Bereket Gebremichael Menota

Bereket Gebremichael Menota

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

I am a public health expert with main research interest in maternal and child nutrition. Currently, I am investigating effect of perinatal consumption of low- or no-calorie sweeteners (LNCS) on maternal and child health outcome using longitudinal and linked data.

Nutritional epidemiology, Maternal and child nutrition, Public health nutrition, Eating behavior, Chronic disease

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2021 - 2022 Nutrition and child health researcher MERQ consultancy PLC
    2016 - 2022 Lecturer Addis Ababa University
    2012 - 2016 Graduate assistant, Assistant Lecturer and Lecturer Madda Walabu University

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    Amharic Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

  • Postgraduate Training
    Date Title Institution Country
    Masters of science in Pediatrics health Addis Ababa University Ethiopia
    MSc/ Mph- Community Nutrition Addis Ababa University Ethiopia

  • Certifications
    Date Title Institution name Country
    — Certificate in public management Young Africa Leadership Institute-RLC EA Kenya
    — Higher Diploma Program Addis Ababa University Ethiopia

  • Research Interests
    Epidemiology Nutrition and Dietetics Public Health Public Nutrition Intervention

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2025 Gebremichael, B., Abera, A., Biadgilign, S., Baye, K., Zhou, S. J., & Haile, D. (2025). Correction to: Double burden of malnutrition among under-five children in Eastern and Southern African countries (Scientific Reports, (2025), 15, 1, (11042), 10.1038/s41598-025-87144-y). Scientific Reports, 15(1), 18401.
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    2025 Mekonnen, T. C., Shi, Z., Gebremichael Menota, B., Melaku, Y. A., & Gill, T. K. (2025). Ultra-processed food consumption is linked to an increased risk of chronic respiratory diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 68, 647-659.
    DOI Scopus1 WoS1
    2025 Gebremichael, B., Begum, M., Bianco-Miotto, T., Zhou, S. J., & Lassi, Z. S. (2025). Preconception and pregnancy artificially sweetened beverage consumption and its association with adverse pregnancy outcomes: findings from the Australian longitudinal study on women's health.. Diabetes research and clinical practice, 227, 112422.
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    2025 Gebremichael, B., Lassi, Z. S., Begum, M., & Zhou, S. J. (2025). Association between low‐calorie sweetener consumption during pregnancy and child health: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Maternal and Child Nutrition, 21(1), e13737-1-e13737-21.
    DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC2
    2025 Gebremichael, B., Abera, A., Biadigilign, S., Baye, K., Zhou, S. J., & Haile, D. (2025). Double burden of malnutrition among under-five children in Eastern and Southern African countries. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 11042-1-11042-11.
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    2024 Gebremichael, M. B., Lassi, Z. S., Begum, M., & Zhou, S. J. (2024). Effect of perinatal consumption of low-calorie sweetener on maternal health: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 63, 164-176.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC3
    2023 Gebremichael, B., Lassi, Z. S., Begum, M., Mittinty, M., & Zhou, S. -J. (2023). Patterns and Predictors of Low-Calorie Sweetener Consumption during Pregnancy: Findings from a National Survey. Nutrients, 15(19), 4196-1-4196-16.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC5
    2023 Biadgilign, S., Hailu, A., Gebremichael, B., Letebo, M., Berhanesilassie, E., & Shumetie, A. (2023). The role of universal health coverage and global health security nexus and interplay on SARS-CoV-2 infection and case-fatality rates in Africa : a structural equation modeling approach. Globalization and Health, 19(1), 46.
    DOI Scopus3 Europe PMC2
    2023 Biadgilign, S., Mgutshini, T., Gebremichael, B., Haile, D., Berhanu, L., Chitekwe, S., & Memiah, P. (2023). Correlates of Sedentary Time Among Children and Adolescents in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Pediatric Exercise Science, 35(1), 15-22.
    DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC2
    2023 Biadgilign, S., Mgutshini, T., Gebremichael, B., Berhanu, L., Cook, C., Deribew, A., . . . Memiah, P. (2023). Association between dietary Intake, eating behavior, and childhood obesity among children and adolescents in Ethiopia. BMJ Nutrition Prevention and Health, 6(2), 203-211.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS2 Europe PMC3
    2023 Jebero, Z., Moga, F., Gebremichael, B., & Tesfaye, T. (2023). Determinants of Acute Malnutrition among Under-Five Children in Governmental Health Facilities in Sodo Town, Southern Ethiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study. International Journal of Pediatrics United Kingdom, 2023, 3882801.
    DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC3
