Fisaha Haile Tesfay

21.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 425 citations indexed

About

Fisaha Haile Tesfay is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Fisaha Haile Tesfay has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 425 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in General Health Professions, 9 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 7 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Fisaha Haile Tesfay's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (8 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (7 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (6 papers). Fisaha Haile Tesfay is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (8 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (7 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (6 papers). Fisaha Haile Tesfay collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Ethiopia and United States. Fisaha Haile Tesfay's co-authors include Ruth Jackson, Hagos Godefay, Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwot, Hailay Abrha Gesesew, Maru Aregawi, Selome Gezahegn, Kiros Berhane, Elias S. Siraj, Azeb Gebresilassie Tesema and Dawd Siraj and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, European Heart Journal and Journal of Affective Disorders.

In The Last Decade

Fisaha Haile Tesfay

25 papers receiving 415 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The impact of war on the health system of the Tigray region in Ethiopia: an assessment

2021 117 citations Hailay Abrha Gesesew, Kiros Berhane et al. BMJ Global Health profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fisaha Haile Tesfay Australia	11	188	145	91	76	51	28	425
Edward Galiwango Uganda	13	220 1.2×	99 0.7×	54 0.6×	51 0.7×	88 1.7×	23	411
Monjur Rahman Bangladesh	10	282 1.5×	124 0.9×	148 1.6×	59 0.8×	62 1.2×	25	413
Abebe Mamo Ethiopia	12	152 0.8×	136 0.9×	86 0.9×	31 0.4×	29 0.6×	29	427
Nosa Orobaton United States	13	330 1.8×	175 1.2×	107 1.2×	68 0.9×	65 1.3×	24	487
Senga Pemba Tanzania	10	277 1.5×	181 1.2×	77 0.8×	114 1.5×	55 1.1×	17	474
Emily Treleaven United States	12	243 1.3×	87 0.6×	75 0.8×	55 0.7×	65 1.3×	33	398
Kasiye Shiferaw Ethiopia	12	226 1.2×	157 1.1×	86 0.9×	47 0.6×	37 0.7×	32	397
Abhishek Gautam India	10	173 0.9×	181 1.2×	66 0.7×	58 0.8×	60 1.2×	29	475
Dennis Lee United States	6	176 0.9×	201 1.4×	56 0.6×	101 1.3×	77 1.5×	8	487
Eunice Okyere Ghana	11	339 1.8×	134 0.9×	108 1.2×	55 0.7×	77 1.5×	20	454

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Hitch, Danielle, Tanita Botha, Fisaha Haile Tesfay, et al.. (2025). Impacts of long COVID on disability, function and quality of life for adults living in Australia. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 31(5).

Tsadik, Mache, et al.. (2024). Armed conflict and maternal health service utilization in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region: a community-based survey. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 2840–2840. 1 indexed citations

Alston, Laura, Fisaha Haile Tesfay, Rashmi Pant, et al.. (2024). Use of Guideline-Recommended Heart Failure Drugs in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Global Heart. 19(1). 74–74. 1 indexed citations

Gebreyesus, Aregawi, et al.. (2024). Prevalence of depression and associated factors among community hosted internally displaced people of Tigray; during war and siege. BMC Psychiatry. 24(1). 3–3. 6 indexed citations

Mekonnen, Alemayehu, Vidanka Vasilevski, Anna Chapman, et al.. (2024). Barriers and enablers to effective weight management for people living with overweight and obesity: A rapid scoping review. Obesity Reviews. 26(3). e13858–e13858. 3 indexed citations

Gesesew, Hailay Abrha, Lillian Mwanri, Tesfay Mehari Atey, et al.. (2024). Prevalence of vicarious trauma, depression, anxiety, stress, post-traumatic stress disorder, and resilience among the Tigrayan diaspora in Australia: A cross-sectional study following the Tigray conflict. Journal of Affective Disorders. 370. 34–44.

Alston, Laura, Fisaha Haile Tesfay, Ehete Bahiru, et al.. (2023). Use of guideline-recommended heart failure drugs in high-, middle- and low-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Heart Journal. 44(Supplement_2). 1 indexed citations

Koye, Digsu N., Yohannes Adama Melaku, Yalemzewod Assefa Gelaw, et al.. (2022). Mapping national, regional and local prevalence of hypertension and diabetes in Ethiopia using geospatial analysis. BMJ Open. 12(12). e065318–e065318. 4 indexed citations

Flavel, Joanne, Martin McKee, Fisaha Haile Tesfay, et al.. (2022). Explaining health inequalities in Australia: the contribution of income, wealth and employment. Australian Journal of Primary Health. 28(6). 474–481. 20 indexed citations

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Tesfay, Fisaha Haile, Christina Zorbas, Laura Alston, et al.. (2022). Prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 936482–936482. 23 indexed citations

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Tesfay, Fisaha Haile, Sara Javanparast, Hailay Abrha Gesesew, Lillian Mwanri, & Anna Ziersch. (2022). Characteristics and impacts of nutritional programmes to address undernutrition of adults living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of evidence. BMJ Open. 12(1). e047205–e047205. 5 indexed citations

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Gesesew, Hailay Abrha, Kiros Berhane, Elias S. Siraj, et al.. (2021). The impact of war on the health system of the Tigray region in Ethiopia: an assessment. BMJ Global Health. 6(11). e007328–e007328. 117 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tesfay, Fisaha Haile, Sara Javanparast, Lillian Mwanri, & Anna Ziersch. (2020). Stigma and discrimination: barriers to the utilisation of a nutritional program in HIV care services in the Tigray region, Ethiopia. BMC Public Health. 20(1). 904–904. 15 indexed citations

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Tesfay, Fisaha Haile, et al.. (2020). Economic evaluations considering costs and outcomes of diabetic foot ulcer infections: A systematic review. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0232395–e0232395. 28 indexed citations

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Tesfay, Fisaha Haile, Anna Ziersch, Lillian Mwanri, & Sara Javanparast. (2020). Contextual and individual level factors influencing nutritional program effectiveness in HIV care setting in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia: Mixed methods study. PLoS ONE. 15(4). e0231859–e0231859. 7 indexed citations

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Medhanyie, Araya Abrha, et al.. (2017). Prevalence and predictors of implanon utilization among women of reproductive age group in Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia. Reproductive Health. 14(1). 62–62. 19 indexed citations

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Jackson, Ruth, Fisaha Haile Tesfay, Hagos Godefay, & Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwot. (2016). Health Extension Workers' and Mothers' Attitudes to Maternal Health Service Utilization and Acceptance in Adwa Woreda, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0150747–e0150747. 42 indexed citations

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Jackson, Ruth, Fisaha Haile Tesfay, Tesfay Gebregzabher Gebrehiwot, & Hagos Godefay. (2016). Factors that hinder or enable maternal health strategies to reduce delays in rural and pastoralist areas in Ethiopia. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 22(2). 148–160. 35 indexed citations

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Melaku, Yohannes Adama, Berhe Weldearegawi, Fisaha Haile Tesfay, et al.. (2014). Poor linkages in maternal health care services—evidence on antenatal care and institutional delivery from a community-based longitudinal study in Tigray region, Ethiopia. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 14(1). 418–418. 32 indexed citations

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Melaku, Yohannes Adama, et al.. (2014). Causes of death among females–investigating beyond maternal causes: a community-based longitudinal study. BMC Research Notes. 7(1). 629–629. 7 indexed citations

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