About
A well-experienced public health researcher and lecturer with over 15 years of experience in teaching higher education, supervising graduate and undergraduate students, conducting research and community services, and worked in different leadership positions such as dean of graduate studies, assistant registrar, and project management. Supervised over 30 graduate students' Thesis to completion and worked on a thesis examination and ethics review board, recruitment committee, editorial board, and journal reviewer. Developed graduate studies thesis and dissertation writing guidelines for Wolaita Sodo University. Developed a sustainable model (InteHTN/DM-HIV4PLWH)-integrated hypertension and diabetes with HIV care for PLWH at PHC facilities in Ethiopia based on the WHO- ICCC framework to address the chronic care needs of People living with HIV. Won 6 small grants and coauthored over 30 articles published in peer-reviewed, high-impact factor journals in public health and health system research. Have skills in quantitative, qualitative, mixed-method studies, and syntheses such as scoping review, systematic, and meta-analysis.
Research
My research focuses on strengthening primary healthcare systems, NCD and HIV, integrated chronic care, reducing health disparities, and concentrating on implementation sciences. He developed the InteHTN/DM-HIV4PLWH model, integrating hypertension and diabetes care with HIV services for people living with HIV in Ethiopia, based on the WHO ICCC framework. He has also been collaborating with scholars on GBD studies.
Publication
Publication List:SN Year Authors, title, journal, volume, pages1 2025 Gina LT, Handiso YH, Badacho AS, Hailu WS, Asres AW. Incidence and predictors of anemia among children with antiretroviral therapy at health facilities in Southern Ethiopia: A retrospective follow-up study. SAGE Open Medicine. 2025;13. doi:10.1177/205031212513718982 2024 Badacho AS, Woltamo DD, Demissie DB, Mahomed OH. Mapping evidence on barriers to and facilitators of diagnosing noncommunicable diseases among people living with human immunodeficiency virus in low- and middle-income countries in Africa: A scoping review. SAGE Open Medicine. 2024;12. doi:10.1177/205031212412539603 2024 Badacho AS, Mahomed OH: Lived experiences of people living with HIV and hypertension or diabetes access to care in Ethiopia: a phenomenological study: BMJ Open 2024;14:e078036 . doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-0780364 2023 Badacho, A.S., Mahomed, O.H. Sustainability of integrated hypertension and diabetes with HIV care for people living with HIV at primary health care in South Ethiopia: implication for integration. BMC Prim. Care 24, 244 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-023-02204-45 2023 Badacho AS, Mahomed OH. Prevalence of hypertension and diabetes and associated risk factors among people living with human immunodeficiency virus in Southern Ethiopia. Front Cardiovasc Med. 2023 Aug 23;10:1173440. doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1173440. PMID: 37680566; PMCID: PMC10482101.6 2023 Badacho AS, Mahomed OH. Mapping evidence on barriers to and facilitators of diagnosing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Africa: a scoping review 2023 PLOS ONE: 10.1371/journal.pone.02949797 2023 Badacho, A.S., Mahomed, O.H. Facilitators and Barriers to Integration of Noncommunicable Diseases with HIV Care at Primary Health Care in Ethiopia: A qualitative analysis using CFIR: Front Public health 2023 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.12471218 2024 Demissie DB, Molla G, Tiruneh Tiyare F, Badacho AS, Tadele A. Magnitude, disparity, and predictors of poor-quality antenatal care service: A systematic review and meta-analysis. SAGE Open Medicine. 2024;12. doi:10.1177/205031212412482759 2024 Woldegeorgis, B.Z., Asgedom, Y.S., Habte, A. et al. Highly active antiretroviral therapy is necessary but not sufficient. A systematic review and meta-analysis of mortality incidence rates and predictors among HIV-infected adults receiving treatment in Ethiopia, a surrogate study for resource-poor settings. BMC Public Health 24, 1735 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-19268-110 2024 Darebo, T., Spigt, M., Teklewold, B. et al. The sexual and reproductive healthcare challenges when dealing with female migrants and refugees in low and middle-income countries (a qualitative evidence synthesis). BMC Public Health 24, 520 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-17916-011 2023 Abraha D, Gebreyes E, Wolka E, Dender G, Sorsa A, Muhumuza J. Determinants of adverse management outcomes of blunt abdominal trauma patients operated at a referral hospital in southern Ethiopia: a retrospective record review. BMC Surg. 2023 Nov 21;23(1):357. DOI: 10.1186/s12893-023-02261-7. PMID: 37990208; PMCID: PMC10664474.12 2023 Mimani Minuta W, Lera T, Haile D, Badacho AS, Bekele B, Gezume Ganta A, Nigussie Bolado G, Bashe B. Lived Experience of Mothers Having Preterm Newborns in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Wolaita Sodo University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital Southern Ethiopia: A Phenomenological Study. Research and Reports in Neonatology. 