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Name Assefa Desalew Fentaw
Address Haramaya University, College of Health and Medical Sciences, Harar, Ethiopia
P.O.Box 235
Telephone (office) +251-25-466-9437
Mobile +251-913083613/ +251924311342
E-mail assefad100@gmail.com  assefa.desalew@haramaya.edu.et
Nationality Ethiopia
Sex Male
Place of birth Assosa, Benishangul, Ethiopia  10th
Date of birth of Feb, 1989
Passport ID EP4518266
Assefa

Work Experience (Academic)

Dates September 03, 2020 - Present
Name and address of  employer 

 

School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Medical

Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia

Tel; +251-256-67-1466, P.O.Box; 235,  Fax; +251 -25-666-8081
Type of business or sector Higher educational institution
Occupation or position held Assistant Professor
Main activities and  responsibilities Performing teaching-learning process for Nursing, midwifery psychiatric, Neonatal and paediatrics Nursing and related courses, advising post-and undergraduate students, conducting several research activities, and publishing them in reputable and peer-reviewed journals. To date, I have 20+ publications indexed in legitimate databases including PubMed/MEDLINE/Scopus.
Dates  July 2016- September 03, 2020
Name and address of  employer School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Medical

Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia

Tel; +251-256-67-1466, P.O.Box; 235,  Fax; +251 -25-666-8081
Type of business or sector Higher educational institutions
Occupation or position held Lecturer 
Main activities and responsibilities Performing teaching-learning process for Nursing, midwifery psychiatric, Neonatal and paediatrics Nursing and related courses, advising undergraduate students, conducting researches with colleagues, participating in community services.
                                   Dates October 2013– July 2016
Name and address of employer School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Medical

Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia

Tel; +251-256-67-1466, P.O. Box;235,  Fax; +251 -25-666- 8081
Type of business or sector Higher educational institutions
 Occupation or position held Assistant Lecturer
Main activities and responsibilities Performing teaching-learning process for different courses and clinical (Hospital-based attachment), participating in extracurricular activities, supervising students throughout their research works, providing skill lab demonstration of Nursing procedures.
                                   Dates October 2012 – September 2013
Name and address of employer School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Medical

Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia

Tel; +251-256-67-1466, P.O. Box;235, Fax; +251 -25-666- 8081
Type of business or sector Higher educational institution
 Occupation or position held Graduate Assistant II
Main activities and responsibilities Performing teaching-learning process for different courses and clinical (Hospital-based attachment), participating in extracurricular activities, supervising students throughout their research works, providing skill lab demonstration of nursing procedures.
Dates September 2014- July 2016
 Name and type of  organization providing education and training Department of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, College of Health

Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Tel; +251-111-23-9752, Fax; +251 -111-23-9768
 Principal

subjects/occupational 

                        skills covered

Pedagogy, Biostatics, Pathology, Foundation of nursing, nursing leadership and management, Advanced Paediatric Health Assessment, Pharmacology, Ethics in Nursing, Paediatric Nursing, Neonatology, Nursing research method, and primary health care.
 Title of qualification  awarded

MSc. Degree in Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing with CGPA of

3.78

Educational Background

 Dates September 2009- June 2012
 Name and type of  organization providing education and training Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of

Health and Medical Sciences, Haramaya University, Harar, Ethiopia

Tel; +251-256-67-1466, P.O. Box;235, Fax; +251 -25-666- 8081
 Principal  subjects/occupational  Human anatomy, human physiology, pharmacology, Fundamental of Nursing, medical-surgical nursing, paediatric Nursing, Maternity Nursing, Law and Ethics, Epidemiology Biostatistics, research method, etc.
                    skills covered
 Title of qualification awarded Bachelor Degree in Compressive Nursing with CGPA of 3.90
Dates September 2005 -August 2007
Name and type of organisation providing education and training Assosa Preparatory & Higher Secondary School, Assosa, Benishangul, western Ethiopia
 Principal

subjects/occupational skills covered

Natural Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology),  Mathematics (Natural),

