Mr Desta Atnafu
Research Student - MPhil/PhD - Epidemiology & Population Health
United Kingdom
I have a bachelor's degree from Wolaita Soddo University in Environmental Health Sciences and a Master of Public Health from Addis Ababa University in Health Management. I have worked at Menelik II Comprehensive Specialized Hospital and the City Government of Addis Ababa Health Bureau since 2010. I joined as a Lecturer of Health Service Management at the University of Gondar, Department of Health Service Management and Health Economics, in 2015, undertaking teaching in Health Economics, Health Service Management and supervising students in conducting research on health system strengthening, health policy, healthcare human resource management, and healthcare financing. I also joined Bahir Dar University's Department of Health System Management and Health Economics in 2016 and worked on research and academics. My research experience is focused on the health system and policy in Ethiopia. Currently, I am attending my doctoral study (Ph.D. in Epidemiology and Population Health) at the Department of Population, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, International Center for Evidence in Disability on a research project: Access to Disability Inclusive Healthcare in the Formal Sector in Ethiopia.
Affiliations
Department of Population Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health
Teaching
Health System Manangement
Health Economics
Monitoring & Evaluations of Public Health Programs
Healthcare project formulation and management
Health Economics
Monitoring & Evaluations of Public Health Programs
Healthcare project formulation and management
Research
Health Systems Strengthening and Policy
Health economics and healthcare financing/ social protection
Global Disability and healthcare research focus on access to inclusive healthcare
Health economics and healthcare financing/ social protection
Global Disability and healthcare research focus on access to inclusive healthcare
Selected Publications
Does life expectancy vary by disability status in LMICs?: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
2025
African Journal of Disability
Drivers of cervical cancer prevention and management in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative synthesis of mixed studies.
2024
Health research policy and systems
User Fee Exemption Policy Significantly Improved Adherence to Maternal Health Service Utilization in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.
2023
ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR