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Amha Admasie Gelaye

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+251911364739

yetsionamha@gmail.com

amha.admasie@bdu.edu.et

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E-mail (Institutional, if available)

 

Academic Degree

PhD

Academic Rank

Associate Professor

At Bahir Dar University Since

2019

School

School of Public Health

Department

Environmental Health

Field of Specialization

Public Health/Environmental Health

Research Interest

  • Public health related topics
  • Environmental Health (water, food, air, Noise, radiation pollutions)
  • Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)
  • Air pollution
  • Indoor air pollution and health effects
  • Climate change and health effects
  • Global Health

Publication(s) [If any]+Link

  • Listed below
  1. Atalay Getachew, Mesafint Molla, Amha Admasie, et al. Association between domestic animal exposure and diarrhea prevalence in under- five children in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Pediatr 24, 601 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-024-05084-4 
  2. Getahun Temesgen, Alemu Lelago, Etagegnehu Assefa, Amha Admasie. Evaluation of chlorination efficiency on improving microbiological and physicochemical parameters in water samples available in Sheble Berenta district Amhara region, Ethiopia. Applied Water Science (2023) 13:120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-023-01922-5
  3. Biruk Getachew Mamo, Josef Novotný and Amha Admasie. Quality of latrines and willingness to improve them in rural Ethiopia. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development Vol 13 No 5, 339, 2023. doi: 10.2166/washdev.2023.257.
  4. Mesafint Molla Adane, Amha Admasie, Tebkew Shibabaw. Risk Factors of Cooking-related Burn Injury Among Under-Four Children in Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study. INDIAN PEDIATRICS VOLUME 60_FEBRUARY 15, 2023.
  5. Wendye Asratea, Amha Admasie, Tebkew Shibabaw. Households' access to an improved latrine and its associated factors among households of sanitation marketing products users and non-users, Northeast Amhara, Ethiopia. Heliyon, Volume 8, Issue 11, November 2022, e11325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11325 
  6. Mesafint Molla Adane, Amha Admasie,Tebkew Shibabaw. Prevalence and risk factors of cooking-related burn injury among under-five-years old children in a resource-limited setting: a community-based cross-sectional study in Northwest Ethiopia.      Int J Inj Contr Saf Promot, 2022 Sep 22;1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2022.2125534 
  7. Amha Admasie, Kefelegn Abera, and Fentaw Wassie Feleke. Household Water Treatment Practice and Associated Factors in Rural Households of Sodo Zuria District, Southern Ethiopia: Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Environmental Health Insights, Volume 16: 1-7, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302221095036 
  8. Mitiku G, Amha Admasie, Birara A, Yalew W (2022) Biomedical waste management practices and associated factors among health care workers in the era of the covid-19 pandemic at metropolitan city private hospitals, Amhara region, Ethiopia, 2020. PLoS ONE 17(4): e0266037. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266037
  9. Amha Admasie, Guluma A, Feleke FW. Handwashing Practices and Its Predictors Among Primary School Children in Damote Woide District, South Ethiopia: An Institution Based Cross-Sectional Study. Environmental Health Insights. January 2022. https://doi:10.1177/11786302221086795
  10. Temesgen Mekonen, Amha Admasie, Yakob Lencha Leka, Damene darota, and Fentaw Wassie Feleke. Handwashing practices and its predictors among mothers of children aged 0 to 23 months in South Ethiopia: Community Based Cross-sectional Study. Environmental Health Insights, Vol. 15: 1-8, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302211061046
  11. Amha Admasie (GBD 2017 Lower Respiratory Infections Collaborators). Quantifying risks and interventions that have affected the burden of lower respiratory infections among children younger than 5 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. www.thelancet.com. Lancet infect Dis 2020; 20 (1): 60–79. Published online on October 30, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30410-4
  12. Matusala Gizachew, Amha Admasie, Chala Wegi, Etagegnehu Assefa. Bacteriological Contamination of Drinking Water Supply from Protected Water Sources to Point of Use and Water Handling Practices among Beneficiary Households of Boloso Sore Woreda, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia. International Journal of Microbiology. Volume 2020, Article ID 5340202,10 pages. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/5340202
  13. Book Chapter on “Current Trends in Disease and Health Vol 3: Chapter 7”. Amha Admasie and Ashenafi Debebe. Estimating Access to Drinking Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Facilities in Wolaita Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia, in Reference to National Coverage. Book Publisher international: eBook ISBN: 978-93-89562-83-5. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/ctdah/v3 
  14. Etagegnehu Assefa and Amha Admasie. Novel natural products from Taverniera abyssinica (In Amharic named as Dingetegna). Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2019; 8(6): 01-08. http://dx.doi.org/10.22271/phyto
  15. Wondimagegn P. Kumma , Wubshet Meskele and Amha Admasie. Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Associated Factors Among Food Handlers in Wolaita Sodo University Students Caterings, Wolaita Sodo, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Front. Public Health, 2019, 7:140. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00140
  16. Amha Admasie, Abera Kumie, Alemayehu Worku, Wubshet Tsehayu. Household Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Concentrations from cooking fuels: the case in an urban setting, Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia. Air Qual Atmos Health, June 2019, Volume 12, Issue 6, pp 755-763. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-019-00700-0.