English, Scholastic Aptitude, Computer Science and Information system, Civics and Ethical Education
Title of qualification awarded Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Qualification Certificate with a score of 235/500
                                     Dates September 2003-August 2005
Name and type of organisation providing education and training Assosa General Secondary School,  Assosa, Benishangul, western Ethiopia
 Principal Mathematics, English, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer and Information system, Civics and Ethical Education, Amharic, History, Geography, and Physical Education.
subjects/occupational  skills covered
 Title of qualification  awarded Ethiopian General Secondary Education Leaving Certificate with ''Very Great Distinction'' (5 A's)

Publication

  1. Desalew A, Mandesh A, Semahegn A. Childhood overweight, obesity and associated factors among primary school children in Dire Dawa, eastern Ethiopia; a cross-sectional study. BMC Obes. 2017; 4:20. Published 2017 Jun 1. doi:10.1186/s40608-017-0156-2
  1. Sema A, Tesfaye F, Belay Y, Amsalu B, Bekele D, Desalew A. Associated Factors with Low Birth Weight in Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Biomed Res Int. 2019 Dec 9; 2019:2965094. doi: 10.1155/2019/2965094. PMID: 31886197; PMCID: PMC6925748.
  2. Desalew A, Semahgn A, Tesfaye G. Determinants of birth asphyxia among newborns in Ethiopia: A systematic review and metaanalysis. Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2020;14(1):35-47.
  3. Desalew A, Sintayehu Y, Teferi N, et al. Cause and predictors of neonatal mortality among neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units of public hospitals in eastern Ethiopia: a facility-based prospective follow-up study. BMC Pediatr. 2020;20(1):160. Published 2020 Apr 14. doi:10.1186/s12887-020-02051-7
  4. LBD Double Burden of Malnutrition Collaborators. Mapping local patterns of childhood overweight and wasting in low- and middleincome countries between 2000 and 2017 [published correction appears in Nat Med. 2020 Jul 2;:]. Nat Med. 2020;26(5):750-759. doi:10.1038/s41591-020-0807-6
  5. Desalew A, Feto Gelano T, Semahegn A, Geda B, Ali T. Childhood hearing impairment and its associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa in the 21st century: A systematic review and meta-analysis. SAGE Open Med. 2020; 8:2050312120919240. Published 2020 May 6. doi:10.1177/2050312120919240
  6. Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea Collaborators. Mapping geographical inequalities in childhood diarrhoeal morbidity and mortality in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 [published correction appears in Lancet. 2020 Jul 25;396(10246):238] [published correction appears in Lancet. 2020 Jun 6;395(10239):1762]. Lancet. 2020;395(10239):1779-1801. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30114-8
  7. Sintayehu Y, Desalew A, Geda B, et al. Knowledge of Basic Neonatal Resuscitation and Associated Factors Among Midwives and Nurses in Public Health Institutions in Eastern Ethiopia. Int J Gen           Med.    2020;   13:225-233.     Published        2020    May     27. doi:10.2147/IJGM.S255892
  8. Sintayehu Y, Desalew A, Geda B, et al. Basic neonatal resuscitation skills of midwives and nurses in Eastern Ethiopia are not well retained: An observational study. PLoS One. 2020;15(7):e0236194. Published 2020 Jul 24. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236194
  9. Sema A, Alemayehu T, Belay Y, Desalew A, Tekle, Y. and Roba, K.T. 2020. Late Initiation of Antenatal Care and Its Associated Factors among Pregnant Women in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia. East African Journal of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Volume 4 (2): 47-58
  10. Local Burden of Disease Diarrhoea Collaborators. Mapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000-17. Lancet Glob Health.      2020;8(8):e1038-e1060.         doi:10.1016/S2214109X(20)30230-8
  11. Local Burden of Disease WaSH Collaborators. Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 200017. Lancet Glob Health. 2020;8(9): e1162-e1185. doi:10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30278-3
  12. Desalew A, Sema A, Belay Y. Exclusive Breastfeeding Practice and its Associated Factors Among Mothers with Children Aged 6-23 Months in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-based Cross-sectional Study. Journal of Midwifery and Reproductive Health. 2020; 8(?): 1-10. DOI: 10.22038/jmrh.2020.44011.1524
  13. Belay Y, Dheresa M, Sema A, Desalew A, Assefa N. CervicalCross-sectional Study. Journal of Midwifery and Reproductive Health. 2020; 8(?): 1-10. DOI: 10.22038/jmrh.2020.44011.1524 Cancer Screening Utilization and Associated Factors Among Women Aged 30 to 49 Years in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia. Cancer   Control.    2020;27(1):1073274820958701. doi:10.1177/1073274820958701
  14. GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 19902019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 [published correction appears in Lancet. 2020 Nov 14;396(10262):1562]. Lancet. 2020;396(10258):1204-1222. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30925-9
  15. Desalew A, Semahegn A, Birhanu S, Tesfaye G. Incomplete Vaccination and Its Predictors among Children in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Glob Pediatr Health. 2020; 7:2333794X20968681.     Published        2020    Oct      30. doi:10.1177/2333794X20968681
  16. Edris Y, Abdurahman H, Desalew A, Weldegebreal F. Neural Tube Defects and Associated Factors among Neonates Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Hiwot Fana Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Ethiopia. Glob Pediatr Health. 2020; 7:2333794X20974218. Published 2020 Nov 13. doi:10.1177/2333794X20974218
  17. Birhanu S, Demena M, Baye Y, Desalew A, Dawud B, Egata G. Pregnant women's satisfaction with antenatal care services and its associated factors at public health facilities in the Harari region, Eastern Ethiopia. SAGE Open Med. 2020; 8:2050312120973480. Published 2020 Nov 20. doi:10.1177/2050312120973480
  18. Local Burden of Disease Vaccine Coverage Collaborators. Mapping routine measles vaccination in low- and middle-income countries. Nature. 2021;589(7842):415-419. doi:10.1038/s41586020-03043-4
  19. Tolessa L, Sendo EG, Dinegde NG, Desalew A. Risk FactorsEthiopia: Unmatched Case-Control Study. Int J Womens Health. 2021;        13:101-110.     Published        2021    Jan       18. doi:10.2147/IJWH.S292588

