Tesfahun Hailemariam

Tesfahun Hailemariam Madebo (PhD) is a postdoctoral researcher specializing in public healthand digital health, with 17 years of professional experience in Ethiopia. His works advancedquantitative and qualitative research methods, big data analytics using machine learningtechniques, and played a role in evidence synthesis and translation in health information systems,digital health, and implementation sciences.
As a core research team member at CDHI, Dr Tesfahun contributed to the design of implementation strategies, evaluation of implementation outcomes, and effectiveness studies in implementation research projects that have resulted in a series of publications in implementation research.
Dr Tesfahun led studies that assessed the impact of the Electronic Community Health Information System (eCHIS) and developed and validated a digital tool maturity assessment instrument for supply chain management within Ethiopia’s primary healthcare system which was conducted in collaboration with the University of Gondar and USAID/JSI/DHA and has informed policy and practice at regional and national levels. His work has significantly contributed to strengthening digital health implementation, improving maternal health outcomes, and enhancing the quality and use of routine health data for evidence-
based decision-making within Ethiopia’s health system. Dr Tesfahun has also supervise master’s students at University of Gondar and currently he serve as an adjunct Assistant Professor of Public Health Informatics at University of Gondar. Dr Tesfahun has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed scientific publications and developed technical and program briefs in health information systems, maternal and child health program, and digital health.

1. Capacity building and mentorship 
2. Multisectoral initiatives 

1. Endriyas M, Alano A, Mekonnen E, Ayele S, Kelaye T, Shiferaw M, Misganaw T, Samuel T, Hailemariam T, Hailu S. Understanding performance data: health management information system data accuracy in Southern Nations Nationalities and People’s Region, Ethiopia. BMC health services research. 2019 Dec;19(1):1-6.
2. Madebo TH, Gezie LD, Teklu A, Mekonnen ZA, Shahabuddin A, Tilahun B. Immunization data quality and factors influencing data generation, handling and use in Wogera District, Northern Ethiopia, 2020. Ethiopian Journal of Health Development. 2021 Nov 25;35(3).
3. Hailemariam T, Meshesha M, Worku A (2015) Application of Data Mining Techniques to Predict Adult Mortality: The Case of Butajira Rural Health Program, Butajira,Ethiopia. J Health Med Informat 6: 197. doi:10.4172/2157-7420.1000197
4. Elias B, Hailemariam T (2015) Implants Contraceptive Utilization and Factors Associated among Married Woendrimen in the Reproductive Age Group (18-49 Year) in Southern Ethiopia. J Women’s Health Care 4: 281. doi:10.4172/2167-0420.1000281
5. Dejene G, Hailemariam T (2015) Utilization of Institutional Delivery Services and Associated Factors among Mothers in Semi-pastoralist, Southern Ethiopia. J Women’s Health Care 4: 280. doi:10.4172/2167-0420.1000280

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