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  1. Determinants of community-based health insurance implementation in west Gojjam zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study design

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  2. Stunting and Its Determinants among Adolescent Girls: Findings from the Nutrition Surveillance Project, Northwest Ethiopia

    Article • Ecology of Food and Nutrition, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Kassahun Gelaye, Amare Tariku, Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Mr Zegeye Abebe, Dr Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Abel (Research Fellow), Mr Aysheshim Kassahun Belew

  3. Sanitation predictors of childhood morbidities in Ethiopia: evidence from Dabat Health and Demographic Surveillance System

    Article • Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  4. Frequent Antenatal Care Visits Increase Institutional Delivery at Dabat Health and Demographic Surveillance System Site, Northwest Ethiopia

    Article • Journal of Pregnancy, January 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Mezgebu Yitayal Mengistu, Tadesse Awoke Ayele, Abel (Research Fellow), Destaw Teshome, Dr Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Amare Tariku, Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks, Kassahun Gelaye

  5. Iodine status five years after the mandatory salt iodization legislation indicates above requirement: a cross sectional study in Northwest Ethiopia

    Article • BMC Nutrition, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks, Mr Zegeye Abebe

  6. Reducing amount and frequency of meal as a major coping strategy for food insecurity

    Article • Archives of Public Health, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  7. Predictors of Stunting among School-Age Children in Northwestern Ethiopia

    Article • Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism, September 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks, Amare Lisanu Mazengia

  8. The effect of SODIS water treatment intervention at the household level in reducing diarrheal incidence among children under 5 years of age: a cluster randomized controlled trial in Dabat district, northwest Ethiopia

    Article • Trials, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  9. Causal Beliefs Affect Treatment Practices and Preferences for Neonatal Danger Signs in Northwest Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, June 2018, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  10. Injury-related gaining momentum as external causes of deaths in Ethiopian health and demographic surveillance sites: evidence from verbal autopsy study

    Article • Global Health Action, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Wubegzier Mekonnen, Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks, Kassahun Gelaye

  11. Stunting and its determinant factors among children aged 6–59 months in Ethiopia

    Article • Italian Journal of Pediatrics, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  12. Socio-demographic factors and availability of piped fountains affect food hygiene practice of food handlers in Bahir Dar Town, northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMC Research Notes, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  13. Rural households at risk of malaria did not own sufficient insecticide treated nets at Dabat HDSS site: evidence from a cross sectional re-census

    Article • BMC Public Health, November 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  14. Only half of the mothers practiced early initiation of breastfeeding in Northwest Ethiopia, 2015

    Article • BMC Research Notes, October 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  15. Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Mothers/Caregivers on Household Water Treatment Methods in Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study

    Article • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, September 2017, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  16. Community-based health insurance and communities' scheme requirement compliance in Thehuldere district, northeast Ethiopia: cross-sectional community-based study

    Article • ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, June 2017, Dove Medical Press

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks, Solomon Woreta, Samuel Getachew Workneh

  17. Stunting, wasting and associated factors among children aged 6–24 months in Dabat health and demographic surveillance system site: A community based cross-sectional study in Ethiopia

    Article • BMC Pediatrics, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  18. Factors associated with prelacteal feeding in the rural population of northwest Ethiopia: a community cross-sectional study

    Article • International Breastfeeding Journal, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  19. Effects of antenatal care and institutional delivery on exclusive breastfeeding practice in northwest Ethiopia: a nested case–control study

    Article • International Breastfeeding Journal, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  20. Level of immunization coverage and associated factors among children aged 12–23 months in Lay Armachiho District, North Gondar Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross sectional study

    Article • BMC Research Notes, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  21. Exclusive breast feeding is the strongest predictor of infant survival in Northwest Ethiopia: a longitudinal study

    Article • Journal of Health Population and Nutrition, May 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yemane Berhane, Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  22. Effect of residence on mothers’ health care seeking behavior for common childhood illness in Northwest Ethiopia: a community based comparative cross – sectional study

    Article • BMC Research Notes, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr Kefyalew Addis Alene, Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  23. Determinants of skilled attendance for delivery in Northwest Ethiopia: a community based nested case control study

    Article • BMC Public Health, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks

  24. Use of previous maternal health services has a limited role in reattendance for skilled institutional delivery: cross-sectional survey in Northwest Ethiopia

    Article • International Journal of Women s Health, February 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Gashaw Andargie Biks