Staff Profile

About

Mr.Melkalem is a lecturer of Epidemiology at the Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia. He received his BSc degree in Public Health officer from University of Gondar, in 2013; his MPH degree in Epidemiology from the University of Gondar, Ethiopia in 2020. Mr. Melkalem has joined the Debre Tabor University in 2016 through transfer from Debre Markos University. Alongside his academic duties, he is a Public Health Coordinator at CHS,debre Tabor university since 2021. He has been engaged in several research projects and community services activities and produced scientific publications in peer reviewed journals. He has been also participated and presented his research work in several national research conferences. His research interest includes MCH and Epidemiology of chronic disease.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• PHO, Adigagira Health Center, 03 years • Graduate assistant II, DTU, 01 Year • Assistant lecturer,DTU,01 Year • Lecturer,DTU,03 Years

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION

Current • Public Health Coordinator, CHS, Debre Tabor University, since December 2021–Present Past • Manager, Adigagira Health Center,North Gondar from 2014-2016

RESEARCH INTEREST

• MCH • Clinical epidemiology • Spatial Epidemiology • Chronic non communicable disease

Publications

• [32] Yisak H, Ewunetei A, Kefale B, Azanaw MM, Teshome F, Ambaw B, Yideg Yitbarek G. Effects of vitamin D on COVID-19 infection and prognosis: a systematic review. Risk management and healthcare policy. 2021 Jan 7:31-8. https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S291584

• [Q2 IF 3.5]

• [31] Abebe E, Tollesa T, Assefa M, Tilahun Z, Dinku Y, Abebaw S, Azanaw MM. Cognitive functioning and its associated factors among breast cancer patients on chemotherapy at Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital, Addis Ababa Ethiopia: an institution-based comparative cross-sectional study. BMC cancer. 2021 Dec;21(1):1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08799-0 [Q1 IF 3.8]

• [30] Minuye Birhane B, Alebachew Bayih W, Chanie M, Awoke G, Simegn A, Asnakew S, Azanaw MM, Yeshambel A, Muche T, Demis A, Munye T. Home based postpartum care and determinants in Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis. Plos one. 2022 Aug 25;17(8):e0272489. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272489[Q1 IF 3.752]

• [29] Azanaw MM, Gebremariam AD, Teshome Dagnaw F, Yisak H, Atikilt G, Minuye B, Engidaw MT, Tesfa D, Abebe Zewde E, Abebaw Tiruneh S. Factors associated with numbers of antenatal care visits in rural Ethiopia. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2021 Jun 10:1403-11. https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S308802 [Q1 Cite Score 4.0] (Corresponding)

• [28] Yisak H, Maru I, Abie M, Aragie G, Ewunetei A, Azanaw MM, Teshome F. Determinants of under nutrition among the elderly in south Gondar zone, Ethiopia. 2021 Apr 22. 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056966 [Q1 IF 2.9]

• [27] Yemata GA, Yenew C, Azanaw MM, Tiruneh M, Assfaw T, Mulatu S, Sisay E. Surveillance Data Analysis of Typhoid Fever in Jimma Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (2015-2019). https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/1255187 [Q2 Cite Score 3.100]

• [26] Azanaw MM. Incidence and predictors of loss to follow-up among pregnant and lactating women in the Option B+ PMTCT program in northwestern Ethiopia: a seven-year retrospective cohort study. Frontiers in Global Women's Health.;4:1128988.

• https://doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2023.1128988 [Volume 4] (Corresponding)

• [25] Dagnaw FT, Azanaw MM, Adamu A, Ashagrie T, Mohammed AA, Dawid HY, Tiruneh M, Demissie B, Yemata GA, Yitbarek GY, Abebaw Y. Community-based health insurance, healthcare service utilization and associated factors in South Gondar Zone Northwest, Ethiopia, 2021: A comparative cross-sectional study. Plos one. 2022 Jul 5;17(7): e0270758.

• 10.1371/journal.pone.0270758 [Q1 3.007] [Q1 IF 3.752]

• [24] Mihretie GN, Kassa BG, Ayele AD, Liyeh TM, Belay HG, Miskr AD, Minuye B, Azanaw MM, Worke MD. Transactional sex among women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS one. 2023 Jun 8;18(6): e0286850. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286850[Q1 IF 3.752]

• [23] Azanaw MM, Fentie DT, Bukayaw YA, Lakew AM, Sisay MM. Trends of unmet need for family planning among currently married reproductive age women in Ethiopia: A multivariate decomposition analysis. PLOS Global Public Health. 2022 Sep 1;2(9): e0000291. 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000291[IF 3.356] (Corresponding)

• [22] Tiruneh SA, Tesema ZT, Azanaw MM, Angaw DA. The effect of age on the incidence of COVID-19 complications: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Systematic reviews. 2021 Dec;10(1):1-9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01636-2 [Q1 IF 3.7]

• [21] Azanaw MM, Fentie DT, Bukayaw YA, Lakew AM, Sisay MM. Spatial distribution and determinant factors of unmet need for family planning among all reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: a multi-level logistic regression modelling approach. Contraception and Reproductive Medicine. 2022 Dec;7(1):1-4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40834-022-00178-9

