Alex  Yeshaneh

Alex Yeshaneh

Midwifery - Lecturer

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Educational background: BSc in Midwifery at Arba Minch University Year: 2015 and MSc in Clinical Midwifery at Hawassa University, Year: 2019

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Research area:  Maternal Health, Newborn Health, Child Health, Infectious Disease, Gynecologic Oncology

Grant wins:  

COVID-19 Preventive Measure Practices and Knowledge of Pregnant Women in Guraghe Zone Hospitals.

Determinant Factors of Neonatal Near Miss Among Neonates in Gurage Zone Hospitals, Ethiopia: A Case Control Study.

List of publication:

1)Yeshaneh, A., Abebe, H., Tafese, F. E., & Workineh, A. (2023). Knowledge, attitude, and practice towards prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV among antenatal care attendees in Ethiopia, 2020. PloS one, 18(2), e0277178. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277178 

2) Yeshaneh, A., Kassa, A., Kassa, Z. Y., Adane, D., Fikadu, Y., Wassie, S. T., Alemu, B. W., Tadese, M., Shitu, S., & Abebe, H. (2021). The determinants of 5th minute low Apgar score among newborns who delivered at public hospitals in Hawassa City, South Ethiopia. BMC pediatrics, 21(1), 266. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02745-6

3) Yeshaneh, A., Zebene, M., Gashu, M., Abebe, H., & Abate, H. (2021). Complementary feeding practice and associated factors among internally displaced mothers of children aged 6-23 months in Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. BMC pediatrics, 21(1), 583. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-03050-y

4) Yeshaneh, A., Mulu, T., Gasheneit, A., & Adane, D. (2022). Prevalence of wasting and associated factors among children aged 6-59 months in Wolkite town of the Gurage zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2020. A crosssectional study. PloS one, 17(1), e0259722. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259722

5) Yeshaneh, A., Fentahun, T., Belachew, T., Mohammed, A., & Adane, D. (2021). Utilization of growth monitoring and promotion services and associated factors among children aged 0-23 months in Banja / Alex Yeshaneh Bekele District, Northwest Ethiopia 2020: A cross-sectional study. PloS one, 16(11), e0259968. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259968

6) Yeshaneh, A., Lencha, A., Aweke, A. M., Dessalew, Y., Wale, T., Mekuriya, E., Abdulahi, T., Workineh, A., Yitayew, M., Dinku, H., & Asfaw, G. (2021). Consistent condom utilization and associated factors among HIV positive clients attending ART clinic at Pawi general hospital, North West Ethiopia. PloS one, 16(12), e0261581. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261581

7) Yeshaneh, A., Tadele, B., Dessalew, B., Alemayehu, M., Wolde, A., Adane, A., Shitu, S., Abebe, H., & Adane, D. (2021). Incidence and predictors of mortality among neonates referred to comprehensive and specialized hospitals in Amhara regional state, North Ethiopia: a prospective follow-up study. Italian journal of pediatrics, 47(1), 186. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-021-01139-9

8) Yeshaneh, A., & Adane, D. (2005). Insecticide Treated Net (ITN) Utilization and Associated Factors among Pregnant Women’s in Halaba Kulito Town, South Ethiopia, 2016: Cross-Sectional StudyInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases and Therapy,5(2); 34-40. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijidt.20200502-13

9) Shitu, S., Yeshaneh, A., & Abebe, H. (2021). Intimate partner violence and associated factors among reproductive age women during COVID-19 pandemic in Southern Ethiopia, 2020. Reproductive health, 18(1), 246. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01297-3

10)Mose, A., & Yeshaneh, A. (2021). COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Its Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Clinic in Southwest Ethiopia: Institutional-Based CrossSectional Study. International journal of general medicine, 14, 2385–2395. https://doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S314346

 11)Adane, D., Yeshaneh, A., Wassihun, B., & Gasheneit, A. (2021). Level of Community Readiness for the Prevention of COVID-19 Pandemic and Associated Factors Among Residents of Awi Zone, Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Risk management and healthcare policy, 14, 1509–1524. https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S302974

12) Fikadu, Y., Yeshaneh, A., Melis, T., Mesele, M., Anmut, W., & Argaw, M. (2021). COVID-19 Preventive Measure Practices and Knowledge of Pregnant Women in Guraghe Zone Hospitals. International journal of women's health, 13, 39–50. https://doi.org/10.2147/IJWH.S291507

13) Abebe, H., Wasie, A., Yeshaneh, A., Shitu, S., Mose, A., Adane, D., Workye, H., & Gashu, M. (2021). Determinant Factors of Neonatal Near Miss Among Neonates in Gurage Zone Hospitals, Ethiopia: A CaseControl Study. Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics, 12, 129–139. / Alex Yeshaneh Bekele https://doi.org/10.2147/PHMT.S302363

 14) Shitu, S., Adane, D., Abebe, H., Mose, A., Yeshaneh, A., Beyene, B., & Workye, H. (2021). Knowledge of breastfeeding practice and associated factors among fathers whose wife delivered in last one year in Gurage Zone, Ethiopia. PloS one, 16(7), e0254824. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.

