dr. Mahmoud Nassar, Dr Mohammed Kuddus

  3. Application of machine learning algorithms to predict early childhood development in children aged 24–59 months across three East African countries

    Article • PLOS One, September 2025, PLOS

    Mesfin Abebe

  4. Factors associated with unrealized fertility among women approaching the end of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • PLOS One, September 2025, PLOS

    Mesfin Abebe

  5. The global, regional, and national burden of cancer, 1990–2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

    Article • The Lancet, September 2025, Elsevier

    Sumaira Mubarik, Prof. Tomasz M. Karpiński, Kamoru Ademola Adedokun, Dr. Olumuyiwa James Peter, Mohammad Meshbahur Rahman, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Dr Khurshid Ahmad, Dr MEHNAZ KAMAL, Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh, Mesfin Abebe, Dr Mohammed Kuddus, Dr Shankar M Bakkannavar, Dr. Mahmoud Nassar, Sok King Ong, Dr. Georgios D Panos

  6. Delays in the decision to seek care and associated factors among women in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mesfin Abebe

  7. Polio vaccination and marginal effects among children aged 12–23 months in Lesotho using 2024 LDHS data: A multilevel analysis approach

    Article • PLOS One, May 2025, PLOS

    Mesfin Abebe

  8. Epidemiology of second trimester induced abortion in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Frontiers in Global Women s Health, April 2025, Frontiers

    Mesfin Abebe

  9. Global, regional and national burden of dietary iron deficiency from 1990 to 2021: a Global Burden of Disease study

    Article • Nature Reports Stem Cells, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Birhan Tsegaw Taye, Dr Senbagam Duraisamy, Dr Mohammed Kuddus, Sumaira Mubarik, Dr Ibrahim Elsohaby, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Dr Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Dr Shariful Islam, Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh, Mesfin Abebe, Dr Shankar M Bakkannavar, Dr Amin Mousavi Khaneghah

  10. Trends and demographic differences in interpersonal violence against children in sub-Saharan Africa: findings from the 1990–2019 Global Burden of Disease Study

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2025, BMJ

    Deborah Aluh, Mesfin Abebe

  11. Satisfaction with HIV/AIDS treatment and care services and its associated factors among adult people receiving antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • BMJ Open, February 2025, BMJ

    Mesfin Abebe

  12. Antenatal depression among pregnant women in Ethiopia: An umbrella review

    Article • PLOS One, January 2025, PLOS

    Mesfin Abebe

  13. Factors associated with HIV testing among young women in Tanzania: Insights from the 2022 Tanzanian Demographic and Health Survey using Anderson’s Behavioral Model

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, January 2025, Frontiers

    Mesfin Abebe

  14. Bacterial Spectrum and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of External Ocular Infections Among Patients Attending Dilla University General Hospital Ophthalmic Clinic, Southern Ethiopia

    Article • Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, January 2025, Wiley

    Mesfin Abebe

  15. Fear of childbirth and its associated factors among pregnant women in East Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Midwifery, December 2024, Elsevier

    Mesfin Abebe

  16. Minimum meal frequency and associated factors among children aged 6–23 months in Sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of the demographic and health survey data

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, November 2024, Frontiers

    Mesfin Abebe

  17. Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks' gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Article • The Lancet, November 2024, Elsevier

    Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Dr Mohammed Kuddus, Dr SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Mr Nauman Khalid, Professor Vijay Kumar Chattu, ED Doris V. Ortega-Altamirano, Birhan Tsegaw Taye, Gebrekiros Gebremichael, Turki Alanzi, Dr Ibrahim Elsohaby, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Prince Peprah, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Mesfin Abebe, Professor Tarek Tawfik Amin, Dr. Alok Atreya, Asrat Arja Wolde

  18. Healthcare-seeking behavior for diarrhea in under-five children and associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel robust Poisson regression model

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, October 2024, Frontiers

    Mesfin Abebe

  19. Prevalence and associated factors of self-medication among pregnant women in Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia

    Article • Frontiers in Medicine, October 2024, Frontiers

    Mesfin Abebe

  20. Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Article • The Lancet Neurology, October 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, Prof. Atanu Biswas, Dr Mohammed Kuddus, Professor Yousef Khader, Sumaira Mubarik, Dr Akram Mahmoud Asbeutah, Assistant Professor Ashok Pandey, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Dr Dawit Zemedikun, Mr Nauman Khalid, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Sok King Ong, Mr Auwal Abdullahi, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Dr Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Dr Omotayo Francis Fagbule, Dr. Najim Z. Alshahrani, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Professor Vijay Kumar Chattu, Prince Peprah, Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh, Mesfin Abebe, Professor Muayyad M Ahmad, Professor Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Professor Tarek Tawfik Amin, Dr Shankar M Bakkannavar, Dr. Alok Atreya, Jawad Fares, Professor Bruno Ramos Nascimento

