Shitaye Alemu
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Ethiopian physician and academic
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Shitaye Alemu's Degrees
- Bachelors Medicine Addis Ababa University
- PhD Epidemiology Johns Hopkins University
Why Is Shitaye Alemu Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Shitaye Alemu Balcha is an Ethiopian physician and academic, "a venerated local internist who pioneered diabetes care in northern Ethiopia". An expert in non-communicable diseases, she has published on diabetes, epilepsy and HIV/AIDS in rural Ethiopia. She is Professor of Internal Medicine in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Gondar.
Shitaye Alemu's Published Works
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Published Works
- Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among adults in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study (2012) (157)
- Primary care treatment of epilepsy in rural Ethiopia: Causes of default from follow-up (2009) (75)
- Level of sustained glycemic control and associated factors among patients with diabetes mellitus in Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional study (2015) (64)
- Successful TB treatment outcome and its associated factors among TB/HIV co-infected patients attending Gondar University Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: an institution based cross-sectional study (2017) (59)
- The Impact of Asymptomatic Helminth Co-Infection in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Tuberculosis in North-West Ethiopia (2012) (58)
- Blood safety & prevalence of transfussion transmissible viral infections among donors at the Red Cross Blood Bank in Gondar University Hospital. (2008) (54)
- The prevalence of impaired fasting glucose and undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and associated risk factors among adults living in a rural Koladiba town, northwest Ethiopia (2017) (53)
- High burden of hypertension across the age groups among residents of Gondar city in Ethiopia: a population based cross sectional study (2017) (45)
- Knowledge and attitude towards voluntary counseling and testing for HIV: A community based study in northwest Ethiopia (2005) (44)
- Effects of albendazole on the clinical outcome and immunological responses in helminth co-infected tuberculosis patients: a double blind randomised clinical trial. (2015) (43)
- Predictors of vascular complications among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at University of Gondar Referral Hospital: a retrospective follow-up study (2018) (38)
- Stigma in Ethiopia: association with depressive symptoms in people with HIV (2014) (38)
- Sexually transmitted infections based on the syndromic approach in Gondar town, northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective study (2013) (30)
- Delivery of diabetes care in rural Ethiopia: an experience from Gondar. (2003) (27)
- The burden of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, genotypes and drug resistance mutations in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients in Northwest Ethiopia (2017) (26)
- Increasing Trends of Diabetes Mellitus and Body Weight: A Ten Year Observation at Gondar University Teaching Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia (2013) (26)
- Prevalence of tuberculosis and treatment outcome among university students in Northwest Ethiopia: a retrospective study (2015) (24)
- Early treatment response evaluated by a clinical scoring system correlates with the prognosis of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Ethiopia: A prospective follow-up study (2012) (23)
- Depression in diabetic patients attending University of Gondar Hospital Diabetic Clinic, Northwest Ethiopia (2016) (23)
- Epilepsy, poverty and early under-nutrition in rural Ethiopia (2012) (22)
- Cryptococcal meningitis in patients with acquired immunudeficiency syndrome in prehaart era at Gondar College of Medical Sciences Hospital north-west Ethiopia. (2010) (22)
- Seroprevalence of HIV‐1 and Syphilis Antibodies in Blood Donors in Gonder, Ethiopia, 1989–1993 (1994) (19)
- Retinopathy in type 1 diabetes mellitus: Major differences between rural and urban dwellers in northwest Ethiopia. (2015) (19)
- Type 1 Diabetes in a Resource-Poor Setting: Malnutrition Related, Malnutrition Modified, or Just Diabetes? (2018) (17)
- Access to mobile phone and willingness to receive mHealth services among patients with diabetes in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study (2019) (17)
- Kinetics of the QuantiFERON®-TB Gold In-Tube test during treatment of patients with sputum smear-positive tuberculosis in relation to initial TST result and severity of disease (2010) (16)
- Access to diabetes treatment in northern Ethiopia (1998) (12)
- Prevalence and genetic variability of occult hepatitis B virus in a human immunodeficiency virus positive patient cohort in Gondar, Ethiopia (2020) (11)
- Type 1 diabetes in Africa: an immunogenetic study in the Amhara of North-West Ethiopia (2020) (11)
