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DUFERA RIKITU TEREFA

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DUFERA RIKITU TEREFAName: DUFERA RIKITU TEREFA

Academic Status: MSc.

Position: Lecturer

Field of Specialization: MSc in Health Economics

Department: Public Health

Research Interest:

  • Health Economics Research
  • Economic Evaluation: cost of illness analysis (COIA), Economic Burden of Diseases (EBD), Program cost analysis, Cost benefit analysis (CBA), Cost effectiveness analysis (CEA), Cost Utility analysis (CUA), Budget Impact Analysis (BIA)
  • Health Economic Evaluation (HEE) and Modeling of public health interventions, policies, programs & technologies
  • Economic Evaluation of Chronic Non-Communicable Disease (NCDs); Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs); Infectious Disease; Adult, Youth, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn & Child Health (AYRMNCH); Vaccines, Drugs & Supplies
  • Health Economics, Equity and Efficiency (HEEE) of Public Health interventions: Equity Analysis, Efficiency Analysis
  • Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of Public Health interventions
  • Health Outcomes & Quality of Life: Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), Health Utility Measurements, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures(PROM) and Preferences; Discrete Choice Experiments (DCE) & Willingness-To-Pay (WTP)
  • Health System and Policy Research
  • Health Policy, Management & Evaluation
  • Health System and Implementation Research
  • Evidence-Based Public Health, Medicine and Practices (EBP,EBM,EBP)
  • Digital Health and Innovation: Non Communicable Diseases (Diabetes, Cancer, HTN, cardiovascular diseases, Mental health, respiratory diseases), Neglected Tropical diseases
  • Health System Reforms: Health System Financing (HSF), Health Insurances, Performance Based Financing(PBF), Health Management Information System (HMIS), Health Data Quality, Quality Improvement (QI)
  • Primary Health Care (PHC)
  • Public Health Program Evaluation

Publications:

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    1

    Terefa DR, Geta ET, Shama AT, et al.What role does community- based health insurance play in the utilization of health services among households in Ethiopia? A community- based comparative cross- sectional study. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e078733. Doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2023-078733

    Terefa DR, Geta ET, Shama AT, et al.

    BMJ Open

    doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2023-078733

    2

    Terefa DR, Shama AT, Kenea AK. Socio-demographic and institutional determinants of zinc bundled with oral rehydration salt utilization among under-five children with diarrheal diseases in East Wallaga zone, western Ethiopia: a community- based cross- sectional study. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e070203. Doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-070203

    Terefa DR, Shama AT, Kenea AK

    BMJ Open

    doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-070203

    3

    Dufera Rikitu Terefa, Adisu Tafari Shama & Esayas Tekle (2023) Outcomes following COVID-19 vaccination and associated factors among healthcare professionals in Oromia region, Ethiopia, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutic, 19:1, 2167901, DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2167901

    Dufera Rikitu Terefa, Adisu Tafari Shama & Esayas Tekle

    Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutic

    doi: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2167901

    4

    Terefa DR, Tesfaye E, Tolessa BE, et al. Impact of the COVID- 19 pandemic on the cost of chronic diseases treatment and care at public hospitals in Wallaga zones, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia: a hospital-based, cross- sectional study. BMJ Open 2023;13:e070195.doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-070195

    Terefa DR, Tesfaye E, Tolessa BE, et al.

    BMJ Open

    doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2022-070195

    5

    Dufera Rikitu Terefa, Adisu Tafari Shama. Predictors of Under-Five Caregivers’ Utilization of Co-Packaged Zinc & Oral Rehydration Salts for Childhood Diarrhea in East Wollega Zone, Western Ethiopia. Dove press, Patient Preference & Adherence, 2023:17, 913–926. DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S405054

    Dufera Rikitu Terefa, Adisu Tafari Shama

    Dove press, Patient Preference & Adherence

    DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S405054

    6

    Rikitu Terefa D, Shama AT, Feyisa BR, Ewunetu Desisa A, Geta ET, Chego Cheme M, Tamiru Edosa A. COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake and Associated Factors Among Health Professionals in Ethiopia. Infect Drug Resist. 2021; 14:5531-5541

    Rikitu Terefa D, Shama AT, Feyisa BR, Ewunetu Desisa A, Geta ET, Chego Cheme M, Tamiru Edosa A

    Dove press, Infect Drug Resist

    DOI: 10.2147/IDR.S344647

    7

    Terefa DR, Sinkie SO, Daka DW. Economic Burden of Malaria and Associated Factors among Rural Households in Chewaka District, Western Ethiopia. Dovepress, Clinicoecon Outcomes Res. 2020;12:141-152.https://doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S241590

    Terefa DR, Sinkie SO, Daka DW

    Dovepress, Clinicoecon Outcomes Res

    https://doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S241590

    8

    Samrawit Nigusea, Semere Gebremariama, Dufera Rikitu Terefa*, Yonas Biseta, Esete Mekashaa, and Kidest Meskele. Assessment of COVID-19 vaccine take-up and its predictors among healthcare professionals in public hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Facility-based cross-sectional study. HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS.2023; 19:1, 2171181. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2171181.

