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Mr. Marekegn Habtamu

Marekegn holds a Master of Public Health (MPH) in Epidemiology from St. Paulos Millennium Medical College, Master of Science in Community Nutrition and Bachelor of Science in Public health, both from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Before joining to The Leprosy Mission International Ethiopia, Marekegn worked as academic staff in the university and was a private consultant for development partners.

He has contributed to numerous academic, implementation, and evaluation studies in collaboration with private consultants and university professors. Marekegn led an evaluation funded by UNICEF Ethiopia, assessed index case testing for continuous quality improvement of HIV testing with ICAP Ethiopia, and served as a Social and Behavioural Change trainer of trainers (TOT) on neglected tropical diseases for community leaders with World Vision Ethiopia.

In June 2024, he joined The Leprosy Mission International Ethiopia (TLMIE) as a Research Coordinator for a randomised controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the Traumatic Stress Relief (TSR) intervention among individuals with lived experience of leprosy. The study aims to assess the effectiveness and feasibility of the intervention for people affected by leprosy.

In addition to this ongoing project, TLMIE received another research grant from the Leprosy Research Initiative (LRI) to conduct a mixed-methods study on the social determinants of health among people affected by leprosy in Ethiopia.

Habtamu is part of the in-country investigative team for both research projects.

List of publications

  1. Kaptan, S. K., Habtamu, M., Getahun, S., Tadesse, B., Akan, A., Pupat, A., ... & Husain, N. (2025). Protocol for an Exploratory RCT of the Traumatic Stress Relief Intervention With Persons With Lived Experience of Leprosy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2025(1), 1307578.
  2. Sisay, B. G., Jima, B. R., Habtamu, M., Gebru, N. W., & Hassen, H. Y. (2023). Predictive ability of anthropometric indices in identifying metabolic syndrome among US adolescents 10 to 19 years old: analysis from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011 to 2018 data set. Nutrition, 113, 112081
  3. Abebe, Y., Kebede, M., Getahun, T., Habtamu, M., Tariku, B., & Tesfahun, E. (2022). Maternal Health Services as Determinant Factors for Low Birth Weight in public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a Case-control Study. Public Health, 5(1), 1080.