- Hepatitis B And Hepatitis C Viral Infections And Associated Factors Among Patients With Diabetes Visiting Gondar Referral Teaching Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study (2019) (7)
- Involving religious leaders in HIV care and treatment at a university-affiliated hospital in Ethiopia: Application of formative inquiry (2017) (7)
- Diabetes in Ethiopia: overcoming the problems of care delivery (1998) (6)
- The problem of epilepsy and its care in rural Ethiopia. (2008) (6)
- Medical traditions and chronic disease in Ethiopia: a story of wax and gold? (2016) (5)
- Trained health extension workers correctly identify high blood pressure in rural districts of northwest Ethiopia: a diagnostic accuracy study (2022) (5)
- Effect of Isoniazid Prophylaxis Therapy on the Prevention of Tuberculosis Incidence and Associated Factors Among HIV Infected Individuals in Northwest Ethiopia: Retrospective Cohort Study (2021) (5)
- Multimorbidity of chronic non-communicable diseases: burden, care provision and outcomes over time among patients attending chronic outpatient medical care in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia—a mixed methods study protocol (2021) (5)
- Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending the Diabetic Clinic of the University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia (2021) (5)
- VCT clinic HIV burden and its link with HIV care clinic at the University of Gondar hospital (2012) (4)
- PP-067 Blood safety and prevalence of transfusion transmissible viral infections among donors at the Red Cross Blood Bank in Gondar (2008) (4)
- Magnitude, pattern and correlates of multimorbidity among patients attending chronic outpatient medical care in Bahir Dar, northwest Ethiopia: The application of latent class analysis model (2021) (3)
- Cryptococcosis in AIDS patients in Ethiopia [letter] (1997) (1)
- Magnitude of metabolic syndrome in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study (2021) (1)
- Effects of albendazole treatment on the clinical outcome and immunological responses in patients with helminth infection and pulmonary tuberculosis : a randomized clinical trial (2013) (1)
- High burden of hypertension amongst adult population in rural districts of Northwest Ethiopia: A call for community based intervention (2021) (1)
- Development and Psychometric Validation of the Hypertension Beliefs Assessment Tool Among Adult Population in Northwest Ethiopia (2021) (1)
- Effect of health extension workers led home-based intervention on hypertension management in Northwest Ethiopia, 2021: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial (2022) (1)
- Perceived barriers and enablers influencing health extension workers toward home-based hypertension screening in rural northwest Ethiopia: interpretive descriptive study (2022) (1)
- Cryptococcosis in AIDS patients in Ethiopia. (1997) (1)
- The Association Between Multimorbidity and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Clients Attending Chronic Outpatient Medical Care in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia: The Application of Partial Proportional Odds Model (2021) (0)
- Experience of living with multimorbidity and health workers perspectives on the organization of health services for people living with multiple chronic conditions in Bahir Dar, northwest Ethiopia: a qualitative study (2023) (0)
- Impact of helminth infection on the clinical presentation 1 of pulmonary tuberculosis (2013) (0)
- The prevalence of impaired fasting glucose and undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and associated risk factors among adults living in a rural Koladiba town, northwest Ethiopia (2017) (0)
- Feasibility of Virtual Simulation-Based Diabetes Foot Care Education in Patients with Diabetes in Ethiopia: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (2022) (0)
- Obstructive sleep apnea risk and determinant factors among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at the chronic illness clinic of the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia (2023) (0)
- 3 Effects of albendazole on the clinical outcome and immunological 4 responses in helminth co-infected tuberculosis patients: a double blind (2014) (0)
- Joint Modeling of Time to Diabetic Retinopathy and Change in Fasting Blood Sugar Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients in University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia (2021) (0)
- Undiagnosed hypertension and its determinants among hypertensive patients in rural districts of northwest Ethiopia: a mediation analysis (2023) (0)
- Joint modeling of time to diabetic retinopathy and change in fasting blood sugar among type 2 diabetic patients, Northwest Ethiopia (2022) (0)
- 114-OR: T1DM in the Chronically Undernourished: Rural Ethiopia (2020) (0)
- Determinants of poor glycemic control among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: Unmatched case-control study (2023) (0)
- Multimorbidity and health-related quality of life among patients attending chronic outpatient medical care in Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia: The application of partial proportional odds model (2022) (0)
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