  21. A multiscale geographically weighted regression analysis of teenage pregnancy and associated factors among adolescents aged 15 to 19 in Ethiopia using the 2019 mini-demographic and health survey

    Article • PLOS One, September 2024, PLOS

    Mesfin Abebe

  22. Health-promoting behavior and its determinants towards non-communicable diseases among adult residents of the Gedeo zone, South Ethiopia: the application of the health belief model

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, September 2024, Frontiers

    Mesfin Abebe

  23. Trends, spatiotemporal variation and decomposition analysis of pregnancy termination among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia: Evidence from the Ethiopian demographic and health survey, from 2000 to 2016

    Article • Heliyon, July 2024, Elsevier

    Mesfin Abebe

  24. Determinants of neural tube defect among newborns admitted to neonatal intensive care units of teaching hospitals in Gedeo Zone and Sidama Region, Southern Ethiopia: a case–control study

    Article • BMJ Paediatrics Open, June 2024, BMJ

    Mesfin Abebe

  25. Abnormal uterine bleeding and its associated factors among reproductive-age women who visit the gynecology ward in Dilla University General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, 2022

    Article • BMC Women s Health, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mesfin Abebe

  26. Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Article • The Lancet, May 2024, Elsevier

    Shumaila Nargus, Dr Senbagam Duraisamy, Dr arnaud Iradukunda, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Dr Mohammed Kuddus, Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, Prof. Muayyad M Ahmad, Prof. Atanu Biswas, Deborah Aluh, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Ts. Dr Adel Al-Gheethi, Dr Madhan Balasubramanian, ED Doris V. Ortega-Altamirano, Sumaira Mubarik, Dr Javad Sharifi Rad, Dr Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Mr. Ahmednur Adem Aliyi, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Mr Nauman Khalid, Sok King Ong, Gebrekiros Gebremichael, Dr. Prince Michael Amegbor, Ejemai Eboreime, Dr Manpreet Singh Bhatti, Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Turki Alanzi, Mr Auwal Abdullahi, Dr Ibrahim Elsohaby, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Dr Mohammad Hosein Amirzade-Iranaq, Dr Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Dr Jessica A Kerr, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Dr Shariful Islam, Professor Vijay Kumar Chattu, Sandra Barteit, Prince Peprah, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Pritik A Shah, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Mesfin Abebe, Professor Muayyad M Ahmad, Professor Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Alexander Mathioudakis, Professor Tarek Tawfik Amin, Dr. Alok Atreya, Professor Richard James Maude, Professor Bruno Ramos Nascimento, Dr. Georgios D Panos

  27. Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries

    Article • The Lancet, May 2024, Elsevier

    Oluwaseun Ogundijo, Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, Dr Salah Thabit Al Awaidy, Deborah Aluh, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Dr Senbagam Duraisamy, Dr Ahmad Ozair, Ts. Dr Adel Al-Gheethi, Dr Mohammad Sami Alwardat, Prof. Muayyad M Ahmad, Dr Amr Hassan, Sumaira Mubarik, Dr Javad Sharifi Rad, Dr Mohammed Kuddus, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Mr Nauman Khalid, Dr Vahid Rashedi, Sok King Ong, Dr Manpreet Singh Bhatti, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Turki Alanzi, Mr Auwal Abdullahi, Dr Ibrahim Elsohaby, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Dr Mohammad Hosein Amirzade-Iranaq, Dr Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Dr Omotayo Francis Fagbule, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Dr Shariful Islam, Sandra Barteit, Prince Peprah, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Mesfin Abebe, Professor Muayyad M Ahmad, Professor Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Alexander Mathioudakis, Professor Tarek Tawfik Amin, Professor Richard James Maude, Professor Bruno Ramos Nascimento, Dr. Georgios D Panos

