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Environment and Climate Change Research Division

Mr.Zinabu Assefa

Zinabu Assefa Alemu is a senior researcher at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, leading the Environment and Climate Change Research Division. He [...]

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Scope:

The division is committed to conducting scientific research and generating evidence-based information in the fields of Environmental Health Risk Assessment, Climate Change, and Occupational health. It also support the development of healthy environmental policies and recommendations.

      Objectives:

  • Conduct research on national safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) Strategy.
  • Monitor the WASH status of the Country through survey and surveillance.
  • To generate evidences to reduce exposure to environmental hazards
  • To assess and evaluate climate-related health impacts
  • To carried out research on environmental health
  • To research in emerging and persistent environmental health challenges
  • To conduct research on occupational toxicology and epidemiology
  • To conduct research on environmental risk factors like Tobacco smoking
  • To develop knowledge hub on climate, health and nutrition nexus.
  • Conduct research during public health emergency and after, and provide technical support on prevention and preparedness of public health emergency.

Publications

  1. Trends of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services and associated factors among households in Wolayita, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2025.293
  2. Prevalence of Diarrhea Disease and Associated Factors Among Children Under 5 Years in Geshiyaro Project Implementation Sites in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Health Science Reports, 8: e70380. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.70380
  3. Households’ access to basic sanitation services and associated factors in Geshiyaro project study sites in Ethiopia. Discover Sustainability, 5(1), 200. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00420-1
  4. Prevalence of Open Defecation Practice and Associated Factors Among Households in Geshiyaro Project Implementation Sites in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study. Environmental Health Insights, 18. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302241252
  5. Trends and impacts of demographic disparity on JMP ladders for drinking water and sanitation services: further analysis of the Ethiopian demographic and health surveys. Discover Water, 3(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43832-023-00028-y
  6. Hydro-meteorological drought in Addis Ababa: A characterization study. AIMS Environmental Science. https://doi.org/10.3934/environsci.2021011
  7. Climate change and trend analysis of temperature: the case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Environmental Systems Research, 9(1), pp.1-15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40068-020-00190-5
  8. Modelling scenarios for sustainable water supply and demand in Addis Ababa city, Ethiopia. Environmental Systems Research, 9(1), pp.1-14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40068-020-00168-3
  9. Physicochemical quality of drinking water sources in Ethiopia and its health impact: a retrospective study. Environmental Systems Research, 4, pp.1-8. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40068-015-0049-7
  10. Retrospective study of fluoride distribution in Ethiopian drinking water sources. Asian Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 4(2), pp.127-136. https://docplayer.net/2215153-Retrospective-study-of-fluoride-distribution-in-ethiopian-drinking-water-sources.html
  11. Effect of demographic disparities on the use of the JMP ladders for water, sanitation, and hygiene services in Bishoftu Town, Ethiopia. Discover Water, 2(1), p.8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43832-022-00017-7
  12. Adherence to infection prevention and control measures and risk of exposure among health‐care workers: A cross‐sectional study from the early period of COVID‐19 pandemic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Health Science Reports, 6(6), p.e1365. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hsr2.1365
  13. Prevalence and epidemiological distribution of indicators of pathogenic bacteria in households drinking water in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Public Health, 24(1), 2511. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20067-x
  14. Factors associated with food safety practice and drinking-water quality of food establishments in Bishoftu Town, Ethiopia. Discover Food, 2(1), p.35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44187-022-00037-1
  15. Access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and drinking water contamination risk levels in households of Bishoftu Town, Ethiopia: A cross‐sectional study. Health Science Reports, 6(11), p.e1662. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1662
  16. Associations of WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program (JMP) Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Service Ladder service levels and sociodemographic factors with diarrhoeal disease among children under 5 years in Bishoftu town, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. BMJ open, 13(7), p.e071296. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071296
  17. Factors influencing access to basic water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in schools of Bishoftu Town, Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. Discover Sustainability, 4(1), p.5. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43621-023-00122-0
  18. Determinants of vaccine acceptance, knowledge, attitude, and prevention practices against COVID‐19 among governmental healthcare workers in Addis Ababa and Adama, Ethiopia: A cross‐sectional study. Health Science Reports, 6(1), p.e1074. https://doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1074
  19. Level of JMP ladders for water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services among healthcare facilities of Bishoftu Town, Ethiopia: an implication of healthcare-associated infection prevention status. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2023.230
  20. Air quality assessment in three East African cities using calibrated low-cost sensors with a focus on road-based hotspots. Environmental Research Communications, 3(7), p.075007. https://doi.10.1088/2515-7620/ac0e0a
  21. Sanitary condition and its microbiological quality of improved water sources in the Southern Region of Ethiopia. Environmental monitoring and assessment, 192, pp.1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08297-z
  22. Utilization of unimproved energy sources and associated factors among households in Bishoftu town, Ethiopia: implications for climate change and health concerns. Discover Sustainability, 5(1), 295. https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-024-00524-8
  23. Tobacco use prevalence and its determinate factor in Ethiopia- finding of the 2016 Ethiopian GATS. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-022-12893-8
  24. Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) report. https://ephi.gov.et/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GATS-Ethiopian-Country-Report_final_version_.pdf
  • Ethiopia Steps Report on Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Diseases and Prevalence of Selected NCDs. https://ephi.gov.et/

 

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