    Samrawit Nigusea, Semere Gebremariama, Dufera Rikitu Terefa*, Yonas Biseta, Esete Mekashaa, and Kidest Meskele

    HUMAN VACCINES & IMMUNOTHERAPEUTICS

    doi: 10.1080/21645515.2023.2171181.

    9

    Geta ET, Terefa DR, Hailu WB, Olani W, Merdassa E, Dessalegn M, et al. (2024) Effectiveness of shared decision-making for glycaemic control among type 2 diabetes mellitus adult patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS ONE 19(7): e0306296. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306296

    Geta ET, Terefa DR, Hailu WB, Olani W, Merdassa E, Dessalegn M, et al.

    PLoS ONE

    https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0306296

    10

    Shama AT, Terefa DR, Desisa AE, et al. Breast cancer and its determinants in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta- analysis. BMJ Open 2024; 14(11):e080080. doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2023-080080

    Shama AT, Terefa DR, Desisa AE, et al.

    BMJ Open

    doi: 10.1136/ bmjopen-2023-080080

    11

    Geta ET, Lushe KA, Desisa AE, Terefa DR, Cheme MC, Shama AT and Lema M (2024) Determinants of community-based health insurance membership renewal decision among rural households in Kellem Wollega zone, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study. Front. Public Health 11:1192991. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1192991.

    Geta ET, Lushe KA, Desisa AE, Terefa DR, Cheme MC, Shama AT and Lema M

    Front. Public Health

    doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1192991

    12

    Tesfaye Geta E, Terefa DR, Desisa AE. Efficiency of Medical Equipment Utilization and Its Associated Factors at Public Referral Hospitals in East Wollega Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Med Devices (Auckl). 2023; 16:37-46

    Tesfaye Geta E, Terefa DR, Desisa AE.

    Med Devices (Auckl)

    doi: 10.2147/MDER.S401041

    13

    Adisu Tafari Shama , Gemechis Teka, Samuel Yohannes Lemu, Biftu Tesfaye, Hawi Ebisa, Dejene Seyoum Gebre , Dufera Rikitu Terefa. Assessment of Blood Donation Practice and Its Associated Factors among Wollega University Undergraduate Students, Ethiopia Journal of Blood Medicine. January 202213:711-724.https://doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S385348

    Adisu Tafari Shama , Gemechis Teka, Samuel Yohannes Lemu, Biftu Tesfaye, Hawi Ebisa, Dejene Seyoum Gebre , Dufera Rikitu Terefa

    Ethiopia Journal of Blood Medicine

    https://doi.org/10.2147/JBM.S385348

    14

    Ebisa Turi, Temesgen Tilahun, Motuma Getachew, Tariku Tesfaye, Belachew Etana, Eba Abdisa, Wolkite Olani, Adisu Ewunetu, Getahun Fetensa, Dufera Rikitu, Edosa Tesfaye, Melese Chego, Ginenus Fekadu, Tadesse Tolossa. Antenatal care service utilization among women who gave birth amid COVID-19 pandemic in Wollega Zone, West Ethiopia: Community based cross-sectional study. November 2022.Reproductive Health 14(4). DOI.10.69614/ejrh.v14i4.554

    Ebisa Turi, Temesgen Tilahun, Motuma Getachew, Tariku Tesfaye, Belachew Etana, Eba Abdisa, Wolkite Olani, Adisu Ewunetu, Getahun Fetensa, Dufera Rikitu, Edosa Tesfaye, Melese Chego, Ginenus Fekadu, Tadesse Tolossa

    Reproductive Health

    DOI.10.69614/ejrh.v14i4.554

    15

    Shama.AT, Wakuma.O, Debelo.S, Terefa.DR, Cheme.MC, Lema.M, Biru.B , Geta.ET. Prevalence and associated factors of stunting and thinness among primary school- aged children in Gudeya Bila district, West Ethiopia: a cross- sectional study. BMJ Open 2023; 13:e072313. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072313.