  28. Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Article • The Lancet, May 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, Deborah Aluh, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Dr Senbagam Duraisamy, Ts. Dr Adel Al-Gheethi, Dr Mohammad Sami Alwardat, Assistant Professor Ashok Pandey, Dr Madhan Balasubramanian, Professor Yousef Khader, Professor Alexandru Corlateanu, Dr Amr Hassan, Sumaira Mubarik, Dr Javad Sharifi Rad, Prof. Atanu Biswas, Dr Mohammed Kuddus, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Dr Akram Mahmoud Asbeutah, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Dr Vahid Rashedi, Sok King Ong, Dr Manpreet Singh Bhatti, Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh, Mr Kanwar Hamza Shuja, PhD. Carla Sofia FARINHA, Turki Alanzi, Mr Auwal Abdullahi, Dr Ibrahim Elsohaby, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Dr Mohammad Hosein Amirzade-Iranaq, Dr Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Dr Omotayo Francis Fagbule, Dr. Najim Z. Alshahrani, Gizachew Taddesse AKALU, Dr Jessica A Kerr, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Sandra Barteit, Prince Peprah, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Mesfin Abebe, Professor Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Alexander Mathioudakis, Dr Shankar M Bakkannavar, Dr. Alok Atreya, Professor Bruno Ramos Nascimento

  29. Global Health Trends 1950–2021: Impact of COVID-19 on Mortality and Population Growth

    Article • The Lancet, March 2024, Elsevier

    Shumaila Nargus, Gerald Chi, Dr Edmond Sanganyado, ED Doris V. Ortega-Altamirano, Dr Manpreet Singh Bhatti, Dr Mohammed Kuddus, Mr Ferry Efendi, Dr Senbagam Duraisamy, Sumaira Mubarik, Dr arnaud Iradukunda, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, Prof. Muayyad M Ahmad, Prof. Atanu Biswas, Javier Abednego Magaña Gomez, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Ts. Dr Adel Al-Gheethi, Assistant Professor Ashok Pandey, Dr. Tungki Pratama Umar, Dr Amr Hassan, Dr Javad Sharifi Rad, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Mr. Ahmednur Adem Aliyi, Dr SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Mr Nauman Khalid, Dr Vahid Rashedi, Dr Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Prof Maha El Tantawi, Sok King Ong, Dr Deneshkumar V, Ejemai Eboreime, Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh, Dr. Georgios D Panos, Mr Kanwar Hamza Shuja, Turki Alanzi, Hitesh Chopra, Mr Auwal Abdullahi, Dr Ibrahim Elsohaby, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Dr Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Dr Pallav Sengupta, Gizachew Taddesse AKALU, Dr Jessica A Kerr, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Dr Shariful Islam, Professor Vijay Kumar Chattu, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Pritik A Shah, Kathryn H. Jacobsen, Mesfin Abebe, Professor Muayyad M Ahmad, Professor Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Alexander Mathioudakis, Professor Tarek Tawfik Amin, Dr Shankar M Bakkannavar, Dr. Alok Atreya, Professor Richard James Maude, Professor Bruno Ramos Nascimento

  30. Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Article • The Lancet, March 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Mohammed Kuddus, Dr Senbagam Duraisamy, Deborah Aluh, Sumaira Mubarik, Prof Tommi Vasankari, Dr Yuan-Pang Wang, Prof. Muayyad M Ahmad, Prof. Atanu Biswas, Dr Sonu Bhaskar, Ts. Dr Adel Al-Gheethi, Dr Madhan Balasubramanian, ED Doris V. Ortega-Altamirano, Dr Amr Hassan, Dr Javad Sharifi Rad, Dr Ali Fatehizadeh, Dr Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, Professor Erkin Mirrakhimov, Dr SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Mr Nauman Khalid, Prof Maha El Tantawi, Dr Deneshkumar V, Dr Manpreet Singh Bhatti, Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh, Dr. Georgios D Panos, Mr Kanwar Hamza Shuja, Turki Alanzi, Hitesh Chopra, Mr Auwal Abdullahi, Dr Ibrahim Elsohaby, Dr Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Dr Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Dr Pallav Sengupta, Gizachew Taddesse AKALU, Dr Sheikh M Alif, Professor Vijay Kumar Chattu, Dr Vahid Rashedi, Sandra Barteit, Prince Peprah, Dr. Bolajoko O. Olusanya, Pritik A Shah, Mesfin Abebe, Professor Muayyad M Ahmad, Professor Ovidiu Constantin Baltatu, Professor Tarek Tawfik Amin, Dr. Alok Atreya, Professor Richard James Maude, Professor Bruno Ramos Nascimento

  31. Obstetric fistula repair failure and its associated factors among women who underwent repair in sub-Saharan Africa. A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • PLOS One, February 2024, PLOS

    Mesfin Abebe

  32. Risk factors of necrotizing enterocolitis among neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at the selected public hospitals in southern Ethiopia, 2023

    Article • Frontiers in Pediatrics, January 2024, Frontiers

    Mesfin Abebe

  33. Knowledge and attitude towards current Ethiopian abortion law and its associated factors by abortion seeker women in Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia: Hospital-based cross-sectional study