15) Shitu, S., Abebe, H., Adane, D., Wassie, A., Mose, A., & Yeshaneh, A. (2021). Knowledge of neonatal danger signs and associated factors among husbands of mothers who gave birth in the last 6 months in Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia, 2020: a community-based cross-sectional study. BMJ open, 11(8), e045930. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045930

16) Abebe, H., Gashu, M., Kebede, A., Abata, H., Yeshaneh, A., Workye, H., & Adane, D. (2021). Minimum acceptable diet and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months in Ethiopia. Italian journal of pediatrics, 47(1), 215. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13052-021-01169-3

 17) Wassie, S.T., Tegegne, A.W., Alamneh, K.N., Gidafie, A.K., Yeshaneh.A. and Mamo, D.G., 2021. Utilization of Health Facility for Childbirth During Covid-19 in Wacha District South West Ethiopia: A Community-Based Mixed Qualitative and Quantitative Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Childbirth, 11(4), pp.201-212.

18)GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators (2018). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet (London, England), 392(10159), 1789–1858. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32279-7

19) Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration, Fitzmaurice, C., Abate, D., Abbasi, N., Abbastabar, H., Abd-Allah, F., Abdel-Rahman, O., Abdelalim, A., Abdoli, A., Abdollahpour, I., Abdulle, A., Abebe, N. D., Abraha, H. N., Abu-Raddad, L. J., Abualhasan, A., Adedeji, I. A., Advani, S. M., Afarideh, M., Afshari, M., Aghaali, M., … Murray, C. (2019). Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years for 29 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2017: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. JAMA oncology, 5(12), 1749–1768. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.2996

20) GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators (2018). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet (London, England), 392(10159), 1923–1994. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32225-6

21) GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators (2018). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet (London, England), 392(10159), 1736–1788. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32203-7

22) GBD 2017 DALYs and HALE Collaborators (2018). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted lifeyears (DALYs) for 359 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet (London, England), 392(10159), 1859–1922. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32335-3

23) GBD 2019 Adolescent Young Adult Cancer Collaborators (2022). The global burden of adolescent and young adult cancer in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet. Oncology, 23(1), 27–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00581-7

24) Kinyoki, D., Osgood-Zimmerman, A. E., Bhattacharjee, N. V., Local Burden of Disease Anaemia Collaborators, Kassebaum, N. J., & Hay, S. I. (2021). Anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2018. Nature medicine, 27(10), 1761–1782. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01498-0

25) LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators (2020). Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017. Nature medicine, 26(5), 750–759. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6

26) GBD 2017 Mortality Collaborators (2018). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet (London, England), 392(10159), 1684–1735. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31891-9

27) GBD 2017 SDG Collaborators (2018). Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet (London, England), 392(10159), 2091–2138. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32281-5

28) Bhattacharjee, N. V., Schaeffer, L. E., Hay, S. I., & Local Burden of Disease Exclusive Breastfeeding Collaborators (2021). Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000-2018. Nature human behaviour, 5(8), 1027–1045. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01108-6

29) Local Burden of Disease Educational Attainment Collaborators (2020). Mapping disparities in education across low- and middle-income countries. Nature, 577(7789), 235–238. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586- 019-1872-1

30) GBD 2016 Occupational Carcinogens Collaborators (2020). Global and regional burden of cancer in 2016 arising from occupational exposure to selected carcinogens: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Occupational and environmental medicine, 77(3), 151–159. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2019-106012

31) Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea Collaborators (2020). Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet (London, England), 395(10239), 1779–1801. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30114-8

32) Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea Collaborators (2020). Mapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17. The Lancet. Global health, 8(8), e1038–e1060. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30230-8

 33) Local Burden of Disease WaSH Collaborators (2020). Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17. The Lancet. Global health, 8(9), e1162–e1185. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30278-3

34) LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators (2020). Author Correction: Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2017. Nature medicine, 26(8), 1308. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-020-0972-7

35) GBD 2017 Population and Fertility Collaborators (2018). Population and fertility by age and sex for 195 countries and territories, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet (London, England), 392(10159), 1995–2051. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32278-5