  17. Amha Admasie (GBD 2017 Risk Factor Collaborators). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioral, 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. www.thelancet.com. Lancet 2018; 392: 1923–94. Published on 01 Nov 2018. https://doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32203-7 
  18. Amha Admasie (GBD 2017 Causes of Death Collaborators). 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.www.thelancet.com. Lancet 2018; 392: 1736–88. Published on 09 Nov 2018. https://doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(18)32225-6
  19. Amha Admasie, Abera Kumie and Alemayehu Worku. Association of Household Fuel Type, Kitchen Characteristics and House Structure with Child Size at Birth in Wolaita Sodo, Southern Ethiopia. The Open Public Health Journal, 2018, 11, 298-308. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874944501811010298 
  20. Amha Admasie, Abera Kumie, and Alemayehu Worku. Children under Five from Houses of Unclean Fuel Sources and Poorly Ventilated Houses Have Higher Odds of Suffering from Acute Respiratory Infection in Wolaita-Sodo, Southern Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study. Journal of Environmental and Public Health,. Volume 2018, Article ID 9320603,9 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9320603
  21. Amha Admasie, Amanuel Zemba and Wondimagegn Paulos. Insecticide-Treated nets Utilization and associated Factors among under-5 Years Old children in Mirab-abaya District, Gamo-Gofa Zone, Ethiopia. Front. Public Health, 2018, 6:7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2018.00007 
  22. Laykewold Elyas, Amha Mekasha, Amha Admasie, and Etagegnehu Assefa. Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice and Associated Factors among Mothers Attending Private Pediatric and Child Clinics, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. International Journal of Pediatrics, Volume 2017, Article ID 8546192,9 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8546192
  23. Amha Admasie (GBD 2015 Healthcare Access and Quality Collaborators). Healthcare Access and Quality Index based on mortality from causes amenable to personal health care in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2015: a novel analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. www.thelancet.com Vol. 390 (10091). Published online May 18, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30818-8
  24. Amha Admasie Gelaye, Shimelash Bitew, Yemane Gebremariam and Tefera Chanie. Assessing the status of iodine deficiency disorder (IDD) and associated factors in Wolaita and Dawro Zones School Adolescents, southern Ethiopia. BMC Research Notes, 2017, 10 (156). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-017-2480-5  
  25. Rahel Gamecha, Tsegaye Demissie and Amha Admasie. The magnitude of nutritional underweight and associated factors among children aged 6-59 months in Wonsho Woreda, Sidama Zone Southern Ethiopia. The Open Public Health Journal, 2017, 10, 7-16. http://dxdoi.org/10.2174/1874944501610010007
  26. Marye Mulugeta Kassaw, Tamiru Gashaw Gete and Amha Admasie. Evaluation of hydrogen peroxide scavenging activity of metanolic extracts of moringa (m. Stenopetala) leaves. Int. J. Adv. Res. 2016, 4(12),  412-415. http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2408 
  27. Amha Admasie and Ashenafi Debebe. Estimating Access to Drinking Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Facilities in Wolaita Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia, in Reference to National Coverage. Journal of Environmental and Public Health, Volume 2016, Article ID 8141658, 9 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8141658
  28. Amha Admasie Gelaye, Kalemelekot Nigussie Taye and Tesfa Mekonen. Magnitude and risk factors of abortion among regular female students in Wolaita Sodo University, Ethiopia. BMC Women's Health 2014, 14:50. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-14-50
  29. Amha Admasie, Ahmed Ali, Abera Kumie. Assessment of demographic, health and nutrition related factors to a school performance among school children in Arb-Gebeya  Town, Tach-Gaynt Woreda, South Gondar, Ethiopia. Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2013; 27(2):104-110. DOI:10.4314/EJHD.V27I2
  30. Amha Admasie, Shimelash Bitew, Yemane Gebremariam. Prevalence of Goiter: Determinant factors and pattern of dietary intake. Lambert Academic Publishing (2013). https://www.lap-publishing.com/catalog/details//store/gb/book/978-3-659-34793-1/prevalence-of-goiter. 

Mega Research, Role [If any]

  • Food safety, quality management system and occupational injuries among workers on food manufacturing industries in Amhara region, Ethiopia.

Project(s), Role [If any]

  • Listed Below
  1. ***PI: Developing a model Rural Kebele in health and health related interventions in Andasa Kebele in Tana-Abay Water shade area
  2. ***Co-PI: Enhancing access through production and distribution of energy efficient, smoke less and low cost double mouth concrete cook stoves in rural part of Mecha DSS site, West Gojjam zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia in alliance with local partners
  3. PI: Provide training to school children on hand washing in elementary schools of Merawi town, North Mecha Woreda, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia
  4. Co-PI: Establish “a model school on menstrual hygiene management ’’ in Merawi town, North Mecha Woreda, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia.
  5. Co-PI: Training on inclusive school wash program for public school communicates in Bahir Dar city administration.
  6. Co-PI: Training on food safety management system for quality managers, those who are working in food industries, and Bahir Dar city administration health offices food inspectors.
  7. Co-PI: Train farmers on pesticide spry practices and utilization and scale up beast practices in Mecha and Bahir Dar zuria woreda, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia