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Hagos Godefay
Researcher at Mekelle University
Publications - 23
Citations - 294
Hagos Godefay is an academic researcher from Mekelle University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Population. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 18 publications receiving 188 citations.
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Health Extension Workers' and Mothers' Attitudes to Maternal Health Service Utilization and Acceptance in Adwa Woreda, Tigray Region, Ethiopia.
TL;DR: Findings add to the growing body of evidence that health workers at the community level can work with women’s groups to improve maternal health, thus reducing the need for emergency obstetric care in low-income countries.
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Factors that hinder or enable maternal health strategies to reduce delays in rural and pastoralist areas in Ethiopia
TL;DR: This study aims to document factors that hinder or enable strategies to reduce the first and second delays of the Three Delays in rural and pastoralist areas in Ethiopia.
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Factors associated with contraceptive use in Tigray, North Ethiopia
Araya Abrha Medhanyie,Alem Desta,Mussie Alemayehu,Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwot,Tesfu Alemu Abraha,Atakelti Abrha,Hagos Godefay +6 more
TL;DR: Contraceptive prevalence rate in Tigray region increased almost four fold in just 15 years, however, the increase is not yet enough to meet national and global targets.
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Non-communicable disease risk factor profile among public employees in a regional city in northern Ethiopia.
Lemlem Weldegerima Gebremariam,Chifa Chiang,Hiroshi Yatsuya,Hiroshi Yatsuya,Esayas Haregot Hilawe,Alemayehu Bayray Kahsay,Hagos Godefay,Loko Abraham,Yoshihisa Hirakawa,Hiroyasu Iso,Atsuko Aoyama +10 more
TL;DR: The cross-sectional epidemiological study targeting men and women employed by public offices in Mekelle revealed the high prevalence of NCD metabolic risk factors among the urban public employees in the highland of Ethiopia.
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Retention in Care of Adult HIV Patients Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Tigray, Ethiopia: A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.
Raffaella Bucciardini,Vincenzo Fragola,Teshome Abegaz,S. Lucattini,Atakilt Halifom,Eskedar Tadesse,Micheal Berhe,Katherina Pugliese,Andrea Binelli,Paola De Castro,Roberta Terlizzi,Luca Fucili,Massimiliano Di Gregorio,Marco Mirra,Erika Olivieri,Tsigemariam Teklu,Teame Zegeye,Amanuel Haile,Stefano Vella,Loko Abraham,Hagos Godefay +20 more
TL;DR: Although Ethiopia has significantly improved access to the ART program, achieving and maintaining a satisfactory long-term retention rate is a future goal and specific interventions should be directed to people of different sex to improve retention in care in male population.