2023;13:1-14 https://doi.org/10.2147/RRN.S41717313 2023 Abebe Sorsa Badacho, Abera Chama, Tadele Dana Darebo & Deginesh Dawit Woltamo; Client Satisfaction with antiretroviral treatment services in South Ethiopian public health facilities: an institution-based cross-sectional survey: ID: 2212949 DOI:10.1080/16549716.2023.221294914 2022 Gemechu, A.D., Gebremedhin, T.D., Andebiku, Abebe Sorsa Badacho et al. The effect of ketamine versus tramadol on prophylactic post-spinal shivering in those patients undergoing orthopedic surgery: a prospective cohort study design, 2020. BMC Anesthesiol 22, 361 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-022-01906-z15 2022 Asmare G, Madalicho M, Sorsa A. Disparities in full immunization coverage among urban and rural children aged 12 -23 months in southwest Ethiopia: A comparative cross-sectional study. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2022 Sep 2:2101316. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2101316. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36054825.16 2022 Tesfalem Israel Korga, Abebe Melis Nisiro, Berhanu Lijalem Yigez, Selamawit Abebe Ayele, Deginesh Dawit Woltamo, Yohannes Zewde, Abebe Sorsa Badacho, Histopathologic Patterns of Lymph Node Diseases Among Patients Diagnosed in Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia, American Journal of Laboratory Medicine. Volume 7, Issue 3, May 2022 , pp. 43-48. doi: 10.11648/j.ajlm.20220703.1217 2022 Woltamo, D.D., Meskele, M., Workie, S.B. Badacho A.S: Determinants of fetal macrosomia among live births in southern Ethiopia: a matched case–control study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 22, 465 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-04734-818 2022 Badacho AS, Lelu MA, Gelan Z, Woltamo DD (2022) Uterine prolapse and associated factors among reproductive-age women in south west Ethiopia: A community-based cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE 17(1): e0262077. https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.026207719 2020 Abera AF, Desale AY, Argaw MD, Desta BF, Tsegaye ZT, Mavundla TR, et al. (2020). Satisfaction with Primary Health Care Services between Insured and Non-insured patients under Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Facility Based Study in North East Ethiopia. Fam Med Med Sci Res 9: 245. doi:10.35248/2327-4972.20.9.24520 2020 Desta Mota Kuma, Abebe Sorsa Badacho, Melese Meleku Kurucho. Prevalence and Determinants of Timely Initiation of Breastfeeding Among Mothers in Sodo Zuriya District, South Ethiopia: A Cross-sectional Study. American Journal of Laboratory Medicine. Vol. 5, No. 3, 2020, pp. 63-69. doi: 10.11648/j.ajlm.20200503.1121 2019 Wondewosen Afework, Abebe Sorsa Badacho, Tsegaye Demisse and Endale Amare. Dietary diversity and associated factors among children aged 6-23 months in rural area of damot sore District, South Ethiopia: International journal of pure medical research, volume-4, issue-4, april – 2019.22 2018 Yakob B, Alemseged F, Paulos W, Badacho AS (2018) Trends in Treatment Success Rate and Associated Factors among Tuberculosis in Ethiopia: A Cohort Study. Health Sci J Vol.12.No.5:598.23 2018 DessalegnD, Abebe sorsa Badacho; Statistical Analysis on Correlates of HIV Testing Outcomes Based on Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) 2011 Data; Science Journal of Public Health, 2018; 6(5): 120-126, 201824 2018 Tamrat T, Abebe Badacho; desta Mota: Timely Introduction of Complementary Feeding among Caregivers of Children 6-12 Month Sodo Town, Ethiopia, Health Science Journal, Vol.12 No.1:543, 201825 2017 Deriba et al. Health professionals’ job satisfaction and associated factors at public health centers in West Ethiopia BioMed central Human Resource for Health, 15 , 6 201726 2016 Badacho et al. Household satisfaction with a community‑based health insurance scheme in Ethiopia, BMC Res Notes (2016) 9:424 DOI 10.1186/s13104-016-2226-927 2016 Melese Melaku Kuruche, Tefera Belachew, Ashagre Molla, Abebe Sorsa Badacho: Prevalence and Associated Factors of Pressure Ulcer among Adult Inpatients in Wolaita Sodo University Teaching Hospital, Southern Ethiopia; Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3208 (Paper) ISSN 2225-093X (Online) Vol.6, No.11, 2016
Contact
"Abebe Sorsa Badacho Email: abebe.badacho@wsu.edu.et; sorsabebe@gmail.com Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abebe-Badacho-2 Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=pCb6B2QAAAAJ&hl=en"
