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Researcher

Befikadu Tariku Gutema

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Awards & Distinctions

18 Results

2025

Effectiveness of intermittent iron and high-dose vitamin A supplementation on hemoglobin, iron and vitamin A status of schoolchildren in southern Ethiopia : a randomized placebo controlled trial

Befikadu Tariku GutemaMuluken Bekele SorrieSifray Batire BelaynehEshetu Zerihun TarikuWanzahun Godana BoynitoTadiwos Hailu ZewdieTsegaye YohanesStefaan De HenauwBruno LeveckeSouheila Abbeddou

U Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Effects of nutritional interventions on nutritional and immunological status and adherence to antiretroviral treatment among adults living with HIV in low- and middle-income countries : systematic review and meta-analysis

Alain NahaskidaJérome W. SoméBefikadu Tariku GutemaNele PauwelsStefaan De HenauwSouheila Abbeddou

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

Effects of video‐based health education on birth outcomes and anaemia status of mothers in Dirashe District South Ethiopia : a cluster randomized controlled trial

Wanzahun Godana BoynitoKidus Temesgen WorsaBefikadu Tariku GutemaYordanos Gizachew YeshitilaGodana Yaya TessemaTsegaye YohanisStefaan De HenauwPiet CoolsBruno LeveckeSouheila Abbeddou

A1 Journal Article in MATERNAL AND CHILD NUTRITION

2024

Assessing the influence of COVID-19 lockdown measures on cognition and behavior in school age children in Arba Minch Health and Demographic Surveillance site, Southern Ethiopia : a cross-sectional study

Befikadu Tariku GutemaEshetu Zerihun TarikuZeleke Aschalew MelketsedikBruno LeveckeStefaan De HenauwAmina AbubakarSouheila Abbeddou

A2 Journal Article in PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH

Association of chronic malnutrition, and not anemia, with cognitive development in Ethiopian schoolchildren : a cross-sectional study

Befikadu Tariku GutemaMuluken Bekele SorrieSifray BatireTadiwos Hailu ZewdieBruno LeveckeAmina AbubakarStefaan De HenauwSouheila Abbeddou

A1 Journal Article in ECOLOGY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION

Effectiveness of intermittent iron and high-dose vitamin A supplementation on cognitive development of schoolchildren in Southern Ethiopia : a randomized placebo controlled trial

Befikadu Tariku GutemaBruno LeveckeMuluken Bekele SorrieNega Degefa MegersaTadiwos Hailu ZewdieGesila Endashaw YeseraStefaan De HenauwAmina AbubakarSouheila Abbeddou

A1 Journal Article in AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Effects of intermittent iron and semestrial high-dose vitamin A supplementation on nutritional status and cognitive development of schoolchildren in Southern Ethiopia

Befikadu Tariku GutemaStefaan De HenauwSouheila Abbeddou

Exploratory dietary patterns, the global diet quality score, and their associated socio-demographic factors among young adults in Rwanda : a cross-sectional study using a food list-validated, semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire

Phénias NsabimanaBefikadu Tariku GutemaKate LangleyHilda VasanthakaalamStefaan De HenauwJérome W. SoméSouheila Abbeddou

A1 Journal Article in NUTRITION & METABOLISM

2023

Causes and trends of adult mortality in southern Ethiopia : an eight-year follow up database study

Gebrekiros Gebremichael MelesGistane AyeleBefikadu Tariku GutemaMekides KondaleZerihun ZerdoBehailu MerdekiosTsegaye TsallaMesfin KoteAlazar BaharuAlemayehu Bekele et al.

A1 Journal Article in BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Effect of iron and vitamin A supplementation on cognitive development of schoolchildren in Southern Ethiopia : randomized placebo-controlled trial

Befikadu Tariku GutemaBruno LeveckeAmina AbubakarStefaan De HenauwSouheila Abbeddou

Effects of iron supplementation on cognitive development in school-age children : systematic review and meta-analysis

Befikadu Tariku GutemaMuluken Bekele SorrieNega Degefa MegersaGesila Endashaw YeseraYordanos Gizachew YeshitilaNele PauwelsStefaan De HenauwSouheila Abbeddou

A1 Journal Article in PLOS ONE

2022

Associations between agricultural production diversity, dietary intake, and child nutritional status : evidence from longitudinal study in rural Ethiopia

Girmay Ayana MershaBefikadu Tariku GutemaMasresha TessemaAdama KaziengaTefera BelachewStefaan De HenauwSouheila Abbeddou

Effects of preventive iron supplementation on school-age children cognition and school performance : systematic review and meta-analysis

Befikadu Tariku GutemaMuluken Bekele SORRIENega DEGEFAGesila ENDASHAWYordanos GIZACHEWNele PauwelsStefaan De HenauwSouheila Abbeddou

Magnitude of malaria-typhoid fever coinfection in febrile patients at Arba Minch General Hospital in Southern Ethiopia

Dagninet AlelignSifray BatireTsegaye YohanesDagimawie TadesseMelat WoldemariamBefikadu Tariku GutemaZebenay SanbetoDebalke Dale

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE

The association between nutritional status and cognitive development of school-age children in southern Ethiopia : a cross sectional study

Befikadu Tariku GutemaMuluken BekeleSifray BatireBruno LeveckeAmina AbubakarStefaan De HenauwSouheila Abbeddou

Why people die of active tuberculosis in the era of effective chemotherapy in Southern Ethiopia : a qualitative study

Mulugeta ShegazeBelay BodaGistane AyeleFeleke GebremeskelBefikadu Tariku GutemaTeklemariam Gultie

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF CLINICAL TUBERCULOSIS AND OTHER MYCOBACTERIAL DISEASES

2021

Maternity waiting homes as component of birth preparedness and complication readiness for rural women in hard-to-reach areas in Ethiopia

Mekdes Kondale GuraraJean-Pierre Van GeertruydenBefikadu Tariku GutemaVeerle DraulansYves Jacquemyn

A1 Journal Article in REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Prevalence of undernutrition and associated factors among lactating mothers of Angecha District, Kembata Tembaro zone, Southern Ethiopia

Moges Muluneh BokeAman YesufBefikadu Tariku Gutema

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM