Mr Gizachew Tessema
Higher Degree by Research Candidate
Higher Degree by Resarch
School of Public Health
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Gizachew Assefa Tessema (BSc, MPH) is originally an Ethiopian, is currently working as PhD research fellow at University of Adelaide. He has been tutoring Public Health 1A and International Health courses for undergraduate Health Science and Medical Sciences students. Before moving to Australia for pursuing his education, he had been working in teaching and research at University of Gondar, Ethiopia. Gizachew’s main research focus is reproductive health in developing countries. He has published more than 30 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals. Gizachew's research interest involves Maternal and Child Health, Global Health, Infectious Diseases (HIV and Malaria), and Cancer Epidemiology (with a specific emphasis on reproductive organ cancers). His current PhD work is focusing on assessing the quality of care in family planning services in Ethiopia using mixed methods approach. He is supervised by Prof Caroline Laurence, Dr Afzal Mahmood and Dr Judith Gomersall.
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Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2017 Fellowship D R Strank Postgraduate Reaserch Travelling felloship 2016 — — — 2017 Scholarship Research Abroad Scholarship 2016 — — — -
Language Competencies
Language Competency Amharic Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2015 The University of Adelaide Australia PhD in Public Health (ongoing) 2011 - 2012 University of Gondar Ethiopia MPH (Reproductive and Child Health Speciality) 2005 - 2009 Hawassa University Ethiopia BSc (Public Health) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2018 Melaku, Y., Wassie, M., Gill, T., Zhou, S., Tessema, G., Amare, A., . . . Deribew, A. (2018). Burden of disease attributable to suboptimal diet, metabolic risks and low physical activity in Ethiopia and comparison with Eastern sub-Saharan African countries, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 552-1-552-20.
DOI2018 Global Burden of Disease Cancer Collaboration., Fitzmaurice, C., Akinyemiju, T. F., Al Lami, F. H., Alam, T., Alizadeh-Navaei, R., . . . Naghavi, M. (2018). 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 2016: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study.. JAMA oncology.
DOI Europe PMC62017 Awoke Ayele, T., Zeleke, B. M., Tessema, G. A., & Fentie Melak, M. (2017). Magnitude and patterns of injuries among patients in Gondar University Hospital, northwest Ethiopia: an institutional-based study. Open Access Surgery, Volume 10, 25-31.
DOI2017 Fitzmaurice, C., Allen, C., Barber, R., Barregard, L., Bhutta, Z., Brenner, H., . . . Hailu, A. (2017). Global, Regional, and National Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life-years for 32 Cancer Groups, 1990 to 2015: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. JAMA oncology, 3(4), 524-548.
DOI Scopus466 WoS410 Europe PMC2662017 Laurence, C., Tessema, G., Melaku, Y., Misganaw, A., Woldie, S., Hiruye, A., . . . Deribew, A. (2017). Trends and causes of maternal mortality in Ethiopia during 1990-2013: findings from the Global Burden of Diseases study 2013. BMC Public Health, 17(1), 1-8.
DOI Scopus8 WoS6 Europe PMC52017 Tessema, G., Mahmood, M., Gomersall, J., Assefa, Y., Zemedu, T., Kifle, M., & Laurence, C. (2017). Client and facility level determinants of quality of care in family planning services in Ethiopia: multilevel modelling. PloS one, 12(6), e0179167-1-e0179167-20.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12017 Deribew, A., Dejene, T., Kebede, B., Tessema, G., Melaku, Y., Misganaw, A., . . . Stanaway, J. (2017). Incidence, prevalence and mortality rates of malaria in Ethiopia from 1990 to 2015: Analysis of the global burden of diseases 2015. Malaria Journal, 16(1), 7 pages.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC12017 Misganaw, A., Melaku, Y., Tessema, G., Deribew, A., Deribe, K., Abera, S., . . . Naghavi, M. (2017). National disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 257 diseases and injuries in Ethiopia, 1990-2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015. Population Health Metrics, 15(1), 28-1-28-16.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC12017 Misganaw, A., Haregu, T., Deribe, K., Tessema, G., Deribew, A., Melaku, Y., . . . Naghavi, M. (2017). National mortality burden due to communicable, non-communicable, and other diseases in Ethiopia, 1990-2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Population Health Metrics, 15(1), 29-1-29-17.