• [IF 2.9] (Corresponding)

• [20] Dagnaw FT, Tiruneh SA, Azanaw MM, Desale AT, Engdaw MT. Determinants of person-centered maternity care at the selected health facilities of Dessie town, Northeastern, Ethiopia: community-based cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2020 Dec; 20(1):1-0. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03221-2[Q1 IF 3.7]

• [19] Tesfa D, Tiruneh SA, Azanaw MM, Gebremariam AD, Engdaw MT, Kefale B, Abebe B, Dessalegn T. Time to death and its determinants among under-five children in Sub-Saharan Africa using the recent (2010–2018) demographic and health survey data: country-based shared frailty analyses. BMC pediatrics. 2021 Dec; 21:1-1.

• https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02950-3 [Q1 IF 2.4]

• [18] Ayehu GW, Yitbarek GY, Jemere T, Chanie ES, Feleke DG, Abebaw S, Zewde E, Atlaw D, Agegnehu A, Mamo A, Degno S Azanaw MM et al. Case fatality rate and its determinants among admitted stroke patients in public referral hospitals, Northwest, Ethiopia: A prospective cohort study. Plos one. 2022 Sep 15;17(9): e0273947.

• https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273947 [Q1 IF 3.752]

• [17] Ayehu GW, Yitbarek GY, Zewdie EA, Amsalu BT, Abie Y, Atlaw D, Agegnehu A, Admasu FT, Azanaw MM, Amare AT, Emiru ZA. Risk profile, clinical presentation, and determinants of stroke subtypes among patients with stroke admitted to public referral hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia in 2021: a cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Neurology. 2022 Oct 25; 13:988677.

• 10.3389/fneur.2022.988677 [Q2 IF 4.086]

• [16] Azanaw, M.M., Derseh, N.M., Yetemegn, G.S. et al. Incidence and predictors of tuberculosis among HIV patients after initiation of antiretroviral treatment in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Trop Med Health 49, 18 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-021-00306-2

• [Q2 IF 4.5] (First author]

• [15] Azanaw, M.M., Anley, D.T., Anteneh, R.M. et al. Effects of armed conflicts on childhood undernutrition in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Syst Rev 12, 46 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-023-02206-4[Q1 IF 3.7] (Corresponding)

• [14] Tesfa, D., Tiruneh, S.A., Azanaw, M.M. et al. Determinants of contraceptive decision making among married women in Sub-Saharan Africa from the recent Demographic and Health Survey data. BMC Women's Health 22, 52 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01636-x [Q2 IF 2.5]

• [13] Zewde EA, Tolossa T, Tiruneh SA, Azanaw MM, Yitbarek GY, Admasu FT, Ayehu GW, Amare TJ, Abebe EC, Muche ZT, Fentie TA. Internet addiction and its associated factors among African high school and university students: systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychology. 2022 Mar 21; 13:847274. 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.847274 [Q2 IF 4.232]

• [12] Yisak H, Zemene MA, Arage G, Demelash AT, Anley DT, Ewunetei A, Azanaw MM. Undernutrition and associated factors among older adults in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ open. 2023 Jan 1;13(1): e062845. 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-062845 [Q1 IF 2.9]

• [11] Ayele, B.A., Abebaw Tiruneh, S., Azanaw, M.M. et al. Determinants of under-five mortality in Ethiopia using the recent 2019 Ethiopian demographic and health survey data: nested shared frailty survival analysis. Arch Public Health 80, 137 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-022-00896-1 [Q2 IF 2.736]

• [10] Gebremariam AD, Tiruneh SA, Engidaw MT, Tesfa D, Azanaw MM, Yitbarek GY, Asmare G. Development and validation of a clinical prognostic risk score to predict early neonatal mortality, Ethiopia: a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Clinical Epidemiology. 2021 Jul 31:637-47. https://doi.org/10.2147/CLEP.S321763 [Q1 Cite Score7.9]

• [09] Tiruneh SA, Gebremariam AD, Engidaw MT, Tesfa D, Dagnaw FT, Zewde EA, Azanaw MM. Overweight and/or obesity and its determinants among under-five children in East African countries: A multilevel analysis using Bayesian approach. Heliyon. 2021 Dec 1;7(12). 10.1016/j.heliyon. 2021.e08643[Q1 IF 3.776]

• [08] Azanaw, M.M., Zewde, E.A., Gebremariam, A.D. et al. Spatiotemporal distribution and determinants of overweight or obesity among urban women in Ethiopia: a multivariate decomposition analysis. BMC Women's Health 22, 494 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-02102-4 [Q2 IF 2.5] (Corresponding)

• [07] Tessema, Z.T., Azanaw, M.M., Bukayaw, Y. et al. Geographical variation in determinants of high-risk fertility behavior among reproductive age women in Ethiopia using the 2016 demographic and health survey: a geographically weighted regression analysis. Arch Public Health 78, 74 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-020-00456-5[Q2 IF 2.736]

