Background Habteyes Hailu Tola
Professor HABTEYES HAILU TOLA is a highly accomplished epidemiologist and researcher with 16+ years’ experience of research and public health works in government (Ethiopian Public Health Institute, Ministry of Health, and Salale University) and international NGOs (KNCV tuberculosis foundation and World Health Organization). Habteyes Hailu Tola demonstrates success in public health research, emergency response and program development, monitoring and evaluation in different contexts including outbreak and emergency setups at national and international level.
Skills in publication
Habteyes Hailu Tola demonstrates success in scientific writing and research that complemented with 38 articles publication on reputable peer reviewed journals. Habteyes Hailu Tola successfully led and coordinated several research projects and surveillances at national and international level. Habteyes Hailu Tola expert in designing survey and research protocols with quality data collection tools. Incredible experience in both quantitative and qualitative data analysis using variety of data analysis software.
Epidemiology and Research skills
Habteyes Hailu Tola demonstrate the ability as a proven epidemiologist and researcher with outstanding relationship building skills, strong communication abilities and exceptional emotional intelligence. Habteyes Hailu Tola demonstrate the ability to build capacity in scientific writing, research and data analysis for junior researchers, and University staff. Habteyes Hailu Tola proves success in teaching epidemiology, biostatistics and research methodology in different Universities for postgraduate students.
Students supervision and mentorship
Habteyes Hailu Tola demonstrate success in supervising postgraduate students’ thesis research in different Universities. Habteyes Hailu Tola demonstrated success in systematic review and meta-analysis that complemented by publishing several review articles in reputable peer reviewed journals. I have excellent experience in policy brief preparation for policy makers, and contributed as reviewer and editor on different peer reviewed high impact factor journals.
Publications
1. Njuguna C, Tola H, Maina BN, et al. Roles of health system leadership under emergency in drought- affected districts in northeast Uganda: a mixed- method study. BMJ Open 2024;14: e080374. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2023-080374
2. Njuguna C, Tola HH, Maina BN et al. Perceived barriers of access to health and nutrition services under drought and food insecurity emergency in north-east Uganda: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health (2024) 24:390.
3. Njuguna C, Tola HH, Maina BN et al. Essential health services delivery and quality improvement actions under drought and food insecurity emergency in north-east Uganda. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023 Dec 11;23(1):1387.
4. Kimuli Balikuddembe JK, Reinhardt JD, Zeng W, Tola HH, Di B. Public health priorities for Sino-Africa cooperation in Eastern Africa in context of flooding and malaria burden in Children: a tridecadal retrospective analysis. BMC Public Health (2023) 23:1331
5. Diriba G, Alemu A, Yenew B, Tola HH et al. Epidemiology of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Infect Dis. 2023 Jul; 132:50-63.
6. Gutema G, Tola HH, Fikadu D, Leta D et al. Positivity rate, trend and associated risk factors of mother-tochild transmission of HIV among HIV-exposed infants. BMC Pediatrics (2023) 23:283
7. Mengesha EG, Zerefa MD, Tola HH. Occurrence of asymptomatic malaria infection and living conditions in the lowlands of Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study. Infectious Diseases of Poverty (2022) 11:94
8. Mengesha E, Zerefa MD, Tola HH (2022). Asymptomatic malaria and nurturing factors in lowlands of Ethiopia: A community based cross-sectional study. PLOS Glob Public Health 2(8): e0000659.
9. Meaza A, Tola HH, Eshetu K, Mindaye T, Medhin G, Gumi B (2022). Tuberculosis among refugees and migrant populations: Systematic review. PLoS ONE 17(6): e0268696.
10. Gutema G, Tola HH, W/semeyat B, Yilma A, Abdela S, Kidane E, et al. (2022) Effect of sample management on quantitative HIV-1 viral load measurement at Saint Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. PLoS ONE 17(6): e0269943.
11. Diriba G, Tola HH, Alemu A, Yenew B, Gamtesa DF, Kebede A (2021). Drug resistance and its risk factors among extra-pulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 16(10): e0258295
12. Tola HH, Gamtesa DF. High inequality and slow services improvement in newborn and child health interventions in Ethiopia. Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics. 11: 513 – 523.
13. Alimohamadi Y, Tola HH, Abbasi-Ghahramanloo A, Janani M, Sepandi M. Case fatality rate of COVID19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Prev Med Hyg 2021 Jul 30;62(2):E311-E320.
14. Tola H, Khadoura KJ, Jimma W, Nedjat S, Majdzadeh R. Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcome in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. IJID 96 (2020) 12–18
15. Tola HH. Risk communication during novel corona-virus disease 2019 pandemic in low health service coverage setup: the case of Ethiopia.J Edu Health Promot 2020;9:143
16. Tola H, Holakouie-Naieni K, Mansournia M, Yaseri M, Tesfaye E, Mahamed Z et al. Low enrollment and high treatment success in children with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A ten years national retrospective cohort study. PLoS ONE 15(2): e0229284
17. Tola H, Holakouie-Naieni K, Mansournia M, Yaseri M, Tesfaye E, Mahamed Z et al (2019). Intermittent treatment interruption and its effect on multidrug resistant tuberculosis treatment outcome in Ethiopia. Scientific Reports 9:20030
18. Tola H, Holakouie-Naieni K, Tesfaye E, Mansournia MA, Yaseri M (2019). Prevalence of tuberculosis treatment non-adherence in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 23(6):741-749
19. Tola H, Ranjbaran M, Samani RO, Sadeghi M. Prevalence of UTI among Iranian infants with prolonged jaundice, and its main causes: a systematic review and meta-analysis study (2018). Journal of Pediatric Urology 14:108e115
20. Tola H, Karimi M, Yekaninejad MS. Effects of sociodemographic characteristics and patients’ health beliefs on tuberculosis treatment adherence in Ethiopia: a structural equation modeling approach (2017). Infectious Diseases of Poverty 6:167
21. Tola H, Garmaroudi G, Shojaeizadeh D, Tol A, Yekaninejad MS, Ejeta LT et al. The Effect of Psychosocial factors and Patient’s Perception on Tuberculosis Treatment Non-adherence in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2017). Ethiopian J. Health Scie. 27(5): 447-458
22. Tola H, Shojaeizadeh D, Tol A, Garmaroudi G, Yekaninejad MS, Kebede A, et al. (2016) Psychological and Educational Intervention to Improve Tuberculosis Treatment Adherence in Ethiopia Based on Health Belief Model: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial (2016). PLoS ONE 11(5): e0155147
