Journal of Pediatrics Neonatal Biology

Dr. Worku Ketema Bedada is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health at Hawassa University, Ethiopia. He also serves as Coordinator of the Clinical Trial Unit (CTU) and Data Science Center, and Undergraduate Program Coordinator at the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Worku has extensive clinical, teaching, and research experience, with more than 20 publications in international peer-reviewed journals including PLOS ONE, Dovepress, Hindawi, Wiley, BMC Pediatrics, and SAGE Open Medicine. He has actively contributed to medical education, CPD accreditation, clinical trials, and healthcare service improvement at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital. He has been recognized as an Outstanding Researcher (2021–2023) and awarded several distinctions during his career.

• Pediatrics and Child Health
• Neonatal care and mortality
• Infectious diseases
• Clinical trials and data science in health research

• Clinical trial coordination and protocol development
• CPD training for healthcare professionals
• Antimicrobial stewardship focal person and ART mentorship
• Participation in national and international collaborations on child health and infectious disease research

1) The magnitude of non-adherence and contributing factors among adult outpatient with Diabetes Mellitus in Dilla University Referral Hospital, Gedio. Plos ONE

2) Seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus among pregnant women attending Antenatal care in Dilla University Referral Hospital Gedio Zone, Ethiopia; health facility based cross-sectional study. Plos ONE

3) A Neonatal Hip Septic Arthritis Caused by Klebsiella pneumonia at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital Neonatal Unit, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia.Dovepress

4) Predictors of Partial Immunization Among Children Aged 12–23 Months in Yirga Cheffe District, South Ethiopia – A Community-Based Unmatched Case-Control Study.Dovepress

5) A Case of Trichinellosis in a 14-Year-Old Male Child at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia.Hindawi

6) Experience of dolutegravir-based antiretroviral treatment and risks of diabetes mellitus. SAGE OPEN medicine

7) The First Experience of Effective 3rd Line Antiretroviral Therapy – A Case of 40-Year-Old Female Retroviral-Infected Patient at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia. Dovepress

8) . Is It a Coincidence or Secondary Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura? A Case of an 11-Year-Old Male Patient at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopi. Dovepress

9) Could a Dolutegravir-Based Antiretroviral Therapy Lead to Clinical Obesity? A Retrospective Cohort Study Conducted at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia. Hindawi

10) Laryngeal Actinomycosis -A Case of 36 Year Old Female at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia, Ethiopian Patient. Dovepress

11) Essential newborn care practice and associated factors among obstetric care providers of public hospitals in Sidama regional state, Ethiopia. SAGE Open medicine

12) Obstetric Performance Following Post-Traumatic Recurrent Fundal Uterine Rupture: A Case Report. Dovepress

13) Fulminant Hepatitis and Ulcerative Colitis: Case Report of Ethiopian Child with Schistosomiasis and Amebiasis Co-Infection: Dovepress

14) A Breakthrough in the Challenges of Tuberculosis Diagnosis: Lateral Flow Urine Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) Assay for the Diagnosis of Active

6 Tuberculosis in a Subset of Human Immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV) Patients at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa,

Ethiopia: Dovepress

15) Criteria-based clinical audit of the management of the four leading obstetric complications in Public Hospitals of Hawassa city,Sidama,EthiopiaEthiopian journal of medical and health sciences

16) Patterns of Childhood Tuberculosis Diagnosis in Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Sidama Regional State, Ethiopia. Dovepress Pediatric Health, Medicine and Therapeutics

17) Burden of Anemia among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Positive Adults on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy at Hawassa University Compressive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia. WILEY Journal,

October 2023

18) Simple Criteria, Yet the Dearth Utilization-Antithrombotic Management Practice among Atrial Fibrillation Patients at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia Wiley journal of Cardiology Research and Practice, May 2024

19). The Burden of Dyslipidemia and Determinant Factors Among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Ethiopia, DOVE PRESS Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity

20). Predictors of neonatal mortality among  neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit at Hawassa University  Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Sidama regional state, Ethiopia, BMC Paediatrics

21). A rare case of fetal bilateral Wilms' tumor in horseshoe kidney: A case report: Published on Int J Surg Case Rep