Agumas Fentahun

Full Name Agumas Fentahun Ayalew
Academic Rank Lecturer
Education Background
  • MPH in Epidemiology from Bahir Dar University (September 2016 to March 2019)
  • BSc in Public Health from Kea Med Medical College (September 2012 to July 2016)
  • Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technician from Bahir Dar Health Sciences College (November 2005 to July 2008)
Working Experience
  • Lecturer at Injibara University (September 2021 to Present)
  • Lecturer at Woldia University (February 2020 to August 2021)
  • Lecturer at Salale University (September 2019 to January 2020)
  • Medical Laboratory Technician at Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia (May 2014 to August 2019)
  • Laboratory Technician (Anatomy and Histopathology Technical Assistant) at Debre Markos University (November 2012 to April 2014)
  • Medical Laboratory Technician at Different Governmental Health Institution (September 2008 to October 2012)
Research Interest
  • Communicable or Infectious Disease
  • Emerging and Re-emerging Disease (e.g. COVID 19)
  • Neglected Tropical Disease
  • Chronic Disease or Non-communicable Disease
  • Cardio Metabolic Disease
  • Emergency Medical Services, Injury and Trauma
  • Health and Health Related Events and Determinants of Heath
  • Maternal, Neonatal, Child, Adolescent/Youth Health
  • Nutrition, Food Safety and Policy
  • Environmental, Occupational Health and Safety
  • Health Promotion, and Disease Prevention
  • Health Systems Management, Policy and Health Economics
  • Modern Medicine and Indigenous Knowledge
  • Mental Health and Substance Use Related Problems
  • Pharmaceutical Regulation and Quality Assurance, and the Supply Chain Management System
  • Herbal and Traditional Medicine and/or Its Integration with Modern Medicine
  • Innovative Medicine, Biomedical Sciences and Anesthesia Services
  • Sport in Health and Community
Publications

1)     Cancers preventive practice and the determinants in Amhara regional state, Northwest Ethiopia; PLOS ONE, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267189

2)     Preparedness toward COVID-19 pandemics and associated factors among health care workers in Dire Dawa Hospitals, Eastern Ethiopia: A facility-based cross-sectional study; SAGE Open Medicine, DOI: 10.1177/20503121211054970

3)     Determinants of preterm birth in public hospitals in central Ethiopia: an unmatched case-control study [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review] DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.50974.1

4)     Exploring maternal nutrition counseling provided by health professionals during antenatal care follow-up: a qualitative study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia-2019 BMC Nutrition, DOI: 10.1186/s40795-021-00427-1

5)     HIV-Positive Status Disclosure to Sexual Partner and Associated Factors Among Adult HIV-Positive Patients in Debre Markos Town, 2019 HIV/AIDS – Research and Palliative Care, DOI: 10.2147/HIV.S293017

6)     Prevalence of stunting and associated factors among public primary school pupils of Bahir Dar city, Ethiopia: School-based cross-sectional study PLOS ONE, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248108

7)     Occupational Health Safety of Health Professionals and Associated Factors During COVID-19 Pandemics at North Showa Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, DOI: 10.2147/RMHP.S292830

8)     Global burden of COVID-19: Situational analyis and review Human Antibodies, DOI: 10.3233/hab-200420

9)     Determinants of Anemia among Pregnant Women at Public Hospitals in West Shewa, Central Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study; Anemia, DOI: 10.1155/2020/2865734

10)    Global public health significances, health care perception of community, treatments, prevention and control methods of COVID-19 Human Antibodies, DOI: 10.3233/hab-200422

11)    The level of risk, effects response to potential health emergencies, prevention and control method of COVID-19: A systematic review Human Antibodies, DOI: 10.3233/hab-200421

12)    The treatment outcomes of epilepsy and its root causes in children attending at the University of Gondar teaching hospital: A retrospective cohort study, 2018 PLOS ONE, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230187

13)    Intestinal parasitic infections and associated factors among mentally disabled and non-disabled primary school students, Bahir Dar, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia, 2018: a comparative cross-sectional study; BMC Infectious Diseases DOI: 10.1186/s12879-019-4165-2
Address

Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Injibara University, Ethiopia

Tel: +251 918071471

Email: fentahun143@gmail.com