Abiy Maru Alemayehu
About
Grants and Awards
• Burden of childhood eye disorder and economic welfare school based vision screening program for school age children in central Gondar2021/22- co-investigator. • Reducing visual impairment through school screening among school children in Gondar city 2018/19-co-invetigator • Common mental illnesses and associated factors among residents, health professionals, and those on quarantine in Gondar town during Early Stage of COVID 19 Outbreak 2020/21- co-investigator. • Distribution Dynamics of Leech infestations in water bodies and in domestic animals; its participatory and integrated control methods using Endod and impact assessment of the control method, in the four Zones of Gondar, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia 2021/22-co-investigator
Supervision
1. Amsalu Belete: Near vision spectacle coverage and associated factors among school teachers in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022. 2. Natnael Yeneneh: Patients’ satisfaction with topical anti-glaucoma medications and associated factors among glaucomatous patients at Gondar University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021. 3. Tarekegn Cheklie: Prevalence and associated factors of symptomatic dry eye disease among post graduate students at university of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia 2020. 4. Nebyou Demeke: Prevalence and associated computer vision syndrome among postgraduate students at university of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia 2019 5. Sofonias Addis: Prevalence of vernal keratoconjunctivitis and its associated factors among children in Gambella town, southwest Ethiopia, June 2018
Publication
1. Alemayehu AM, Belete GT, Adimassu NF (2018) Knowledge, attitude and associated factors among primary school teachers regarding refractive error in school children in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 13(2): e0191199. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191199 (Thesis work) 2. Fekadu SA, Alemayehu AM, Yibekal BT, (2019) Prevalence of vernal keratoconjunctivitis and its associated factors among children in Gambella town, southwest Ethiopia, June 2018. PLoS ONE 14(4): e0215528. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215528 3. Alemayehu TK, Addis Y, Bizuneh ZY, Tegegne MM, Alemayehu AM. Prevalence and associated factors of pterygium among adults living in Kolla diba town, Northwest Ethiopia. Clinical Ophthalmology (Auckland, NZ). 2020;14:245. 4. Alem AT, Sisay MM, Alemayehu AM. Factors Affecting Voluntary HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing Service Utilization Among Youth in Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia. HIV/AIDS (Auckland, NZ). 2020;12:667. 5. Alemayehu AM, Dagne H, Dagnew B (2020) Knowledge and associated factors towards diabetes mellitus among adult nondiabetic community members of Gondar city, Ethiopia 2019. PLoS ONE 15(3): e0230880. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230880 6. Yibekal BT, Alemu DS, Anbesse DH, Alemayehu AM, Alimaw YA. Vision-Related Quality of Life among Adult Patients with Visual Impairment at University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia. Journal of ophthalmology. 2020 Mar 23;2020. 7. Belay S, Alemayehu AM, Hussen MS (2020) Prevalence of Computer Vision Syndrome and Associated Factors among PostgraduateStudents at University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019. J Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 11:849. DOI: 10.35248/2155-9570.20.11.849 8. Alemayehu AM, Sisay MM (2021) Attitude towards diabetes mellitus among adult communities in Gondar city, Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 16(5): e0251777. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0251777 9. Dagne H, Atnafu A, Alemu K, Azale T,Yitayih S, Dagnew B, Alemayehu AM, et al. (2021) Anxiety and associated factors among Ethiopian health professionals at early stage of COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 16(6): e0252664. https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252664 10. Maru, M., Damtie, D., Kenubih, A. Abiy M. et al. Toxoplasma gondii infection in slaughtered domestic ruminants in Northwest Ethiopia: occurrence, bioassay and virulence assessment. J Parasit Dis (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-022-01466-6