Ongoing manuscripts  (Under review or Accepted)

21. Sema A, Belay Y, Solomon Y, Desalew A, Misganaw A, Menberu T, Sintayehu Y, Getachew Y, Guta A, & Tadesse D. Minimum Dietary Diversity Practice and Associated Factors among Children Aged 6 to 23 Months in Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study. Global Pediatric Health. January 2021. doi:10.1177/2333794X21996630

22. GBD 2019 Adolescent Mortality Collaborators. Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10-24 years, 1950-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet. 2021 Oct 30;398(10311):1593-1618. doi: 10.1016/S01406736(21)01546-4. Epub 2021 Oct 28. PMID: 34755628; PMCID: PMC8576274.

23. Kinyoki D, Osgood-Zimmerman AE, Bhattacharjee NV; Local Burden of Disease Anaemia Collaborators, Kassebaum NJ, Hay SI. Anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2018. Nat Med. 2021 Oct;27(10):17611782. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01498-0. Epub 2021 Oct 12. PMID: 34642490; PMCID: PMC8516651.

24. Ali T, Sisay M, Tariku M, Mekuria AN, Desalew A. Antipsychoticinduced extrapyramidal side effects: A systematic review and metaanalysis of observational studies. PLoS One. 2021 Sep 10;16(9):e0257129. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257129. PMID: 34506552; PMCID: PMC8432767.

25. GBD 2019 Under-5 Mortality Collaborators. Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet. 2021 Sep 4;398(10303):870-905. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01207-1. Epub 2021 Aug 17. PMID: 34416195; PMCID: PMC8429803.