    Article • International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, January 2024, Elsevier

    Mesfin Abebe

  34. Factors associated with low fifth minute Apgar score among newborns delivered at public health facilities of Dilla town, Southern Ethiopia, 2022

    Article • International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, January 2024, Elsevier

    Mesfin Abebe

  35. Evidence-based intrapartum care practice and associated factors among obstetrics workers in Ethiopia, systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • SAGE Open Medicine, January 2024, SAGE Publications

    Mesfin Abebe

  36. Pelvic organ prolapse and reasons for delay in treatment-seeking among women in Dessie Zuriya Woreda, Northeast Ethiopia, 2022

    Article • International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, January 2024, Elsevier

    Mesfin Abebe

  37. Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy based on clinical signs and symptoms and associated factors among neonates, Southern Ethiopian public hospitals: a case-control study

    Article • Annals of Medicine and Surgery, December 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Mesfin Abebe

  38. Night blindness and associated factors among pregnant women in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Ethiopian Medical Journal, October 2023, African Journals Online (AJOL)

    Mesfin Abebe

  39. Variability and awareness of obstetric fistula among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Heliyon, August 2023, Elsevier

    Mesfin Abebe

  40. Delay in receiving emergency obstetric care and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in public hospitals of Bale and East Bale zones, Oromia region, South East Ethiopia: Facility based cross-sectional study

    Article • Heliyon, July 2023, Elsevier

    Mesfin Abebe

  41. Proportion of births protected against neonatal tetanus and its associated factors among mothers who gave birth within the past 6 months in Gozamn district, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022

    Article • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Mesfin Abebe

  42. Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Based on clinical biomarkers and associated risk factors in Neonates from Southern Ethiopian Public Hospitals: A Case Control Study

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Mesfin Abebe

  43. The Association Between Domestic Violence and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Pregnant Women Seeking Antenatal Care at Public Hospitals in Gedeo Zone: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Article • Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, June 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Mesfin Abebe

  44. Factors associated with hypertension among diabetic patients in Gamo Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2021: case-control study

    Article • Annals of Medicine and Surgery, April 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Mesfin Abebe

  45. Incidence and predictors of women’s place of delivery among pregnant women who received antenatal care in Southern Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study

    Article • Current Medical Research and Opinion, February 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Mesfin Abebe

  46. Prevalence and associated factors of stress and anxiety among female employees of hawassa industrial park in sidama regional state, Ethiopia

    Article • BMC Psychiatry, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mesfin Abebe

  47. Isoniazid Preventive Therapy for Prevention of Tuberculosis among People Living with HIV in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review of Implementation and Impacts

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Mesfin Abebe

  48. Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among healthcare workers in Africa, systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Public Health in Practice, December 2022, Elsevier

    Zerihun Figa, Mesfin Abebe

  49. Magnitude of second-trimester-induced abortion and associated factors among women who received abortion service at public hospitals of Arba Minch and Wolayita Sodo towns, southern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

    Article • Frontiers in Global Women s Health, October 2022, Frontiers

    Mesfin Abebe

  50. Perception of caring behavior and associated factors among nurses and midwives working in public hospitals in Southern Ethiopia

    Article • International Journal of Nursing Sciences, October 2022, Elsevier

    Mesfin Abebe

  51. Post-operative pain and associated factors after cesarean section at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

    Article • Annals of Medicine and Surgery, September 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Zerihun Figa, Mesfin Abebe

  52. Factors associated with early onset neonatal sepsis among neonates in public hospitals of Sidama region, Southern Ethiopia, 2021: Unmatched case control study

    Article • Annals of Medicine and Surgery, September 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Mesfin Abebe

  53. Magnitude and associated factors of low birth weight among term newborns delivered in Addis Ababa public hospitals, Ethiopia, 2021

    Article • Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Mesfin Abebe

  54. Failed induction of labor and associated factors among women delivered in Jigjiga University Sheik Hassan Yabare Referral Hospital: a cross-sectional study

    Article • Current Medical Research and Opinion, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Mesfin Abebe

  55. Obstetric violence and disability overlaps: obstetric violence during child birth among womens with disabilities: a qualitative study

    Article • BMC Women s Health, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mesfin Abebe

  56. Determinants of induced abortion among women received maternal health care services in public hospitals of Arba Minch and Wolayita Sodo town, southern Ethiopia: unmatched case–control study

    Article • BMC Women s Health, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mesfin Abebe

  57. Dietary diversity and associated factors among lactating women in Ethiopia: Cross sectional study

    Article • International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences, January 2022, Elsevier

    Mesfin Abebe