    Shama.AT, Wakuma.O, Debelo.S, Terefa.DR, Cheme.MC, Lema.M, Biru.B , Geta.ET

    BMJ Open

    doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072313

    16

    Adisu Tafari Shama, Olana Terefa, Iyasu Gadisa, Gemechu Feyera, Getnet Tamiru, Dufera Rikitu Terefa and Emiru Merdassa. Surgical management outcome and its associated factors among intestinal obstruction patients admitted to adult surgical ward of Wollega University Referral Hospital, Ethiopia. May 2023.BMC Surgery 23(1):136 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-023-02043-1

    Adisu Tafari Shama, Olana Terefa, Iyasu Gadisa, Gemechu Feyera, Getnet Tamiru, Dufera Rikitu Terefa and Emiru Merdassa

    BMC Surgery

    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-023-02043-1

    17

    Shama AT, Terefa DR, Geta ET, Cheme MC, Biru B, Feyisa JW, et al. (2023) Latrine utilization and associated factors among districts implementing and not-implementing community-led total sanitation and hygiene in East Wollega, Western Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE 18(7): e0288444. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0288444

    Shama AT, Terefa DR, Geta ET, Cheme MC, Biru B, Feyisa JW, et al.

    PLoS ONE

    https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0288444

    18

    Shin YH, Hwang J, Kwon R, Lee SW, Kim MS; GBD 2019 Allergic Disorders Collaborators; Shin JI, Yon DK. Global, regional, and national burden of allergic disorders and their risk factors in 204 countries and territories, from 1990 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Allergy. 2023 Aug; 78 (8):2232-2254. doi: 10.1111/all.15807. Epub 2023 Jul 11. PMID: 37431853; PMCID: PMC10529296.

    Shin YH, Hwang J, Kwon R, Lee SW, et al.

    Allergy

    doi: 10.1111/all.15807

    19

    Han Yong Wunrow, Rose G Bender, Avina Vongpradith, et al. GBD 2019 Meningitis Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of meningitis and its aetiologies, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Neurol. 2023 Aug; 22(8):685-711. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00195-3. PMID: 37479374; PMCID: PMC10356620.

    Han Yong Wunrow, Rose G Bender, Avina Vongpradith, et al.

    Lancet Neurol

    doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00195-3

    20

    Shama AT, Abaerei AA, Terefa DR, Desisa AE, Geta ET,Turi A. Utilization of health data and associated factors among department heads in public health facilities in Eastern Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study in Harari region. Int J Med Inform. 2023; 179:105229. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105229.

    Shama AT, Abaerei AA, Terefa DR, Desisa AE, Geta ET,Turi A

    Int J Med Inform

    doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105229

    21

    Tekle E, Adisu Y, Rikitu D, Teferi S, Fikadu A, Kifle E.ABO and Rh (D) blood group phenotype distribution pattern among blood donors at the Nekemte Blood Bank, Oromia, West Ethiopia: a retrospective cross-sectional study. J Int Med Res. 2023; 51(12). doi: 10.1177/03000605231223038.

    Tekle E, Adisu Y, Rikitu D, Teferi S, Fikadu A, Kifle E

    J Int Med Res

    doi: 10.1177/03000605231223038

    22

    Natalia V Bhattacharjee, Austin E Schumacher, Amirali Aali,et al. Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Lancet. 2024; 403(10441):2057-99. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00550-6.

    Natalia V Bhattacharjee, Austin E Schumacher, Amirali Aali,et al.

    Lancet

    doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00550-6.

    23

    Michael Brauer, Gregory A Roth, Aleksandr Y Aravkin,et al. GBD 2021 Risk Factors Collaborators. Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2024 May 18; 403(10440):2162-2203. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00933-4. Erratum in: Lancet. 2024 Jul 20; 404(10449):244. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)01458-2. PMID: 38762324; PMCID: PMC11120204.

    Michael Brauer, Gregory A Roth, Aleksandr Y Aravkin,et al.

    Lancet

    doi:10.1016/S0140-6736 (24)00933-4

    24

    Konrad Pesudovs, Van Charles Lansingh, John H Kempen,et al. Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study; GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators. Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by cataract: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020. Eye (Lond). 2024 Aug; 38(11):2156-2172. doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-02961-1. PMID: 38461217; PMCID: PMC11269584.

    Konrad Pesudovs, Van Charles Lansingh, John H Kempen,et al.