26. Mohammed A, Alemayehu T, Desalew A, Debela A, Sema A, Belay Y, Dessie Y. Knowledge and involvement of husbands in the reproductive rights of women in Harar, eastern Ethiopia. SAGE Open Med. 2021 Aug 11;9:20503121211038456. doi: 10.1177/20503121211038456. PMID: 34394936; PMCID: PMC8361514.

27. Bhattacharjee NV, Schaeffer LE, Hay SI; Local Burden of Disease Exclusive Breastfeeding Collaborators. Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 20002018. Nat Hum Behav. 2021 Aug;5(8):1027-1045. doi: 10.1038/s41562021-01108-6. Epub 2021 Jun 3. PMID: 34083753; PMCID: PMC8373614.

28. GBD 2019 Hearing Loss Collaborators. Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990-2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet. 2021 Mar 13;397(10278):996-1009. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)00516-X. PMID: 33714390; PMCID: PMC7960691.

29. Alekaw Sema, Nigus Kassie, Bezabih Amsalu, Yalelet Belay, Alemu Guta, Yitagesu Sintayehu, Assefa Desalew, Legesse Abera . Preterm birth and associated factors among mothers who gave birth in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia .Published Online: 2 Jun 2021 https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2021.29.6.338.

Research projects in progress and completed 

  • Perinatal Mental Disorders and its Risk Factors, Birth Outcome, Child Growth and Development Among pregnant mother and their baby: A Cohort Study in Haramaya Wereda, Oromia, eastern Ethiopia
  • Reasons for admission, treatment outcomes, and associated factors among neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care unit of selected public hospitals in eastern Ethiopia
  • Knowledge and skills of neonatal resuscitation and associated factors among midwives and nurses working in the government health facilities, eastern Ethiopia.

Participation in the University and other affairs

Coordinator for pediatric and neonatal Nursing for the

College of Health and Medical Sciences (CHMS), Haramaya

University since November 2019

Summer coordinators during the academic years’ of

2013/2014 years  
Academic Commission (AC) member for CHMS, Haramaya university since August 2019
Regular member, Ethiopian pediatric Association since 2020
Member, Pediatrics, and Child Health Nursing (PHCN) Technical Working Group (TWG) organized by the Minister of Health from January 11 to February 28, 2019.
Exam Committee Member, Pediatric and Neonatal Nursing program in School of Nursing and Midwifery since September 30, 2016.
Committee Member, School of Nursing and Midwifery quality education since July 2018.
Committee member, curriculum development for masters of Pediatric and Child Health Nursing in School of Nursing and Midwifery August  26, 2019.
Speaker, at 4th national research conference of Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa Ethiopia from May 4-5, 2018.

Speaker, at 4th Annual National Research Conference of Assosa University research and publication office, Assosa, Ethiopia, June 1-2, 2018.

                                                        Reviewed articles  (selected titles)

  • The prevalence and associated factors of cancer screening uptake among a national population-based sample of adults in the Marshall Islands (SAGE cancer control)
  • Determinants of birth asphyxia among newborns delivered in public hospitals of West Shoa Zone, Central Ethiopia: A casecontrol study (PLoS One)
  • Determinants of Perinatal Mortality in Tercha General Hospital, Southern Ethiopia; Facility Based Case-Control Study. (Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics)
  • Determinants of birth asphyxia among newborns delivered in public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: - a cross-sectional study (Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare)

       

                                                        Training taken  (With certificates)

  • Development and review of Pediatric nursing educational quality standards organized by the federal ministry of health in collaboration with the Clinton health access initiative. February 2019, Adama Ethiopia and certificate awarded.
  • Training of scientific writing, open access, and scholarly writing  Haramaya University February 2020
  • Problem-based learning skill organized by the federal ministry of health in collaboration with Jhpiego Ethiopia held from November 16-25, 2017, and certificate awarded.