    2022 Menalu, M. M., Gebremichael, B., Desta, K. W., Kebede, W. M., Tarekegn, F. N., Mulu, G. B., & Atinafu, B. T. (2022). Time to death and its predictors among neonates who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at tertiary hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Retrospective follow up study. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 10, 913583.
    DOI Scopus7 Europe PMC10
    2022 Birhanu, D., Gebremichael, B., Tesfaye, T., Tadesse, M., Belege, F., Godie, Y., . . . Tamiru, E. (2022). Survival status and predictors of mortality among preterm neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit of Addis Ababa public hospitals, Ethiopia, 2021. A prospective cohort study. BMC Pediatrics, 22(1), 153.
    DOI Scopus13 Europe PMC14
    2022 Gebremichael, B., Haile, D., & Biadgilign, S. (2022). Population vitamin D status might be related to COVID-19 mortality but not with infection rate in Africa: evidence from ecological analysis. Pan African Medical Journal, 41, 249.
    DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC1
    2022 Gebremichael, B., Hailu, A., Letebo, M., Berhanesilassie, E., Shumetie, A., & Biadgilign, S. (2022). Impact of good governance, economic growth and universal health coverage on COVID-19 infection and case fatality rates in Africa. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20(1), 130.
    DOI Scopus7 Europe PMC5
    2022 Biyazin, Y., Wondwossen, K., Wubie, A. B., Getachew, M., & Gebremichael, B. (2022). Survival and predictors of mortality among HIV-positive children on antiretroviral therapy in public hospitals. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 15(1), 48.
    DOI Scopus15 Europe PMC15
    2022 Gebremichael, B., Beletew, B., Bimerew, M., Haile, D., Biadgilign, S., & Baye, K. (2022). Magnitude of urban household food insecurity in East Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Public Health Nutrition, 25(4), 994-1004.
    DOI Scopus16 WoS14 Europe PMC15
    2022 Gemechu, J., Gebremichael, B., Tesfaye, T., Seyum, A., & Erkalo, D. (2022). Predictors of mortality among TB-HIV co-infected children attending anti-retroviral therapy clinics of selected public hospitals in southern, Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study. Archives of Public Health, 80(1), 11.
    DOI Scopus20 Europe PMC20
    2022 Biadgilign, S., Gebremichael, B., Abera, A., & Moges, T. (2022). Gender Difference and Correlates of Physical Activity Among Urban Children and Adolescents in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 731326.
    DOI Scopus5 Europe PMC6
    2021 Aynalem, Y. A., Mekonen, H., Akalu, T. Y., Gebremichael, B., & Shiferaw, W. S. (2021). Preterm Neonatal Mortality and its predictors in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort study. Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences, 31(1), 43-54.
    DOI Scopus16 Europe PMC16
    2021 Gebremichael, B., Abate, B. B., & Tesfaye, T. (2021). Mothers had inadequate knowledge towards key essential nutrition action messages in mainly rural Northeast Ethiopia. Journal of Nutritional Science, 10, e19.
    DOI Scopus3 Europe PMC3
    2020 Akalu, T. Y., Gebremichael, B., Desta, K. W., Aynalem, Y. A., Shiferaw, W. S., & Alamneh, Y. M. (2020). Predictors of neonatal sepsis in public referral hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: A case control study. Plos One, 15(6), e0234472.
    DOI Scopus23 Europe PMC24
    2019 Nigatu, D., Haile, D., Gebremichael, B., & M Tiruneh, Y. (2019). Predictive accuracy of perceived baby birth size for birth weight: A cross-sectional study from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey. BMJ Open, 9(12), e031986.
    DOI Scopus10 Europe PMC10
    2019 Beletew, B., Gebremichael, B., Tesfaye, T., Mengesha, A., & Wudu, M. (2019). The practice of key essential nutrition action messages and associated factors among mothers of children from birth up to 2 years old in Wereilu Wereda, south Wollo zone, Amhara, Northeast Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study. BMC Pediatrics, 19(1), 459.
    DOI Scopus12 Europe PMC13
    2018 Gebremichael, B., Abebaw, T. A., Moges, T., Abaerei, A. A., & Worede, N. (2018). Predictors of pediatric tuberculosis in public health facilities of Bale zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia: A case control study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 18(1), 252.
    DOI Scopus6 Europe PMC6
    2018 Moges, T., Gebremichael, B., Shiferaw, S., & Yirgu, R. (2018). Is inadequate play area in schools associated with overweight among students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia? A comparative cross-sectional study. Epidemiology and Health, 40(40), 8 pages.
    DOI Scopus14 WoS14 Europe PMC11
    2018 Fullman, N., Yearwood, J., Abay, S. M., Abbafati, C., Abd-Allah, F., Abdela, J., . . . Ciobanu, L. (2018). Measuring performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index for 195 countries and territories and selected subnational locations: A systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet, 391(10136), 2236-2271.
    DOI Scopus783 WoS615 Europe PMC548
    2018 Troeger, C., Blacker, B. F., Khalil, I. A., Rao, P. C., Cao, S., Zimsen, S. R., . . . Sartorius, B. (2018). Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoea in 195 countries: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18(11), 1211-1228.