DOI Scopus32017 Salih, M. H., Tessema, G. A., Cherkos, E. A., Ferede, A. J., & Zelalem Anlay, D. (2017). Stigma towards People Living on HIV/AIDS and Associated Factors among Nurses’ Working in Amhara Region Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Advances in Nursing, 2017, 1-7.
DOI2017 Deribew, A., Kebede, B., Tessema, G., Adama, Y., Misganaw, A., Gebre, T., . . . Deribe, K. (2017). Mortality and disability-adjusted life-years (dalys) for common neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia, 1990-2015: Evidence from the global burden of disease study 2015. Ethiopian Medical Journal, 55(Suppl 1), 3-14.
Scopus2 Europe PMC32017 Fullman, N., Barber, R., Abajobir, A., Abate, K., Abbafati, C., Abbas, K., . . . Brauer, M. (2017). Measuring progress and projecting attainment on the basis of past trends of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet, 390(10100), 1423-1459.
DOI Scopus34 WoS33 Europe PMC222016 Wang, H., Bhutta, Z. A., Coates, M. M., Coggeshall, M., Dandona, L., Diallo, K., . . . Murray, C. J. (2016). Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. LANCET, 388(10053), 1725-1774.
WoS772016 GBF 2015 Maternal Mortality Collaborators., Kassebaum, N., Amare, A., Ciobanu, L., Hancock, J., Lalloo, R., . . . Tessema, G. (2016). Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053), 1775-1812.
DOI Scopus97 WoS72 Europe PMC602016 GBF 2015 Maternal Mortality Collaborators., Wang, H., Amare, A., Hancock, J., Lalloo, R., Melaku, Y., & Tessema, G. (2016). Global, regional, national, and selected subnational levels of stillbirths, neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053), 1725-1774.
DOI Scopus113 WoS41 Europe PMC852016 Deribew, A., Tessema, G., Deribe, K., Melaku, Y., Lakew, Y., Amare, A., . . . Kassebaum, N. (2016). Trends, causes, and risk factors of mortality among children under 5 in Ethiopia, 1990-2013: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Population Health Metrics, 14(1), 42-1-42-10.
DOI Scopus8 WoS72016 Melaku, Y., Temesgen, A., Deribew, A., Tessema, G., Deribe, K., Sahle, B., . . . Forouzanfar, M. (2016). The impact of dietary risk factors on the burden of non-communicable diseases in ethiopia: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2013. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 13(1), 13 pages.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC32016 Tessema, G., Laurence, C., Mahmood, M., & Gomersall, J. (2016). Factors determining quality of care in family planning services in Africa: a systematic review protocol. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 14(8), 103-114.
DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC22016 Tessema, G., Gomersall, J., Mahmood, M., & Laurence, C. (2016). Factors determining quality of care in family planning services in Africa: A systematic review of mixed evidence. PLoS ONE, 11(11), 23 pages.
DOI Scopus4 WoS5 Europe PMC62016 Wang, H., Wolock, T., Carter, A., Nguyen, G., Kyu, H., Gakidou, E., . . . Akseer, N. (2016). Estimates of global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and mortality of HIV, 1980–2015: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet HIV, 3(8), e361-e387.
DOI Scopus160 WoS149 Europe PMC1252016 Lim, S., Allen, K., Bhutta, Z., Dandona, L., Forouzanfar, M., Fullman, N., . . . Bayou, T. (2016). Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053), 1813-1850.
DOI Scopus107 WoS62 Europe PMC752016 Kassebaum, N., Arora, M., Barber, R., Bhutta, Z., Brown, J., Carter, A., . . . Amberbir, A. (2016). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053), 1603-1658.
DOI Scopus433 WoS396 Europe PMC3022016 Wang, H., Naghavi, M., Allen, C., Barber, R., Bhutta, Z., Carter, A., . . . Alexander, L. (2016). Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053), 1459-1544.