    Eye (Lond)

    doi: 10.1038/s41433-024-02961-1

    25

    Lema, M., Cheme, M.C., Shama, A.T. et al. Active trachoma and associated factors in children aged 1 to 9 years living in Sasiga rural districts, East Wallaga Zone, Ethiopia, in 2022: a community- based cross-sectional study. BMC Ophthalmol 24, 284 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-024-03558-8

    Lema, M., Cheme, M.C., Shama, A.T. et al

    BMC Ophthalmol

    https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-024-03558-8

    26

    Yingzhao Jin, Cui Guo, Mohammadreza Abbasian, et al. GBD 2019 MSK in Adolescents Collaborators. Global pattern, trend, and cross-country inequality of early musculoskeletal disorders from 1990 to 2019, with projection from 2020 to 2050. Med. 2024 Aug 9;5(8):943-962.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2024.04.009. Epub 2024 Jun 3. PMID: 38834074; PMCID: PMC11321819.

    Yingzhao Jin, Cui Guo, Mohammadreza Abbasian,et al.

    Med

    doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2024.04.009

    27

    Dana Bryazka, Marissa B Reitsma, Yohannes Habtegiorgis Abate, et al. GBD 2021 Tobacco Forecasting Collaborators. Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Public Health. 2024 Oct;9(10):e729-e744. doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00166-X. PMID: 39366729; PMCID: PMC11447278.

    Dana Bryazka, Marissa B Reitsma, Yohannes Habtegiorgis Abate,et al

    Lancet Public Health

    doi: 10.1016/S2468-2667(24)00166-X.

    28

    Sarah Brooke Sirota, Matthew C Doxey, Regina-Mae Villanueva Dominguez, et al. GBD 2021 Upper Respiratory Infections Otitis Media Collaborators. Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Jan;25(1):36-51. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00430-4. Epub 2024 Sep 9. PMID: 39265593; PMCID: PMC11680489.

    Sarah Brooke Sirota, Matthew C Doxey, Regina-Mae Villanueva Dominguez,et al.

    Lancet Infect Dis

    doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(24)00430-4

    29

    Shama AT, Terefa DR, Desisa AE, et al. Breast cancer and its determinants in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Open 2024; 14:e080080. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080080

    Shama AT, Terefa DR, Desisa AE, et al.

    Lancet

    doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00355-1

    30

    Ng, Marie et al. GBD 2021 Overweight and Obesity Collaborators. Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2025. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00355-1.

    Ng, Marie et al.

    Lancet

    doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00355-1

    31

    Lisa M Force, Jonathan M Kocarnik , Miranda L May, et al. GBD 2023 Cancer Collaborators. The global, regional, and national burden of cancer, 1990-2023, with forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. Lancet. 2025 Oct 11;406(10512):1565-1586. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01635-6. Epub 2025 Sep 24. PMID: 41015051.

    Lisa M Force, Jonathan M Kocarnik , Miranda L May,et al.

    Lancet

    doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01635-6

    32

    Evelyn Hsieh, Dana Bryazka , Kanyin Liane Ong, et al. GBD 2021 Low Bone Mineral Density Collaborators. The global, regional, and national burden attributable to low bone mineral density, 1990-2020: an analysis of a modifiable risk factor from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Rheumatol. 2025 Dec;7(12):e873-e894. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(25)00105-5. Epub 2025 Sep 16. PMID: 40972625.

    Evelyn Hsieh, Dana Bryazka , Kanyin Liane Ong,et al.

    Lancet Rheumatol

    doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(25)00105-5

    33

    Jessica A Kerr, George C Patton, Karly I Cini, et al. GBD 2021 Adolescent BMI Collaborators. Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990-2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lan cet. 2025 Mar 8; 405(10481):785-812. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00397-6. Epub 2025 Mar 3. PMID: 40049185; PMCID: PMC11920006.

    Jessica A Kerr, George C Patton, Karly I Cini,et al.

    Lancet

    doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)00397-6

    34

    Prof John H Kempen,Prof Kovin S Naidoo, Stephen Gichuhi, et al. Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study &the GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment Collaborators (24 Mar 2025): Prevalenceof Blindness and Visual Impairment in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020: Magnitude andTemporal Trends. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Ophthalmic Epidemiology, DOI:10.1080/09286586.2025.2474654

    Prof John H Kempen,Prof Kovin S Naidoo, Stephen Gichuhi, et al.

    Ophthalmic Epidemiology

    doi: 10.1080/09286586.2025.2474654

    35

    Temesgen Jaleta Dibaba, Dufera Rikitu Terefa*, Biniam Worku Hailu . Willingness to Join Community Based Health Insuranceand Its Predictors Among Informal Sectors in Buno BedeleZone, South West Ethiopia. December 2021. International Journal of Health Economics. doi: 10.11648/j.hep.20210604.12

    Temesgen Jaleta Dibaba, Dufera Rikitu Terefa*, Biniam Worku Hailu

    International Journal of Health Economics and Policy

    doi: 10.11648/j.hep.20210604.12

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