    DOI Scopus1149 WoS1634 Europe PMC886
    2018 Roth, G. A., Abate, D., Abate, K. H., Abay, S. M., Abbafati, C., Abbasi, N., . . . Badawi, A. (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. The Lancet, 392(10159), 1736-1788.
    DOI Scopus6226 WoS6105 Europe PMC4813
    2018 Lozano, R., Fullman, N., Abate, D., Abay, S. M., Abbafati, C., Abbasi, N., . . . Appiah, L. T. (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. The Lancet, 392(10159), 2091-2138.
    DOI Scopus393 WoS405 Europe PMC291
    2018 Abeway, S., Gebremichael, B., Murugan, R., Assefa, M., & Adinew, Y. M. (2018). Stunting and its determinants among children aged 6-59 Months in Northern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2018, 1078480.
    DOI Scopus55 Europe PMC42
    2018 Roth, G. A., Abate, D., Abate, K. H., Abay, S. M., Abbafati, C., Abbasi, N., . . . Badawi, A. (2018). Erratum: 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 (The Lancet (2018) 392(10159) (1736–1788)(S0140673618322037)(10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32203-7)). Lancet, 392(10160), 2170.
    DOI Scopus10 WoS8
    2017 Barber, R. M., Fullman, N., Sorensen, R. J. D., Bollyky, T., McKee, M., Nolte, E., . . . Beyene, T. J. (2017). 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. The Lancet, 390(10091), 231-266.
    DOI Scopus575 WoS508 Europe PMC410
    2017 Naghavi, M., Abajobir, A. A., Abbafati, C., Abbas, K. M., Abd-Allah, F., Abera, S. F., . . . Chibueze, C. E. (2017). Global, regional, and national age-sex specifc mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet, 390(10100), 1151-1210.
    DOI Scopus4171 WoS2615 Europe PMC3223
    2017 Wang, H., Abajobir, A. A., Abate, K. H., Abbafati, C., Abbas, K. M., Abd-Allah, F., . . . Bennett, J. R. (2017). Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970-2016: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet, 390(10100), 1084-1150.
    DOI Scopus652 WoS341 Europe PMC519
    2017 Biadgilign, S., Mgutshini, T., Haile, D., Gebremichael, B., Moges, Y., & Tilahun, K. (2017). Epidemiology of obesity and overweight in sub-Saharan Africa: A protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 7(11), e017666.
    DOI Scopus38 Europe PMC30
    2017 Abebaw, T. A., Aderaw, Z., & Gebremichael, B. (2017). Hepatitis B virus vaccination status and associated factors among health care workers in Shashemene Zonal Town, Shashemene, Ethiopia: A cross sectional study. BMC Research Notes, 10(1), 260.
    DOI Scopus30 Europe PMC28
    - Abate, B. B., Bimerew, M., Gebremichael, B., Mengesha Kassie, A., Kassaw, M., Gebremeskel, T., & Bayih, W. A. (2021). Effects of therapeutic hypothermia on death among asphyxiated neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials. PLOS ONE, 16(2), e0247229.
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  • Preprint
    Year Citation
    2022 Zewde, A., Gebremichael, B., Tesfaye, T., Sibhat, M. M., & Bimer, K. (2022). Risk factors of preterm birth among newborns delivered in public hospitals of Southern Ethiopia: A case-control study.
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Date Award/Recognition Funder Role Amount 
2025 Robinson Research Institute travel grant RRI Institiute - 1,000 AUD
2025 Adelaide Graduate Research School travel grant AGRS - 3,000 AUD
2025 AUGU/R.C. Heddle Award Adelaide University Graduate’s Union - 4,000 AUD
2024 School of Agriculture Food and Wine, HDR symposium best long oral presentation award (Food Science) Waite Research Institute  - 200 AUD
2023 PhD Research Support Grant Scheme 2023-24 CRE HiPP CIA 3,000 AUD
2023 Nutrition Society Australia travel grant travel grant Nutrition Society Australia - 460 AUD
2022 Covidence 2022 Covidence Global Scholarship  Covidence CIA 3,600 AUD
2018 Agriculture for Nutrition and health (A4NH) MSc thesis grant award IFPRI & Wageningen University  CIA 4,500 USD
2018 Modern contraceptive utilization and its associated factors among street dwelling reproductive age women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a mixed method study.   CIRHT, Ethiopia  CIB 28,000 USD
2018 Quality of labour and delivery care provided by midwives in health centers of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  CIRHT, Ethiopia CIB 34,600 USD
2016 Identifying predictors of pediatric tuberculosis in public health facilities of Bale zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia: a case control study. Madda Walabu University CIA 3,400 USD

Public Health Nutrition, Evidence Based Nutrition 

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2024 - ongoing Member Australasia Epidemiological Association Australia
    2024 - ongoing Member Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand Australia
    2024 - ongoing Member American Society of Nutrition United States
    2023 - ongoing Member Nutrition Society Australia Australia
    2022 - ongoing Member Healthy Development Adelaide Australia
    2022 - ongoing Member Centre of Research Excellence Health in Preconception & Pregnancy Australia

  • Offices Held
    Date Office Name Institution Country
    2015 - 2016 Research and technology transfer coordinator College of health science, Madda Walabu University Ethiopia
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