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• PhD in Public Health, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Jan 2004-June 2008.
• MPH in Public Health. School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Sept. 1999-2000
• B.Sc. in Nursing, School of Nursing, Jimma University, 1994-1996

Interested on cause and risk factor epidemiological research which focuses particularly on mental health and health outcome measurements

1. A., Alem, Hailemariam, D. A longitudinal comparative analysis of economic and family caregiver burden due to bipolar disorder, African Journal of Psychiatry 2008; 11(3): 191-198.
2. Alem, A., et. al. Child labor and childhood behavioral and mental health problems in Ethiopia, J.Health Dev.2006; 20(2):119-126.
3. Ababi Zergaw, Damen Haile Mariam, Ahmed Ali. Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Health Care Interventions in Rural Ethiopia, Ethiopian Journal of Health Development 2002; 16(3): 267-276.
4. Zergaw, A. Hailemariam D., and Alem, A. The Economic Burden of Mental Disorders if Africa (in Ndetei D., Szabo C., Okasha T. and Mburu J. The African Textbook of Clinical Psychiatry and mental Health, 2006. The African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF), Nairobi, Kenya).
5. Akine Eshete Abosetugn, Ababi Zergaw, Henok Tadesse and Yohannes Addisu. Correlations between Risky Sexual Behavior and Parental Communication among Youth in Dilla Town, Gedeo Zone, South Ethiopia. Biol Med (Aligarh) 2015, 7:5. http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/0974-8369.1000253
6. Atnafu Mekonnen Tekleab, Birkneh Tilahun Tadesse, Ababi Zergaw Giref, Damte Shimelis, Meseret Gebre. Anthropometric Improvement among HIV Infected Pre-School Children Following initiation of First Line Anti-Retroviral Therapy: Implications for Follow Up. PLoS ONE December 2016, 11(12): DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0167565

7. Aman Jima, Mesfin Tafa Segni and Ababi Zergaw. Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Utilization of Emergency Contraception among Unmarried Women of Reproductive Age In Adma, Ethiopia, Health Science Journal, Vol.10 No.6:469; DOI: 10.21767/1791-809X.1000469
8. Dielman J, Campbell, M, Chapin A, Eldrenkamp E, Fan VY, Ababi Zergaw Giref, et al. Future and potential spending on health 2015–40: development assistance for health, and government, prepaid private, and out-of-pocket health spending in 184 countries. The Lancet 2017. S0140-6736(17)30873-5.
9. Dielman J, Campbell, M, Chapin A, Eldrenkamp E, Fan VY, Ababi Zergaw Giref, et al. Evolution and patterns of global health financing 1995–2014: development assistance for health, and government, prepaid private, and out-of-pocket health spending in 184 countries. The Lancet 2017. S0140-6736(17)30874-7
10. Charara R, El Bcheraoui C, Khalil I, Moradi-Lakeh M, Afshin A, Ababi Zergaw Giref et al. The burden of mental disorders in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2015: findings from the global burden of disease 2015 study. International Journal of Public Health. 2017 Aug 3;1-13. Available from, DOI: 1007/s00038-017-1006-1
11. GBD 2016 Risk Factors Collaborators* Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet 2017; 390: 1345–422.
12. GBD 2016 Causes of Death Collaborators* 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. Lancet 2017; 390: 1151–210.
13. GBD 2016 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators* 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. Lancet 2017; 390: 1211–59.
14. GBD 2016 Mortality Collaborators* Global, regional, and national under-5 mortality, adult mortality, age-specific mortality, and life expectancy, 1970–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet 2017; 390: 1084–1150.
15. GBD 2016 SDG Collaborators* 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. Published Online September 12, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32336-X
16. GBD 2015 Healthcare Access and Quality Collaborators* 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. Published Online May 18, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(17)30818-8
17. GBD 2015 SDG Collaborators*.Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. thelancet.com Published online September 21, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31467-2 37
18. GBD 2015 Mortality and Causes of Death Collaborators*. 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. Lancet 2016; 388: 1459–1544
19. GBD 2015 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators* 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. Lancet 2016; 388: 1545–1602
20. GBD 2015 DALYs and HALE Collaborators*. 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. Lancet 2016; 388: 1603–58
21. GBD 2015 Risk Factors Collaborators*. Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 2016; 388: 1659–724
22. GBD 2015 Child Mortality Collaborators*. 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 2016; 388: 1725–74
23. GBD 2015 Maternal Mortality Collaborators*. Global, regional, and national levels of maternal mortality, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. Lancet 2016; 388: 1775–812

Email: ababi.zergw@aau.edu.et