• [06] Tesfa D, Tiruneh SA, Gebremariam AD, Azanaw MM, Engidaw MT, Kefale B, Abebe B, Dessalegn T, Tiruneh M. The pooled estimate of the total fertility rate in sub-Saharan Africa using recent (2010–2018) Demographic and Health Survey data. Frontiers in Public Health. 2023 Jan 26; 10:1053302. 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1053302 [Q1 IF 5.2]

• [05] Tesfa, D., Azanaw, M.M., Gebremariam, A.D. et al. Women’s independent decision-making power and determinants on not to use contraceptives among currently married women in Ethiopia using demographic and Health Survey data: Multilevel Analysis. BMC Women's Health 22, 541 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-02051-y. [Q2 IF 2.5]

• [04] Hailemeskel HS, Dagnew FT, Demis S, Muniye B, Azanaw MM, Sisay E, Necho W, Tariku M, Mose A, Mesfin D, Kefale D. Neonatal outcomes of preterm neonates and its predictors in Ethiopian public hospitals: Multicenter prospective follow-up study. Heliyon. 2023 Jul 22. 10.1016/j.heliyon. 2023.e18534 [Q1 IF 3.776]

• [03] Anley, D.T., Dagnaw, M., Belay, D.G. Azanaw MM, et al. Modelling of Hepatitis B Virus vertical transmission dynamics in Ethiopia: a compartmental modelling approach. BMC Infect Dis 23, 366 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08343-4 [Q2 IF 3.7]

• [02] Tesfa, D., Tiruneh, S.A., Azanaw, M.M. et al. Prognostic risk score development to predict birth asphyxia using maternal and fetal characteristics in South Gondar zone hospitals, north West Ethiopia. BMC Pediatr 22, 537 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03582-x [Q1 IF 2.4]

• [01] Chanie, E.S., Muche, A.A., Gobeza, M.B. Azanaw, M.M. et al. Half-life time prediction of developing first-line antiretroviral treatment failure and its risk factors among TB and HIV co-infected children in Northwest Ethiopia; multi setting historical follow-up study. BMC Pediatr 22, 114 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-022-03177-6[Q1 IF 2.4]

Presentations

• Titled “Effects of armed conflicts on childhood undernutrition in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis” at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia

Award/Patent

• A risk score prediction for perinatal depression using maternal characteristics at selected districts in South Gondar Zone, Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia: A nested case control study Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia, 2021(4993ETB)

Journals Reviewed

• Academic editor in PLOS one Journal (3) • Reviewer in Plos one (3) • Scientific report Journal (1) • Archives of Public Health(1) • BMJ open(1)

COMMUNITY SERVICES

• Problem Based Learning training organized by Debre Tabor University and Jhpigo, Ethiopia • Training of Trainers (TOT) training on COVID-19 public health surveillance, case management, infection prevention and control and metal health organized by Amhara Public health institute and south Gondar zone health Department of health • I have taken training on Systematic reviews and Meta-analysis organized by Debre Tabor University • Certificate of participation on induction training organized by institutional quality enhancement and assurance directorate of Debre Tabor University entitled with pedagogy, Assessment, Active learning and Technology assisted teaching –learning from November 23-December 04/2020 • Certificate of Training for a completion of the Unified Nutrition Information system for Ethiopia (UNISE) training of trainers (TOT) held from November 21-23/2022, at Adama town Ethiopia organized by MOH and UNICEF. • Recognition letter for a successful completion of both qualitative and quantitative data collection of COVID-19 data for Amhara Public Health Institute • Certificate of participation for successful completion of voluntary community service entitled as “Health promotion and Disease prevention activities targeting COVID 19 for selected kebeles in Farta ,South Gondar Zone,Northwest Ethiopia from11 to 29/10/2020”. • 2021 ] Certificate of participation for successful completion of community service entitled as “Enhancing mothers’ and health care providers’ knowledge and skill of adequate sunlight exposure of infants at Guna Tana community service and research catchment area from July 3-4/2021

COURSES TEACHING

• Epidemiology • Data management and software application • Measurment of Health and Disease • Introduction of Public Health

SUPERVISION

Primary Supervisor 1. Fekadie Kindie , Patient Centered Care And Its Associated Factors Among Outpatient Attendants In Public Hospitals Of South Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia in 2023/2024 By Using Mixed Method 2. Fekadu babu [Incidence and factors associated with loss to follow up in the ART program of Debre Tabor specialized Hospital, Ethiopia, 2023.], 2023 3. Aragaw Yemataw [Central Obesity and body image perception among adolescents in Debre Tabor Regiopolitan Amhara Region, Ethiopia 2023] 4. Many Undergraduate(Medical and other Health Science) students

Other Skills

• STATA.17, SPSS.25, AMOS, Mendeley, Poison Regression, Survival analysis, Logistic Regression, Multinomial Regression, Log binomial distribution; GIS.10.8, Meta Analysis, Systematic Review, WHO Anthro 3.2.2, Endnote, Epiinfo, Geoda

ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP

• Ethiopian Public Health Association (2016) • Member of Amhara Public Health Institute(2020)