Alemayehu Hailu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care

Bergen Centre for Ethics and Priority Setting (BCEPS)

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E-mailAlemayehu.Hailu@uib.no
Phone+47 455 55 708
Visitor Address
OVERLEGE DANIELSSENS HUS (4th floor)

Årstadveien 21

5009 Bergen

Room
437
Postal Address
Postboks 7804

5020 Bergen

Publications
Current projects

Academic article

Show author(s) (2024). Willingness to pay for Social Health Insurance and associated factors among Public Civil Servants in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE. 18 pages.

Show author(s) (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. 13 pages.
Show author(s) (2023). Cervical cancer screening utilization and associated factors among women attending antenatal care at Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital, Arsi zone, South Central Ethiopia. BMC Women's Health. 11 pages.
Show author(s) (2023). Burden of lower respiratory infections and associated risk factors across regions in Ethiopia: a subnational analysis of the Global Burden of Diseases 2019 study. BMJ Open. e068498.
Show author(s) (2023). Assessment of hospitalisation costs and their determinants among Covid-19 patients in South Central Ethiopia. BMC Health Services Research.

Show author(s) (2022). Survival analysis of COVID-19 patients in Ethiopia: A hospital-based study. PLOS ONE.
Show author(s) (2022). Magnitude and determinants of out of pocket health expenditure among patients visiting outpatients in public hospitals in East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health.
Show author(s) (2022). Is Ethiopian community-based health insurance affordable? Willingness to pay analysis among households in South Central, Ethiopia. PLOS ONE. 1-15.
Show author(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.
Show author(s) (2022). Health-related quality of life and associated factors among Covid-19 survivors. Experience from Ethiopian treatment centers. Infection and Drug Resistance. 6143-6153.
Show author(s) (2022). Cost-analysis of COVID-19 sample collection, diagnosis, and contact tracing in low resource setting: The case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. PLOS ONE.
Show author(s) (2022). Changes in life expectancy and disease burden in Norway, 1990–2019: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Public Health. e593-e605.

Show author(s) (2021). Validity and reliability of the Amharic version of the Schwartz Center Compassionate Care Scale. PLOS ONE. 11 pages.
Show author(s) (2021). Tracking development assistance for health and for COVID-19: a review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2050. The Lancet. 1317-1343.
Show author(s) (2021). Toward Universal Health Coverage in the post-COVID-19 era. Nature Medicine. Nature Medicine.
Show author(s) (2021). The global burden of adolescent and young adult cancer in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Oncology. 27-52.
Show author(s) (2021). Is universal health coverage affordable? Estimated costs and fiscal space analysis for the Ethiopian Essential Health Services Package . Health Systems & Reform.
Show author(s) (2021). Generalised cost-effectiveness analysis of 159 health interventions for the Ethiopian essential health service package. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation.
Show author(s) (2021). Evaluation of health-related quality of life of Covid-19 patients: a hospital-based study in South Central Ethiopia. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 10 pages.
Show author(s) (2021). Equity in Public Health Spending in Ethiopia: Benefit Incidence Analysis. Health Policy and Planning. i4-i13.
Show author(s) (2021). Costs and cost-effectiveness of Gene Xpert compared to smear microscopy for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis using real-world data from Arsi zone, Ethiopia. PLOS ONE. 1-10.
Show author(s) (2021). Cost-Effectiveness of Saxagliptin Compared With Glibenclamide as a Second-Line Therapy Added to Metformin for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Ethiopia. Medical Decision Making Policy & Practice. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2021). Contextualization of cost-effectiveness evidence from literature for 382 health interventions for the Ethiopian essential health services package revision. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 10 pages.

Show author(s) (2020). Revision of the Ethiopian Essential Health Service Package: An Explication of the Process and Methods Used. Health Systems & Reform. 12 pages.
Show author(s) (2020). Cost-effectiveness of treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in treatment initiative centers and treatment follow-up centers in Ethiopia. PLOS ONE. 13 pages.
Show author(s) (2020). Cost-effectiveness of facility-based, stand-alone and mobile-based voluntary counseling and testing for HIV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 12 pages.

Show author(s) (2019). Measuring progress towards universal health coverage: National and subnational analysis in Ethiopia. BMJ Global Health.
Show author(s) (2019). Long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying may not be sufficient to eliminate malaria in a low malaria incidence area: Results from a cluster randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 1-15.

Show author(s) (2018). Spending on health and HIV/AIDS: domestic health spending and development assistance in 188 countries, 1995–2015. The Lancet. 1799-1829.
Show author(s) (2018). Cost-effectiveness of a combined intervention of long lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying compared with each intervention alone for malaria prevention in Ethiopia. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 1-17.

Show author(s) (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. 231-266.
Show author(s) (2017). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet. 1211-1259.
Show author(s) (2017). Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet. 1260-1344.
Show author(s) (2017). Global, regional, and national age-sex specific mortality for 264 causes of death, 1980-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet. 1151-1210.
Show author(s) (2017). Economic burden of malaria and predictors of cost variability to rural households in southcentral Ethiopia. PLOS ONE. 16 pages.
Show author(s) (2017). Anaemia among children in a drought affected community in south-central Ethiopia. PLOS ONE.

Show author(s) (2016). Malaria incidence and entomological findings in an area targeted for a cluster-randomized controlled trial to prevent malaria in Ethiopia: Results from a pilot study. Malaria Journal. 13 pages.
Show author(s) (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. 1725-1774.
Show author(s) (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. 1459-1544.
Show author(s) (2016). Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet. 1775-1812.
Show author(s) (2016). Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet. 1545-1602.
Show author(s) (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. 1603-1658.
Show author(s) (2016). Equity in long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying for malaria prevention in a rural South Central Ethiopia. Malaria Journal. 11 pages.
Show author(s) (2016). Combining long-lasting insecticidal nets and indoor residual spraying for malaria prevention in Ethiopia: Study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials.

Doctoral dissertation

Show author(s) (2018). Economic evaluation of malaria prevention in Ethiopia. Economic burden, equity, and cost-effectiveness analysis of malaria prevention in south-central Ethiopia.

Poster

Show author(s) (2020). Inequality in benefit distribution from public health spending in Ethiopia: Benefit Incidence Analysis.

Errata

Show author(s) (2017). Erratum: 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 (2016) 388(10053) (1725–1774)(S0140673616315756)(10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31575-6)). The Lancet. e1.
Show author(s) (2017). Erratum: Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 (The Lancet (2016) 388(10053) (1775–1812)(S0140673616314702)(10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31470-2)). The Lancet. e1.

Academic literature review

Show author(s) (2023). Institutionalizing health technology assessment in Ethiopia: Seizing the window of opportunity. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care. 5 pages.
Show author(s) (2023). Decision-making processes for essential packages of health services: Experience from six countries. BMJ Global Health. 7 pages.
Show author(s) (2023). Country readiness and prerequisites for successful design and transition to implementation of essential packages of health services: Experience from six countries. BMJ Global Health.

Show author(s) (2020). Protecting essential health services in low-income and middle-income countries and humanitarian settings while responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Global Health. 1-9.

More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)

Generating cost-effectiveness evidence for health interventions that can be used for defining essential health services packages.
Developing equity-impact modelling relevant for defining essential health services packages.
Work on strengthening the evidence that is used as input for modelling health benefits and costs in the priority modelling.
Work on integrating the equity-impact modelling with cost-effectiveness and data visualization tools.
Synthesizing and preparing a Health Interventions Catalogue.

Fields of competence