DOI Scopus1016 WoS914 Europe PMC7262015 GBD 2013 DALYs Collaborators., HALE Collaborators., Murray, C., Barber, R., Foreman, K., Ozgoren, A., . . . Başara, B. (2015). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013: quantifying the epidemiological transition. The Lancet, 386(10009), 2145-2191.
DOI Scopus616 WoS565 Europe PMC3942015 Birhane, T., Assefa Tessema, G., Addis Alene, K., & Dadi, A. F. (2015). Knowledge of pregnant women on mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Meket District, Northeast Ethiopia.. Journal of pregnancy, 2015, 960830.
DOI Europe PMC32015 Fute, M., Mengesha, Z. B., Wakgari, N., & Tessema, G. A. (2015). High prevalence of workplace violence among nurses working at public health facilities in Southern Ethiopia.. BMC nursing, 14(1), 9.
DOI Europe PMC72015 Wakgari, N., Amano, A., Berta, M., & Tessema, G. A. (2015). Partograph utilization and associated factors among obstetric care providers in North Shoa Zone, Central Ethiopia: a cross sectional study. AFRICAN HEALTH SCIENCES, 15(2), 552-558.
DOI WoS5 Europe PMC32015 Abera, Y., Mengesha, Z. B., & Tessema, G. A. (2015). Postpartum contraceptive use in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study. BMC WOMENS HEALTH, 15(1), 8 pages.
DOI WoS12 Europe PMC112015 Tamene, M. M., Tessema, G. A., & Beyera, G. K. (2015). Condom utilization and sexual behavior of female sex workers in Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study.. The Pan African medical journal, 21, 50.
DOI Europe PMC32015 Biks, G., Tariku, A., & Tessema, G. (2015). Effects of antenatal care and institutional delivery on exclusive breastfeeding practice in northwest Ethiopia: a nested case–control study. International Breastfeeding Journal, 10(1), 6 pages.
DOI WoS8 Europe PMC72015 Tessema, G. A., Tekeste, A., & Ayele, T. A. (2015). Preeclampsia and associated factors among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Dessie referral hospital, Northeast Ethiopia: a hospital-based study. BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH, 15(1), 7 pages.
DOI WoS6 Europe PMC42015 Worku, A., Tessema, G., & Zeleke, A. (2015). Trends of modern contraceptive use among young married women based on the 2000, 2005, and 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Surveys: a multivariate decomposition analysis. PLoS ONE, 10(1), e0116525=1-e0116525-14.
DOI WoS4 Europe PMC32014 Arage, G., Tessema, G. A., & Kassa, H. (2014). Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and its associated factors among children at South Wollo Zone Hospitals, Northeast Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 14(1), 7 pages.
DOI WoS17 Europe PMC172013 Gedefaw, A., Astatkie, A., & Tessema, G. A. (2013). The Prevalence of Precancerous Cervical Cancer Lesion among HIV-Infected Women in Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. PLOS ONE, 8(12), 8 pages.
DOI WoS11 Europe PMC132013 Mengesha, Z. B., Biks, G. A., Ayele, T. A., Tessema, G. A., & Koye, D. N. (2013). Determinants of skilled attendance for delivery in Northwest Ethiopia: a community based nested case control study. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 13(1), 6 pages.
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2015; Adelaide Scholarship International (ASI) Scholarship
2017; Research Abroad Scholarship
2017; D R Stranks Traveling Fellowship
2016- Conducted tutorials and marked assignments for Public Health 1A for Public Health students
2016- Conducted tutorials on International Health for Public Health and Medical students
2009-2015- Teaching various Public Health Courses (Health Promotion, Reproductive Health, Disaster Prevention and Preparedness) for Health and Medical Sciences students and assisting courses such as Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Maternal and Child Health, and Family Planning and Demography for MPH students in Ethiopia
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Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2017 - ongoing Member Australian Health Promotion Association Australia 2015 - ongoing Member Global Burden of Diseases and Injuries (GBD) — 2013 - ongoing Member Ethiopian Public Health Officers Association Ethiopia 2013 - ongoing Member Ethiopian Red Cross Assocation Ethiopia 2013 - ongoing Member Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia (FGAE) Ethiopia 2007 - ongoing Member Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) Ethiopia
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