Senait Kebede
Adjunct Assoc Professor
Instructor
Adjunct or Visiting, Global Health
Dr. Senait Kebede is a global health professional and pediatrician with over 25 years of experience at regional and international levels. She has worked and consulted with major organizations such as WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, World Bank, USAID and CDC with a focus on policies, programming and evaluations contributing to training of clinical and public health professionals. Dr. Kebede serves as a consultant for Decolonizing Global Health/Equitable Global health Partnership at Emory Global Health Institute and is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Global Health at Emory University. She actively contributes to teaching graduate courses, advising students, and curriculum development including for a collaborative training at Africa CDC/Emory. Dr. Kebede has made notable contributions to global health through her guest lectures at various universities, development of technical guidelines, book chapters and scientific articles. She has been a speaker at various regional and global health forums and serves in a number of WHO expert working groups.
Areas of Interest
- Infectious Disease
- Maternal and Child Health
- Surveillance
Education
- MPH 2002, Johns Hopkins University
- Specialty is Pediatrics 1991, Addis Ababa University
- MD 1985, Addis Ababa University
Affiliations & Activities
1. Child Health Task Force memebr
2. Gates Strategic Leadership fellow for Population and Reproductive Health
3. Contributor - Essentials of HIV course eCurriculum series, Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development, Rochester, MN, USA
4. TBTEAM expert for TB/HIV & child and adolescent TB working group member , WHO/Geneva
4. Pandemic Influenza Preparedness technical expert mechanism(PCITEM) member, WHO/Geneva
6. Hon. Associate Professor of pedaitrics, SPHMMC, Ethiopa
7. Project managment Professionals memebr PMI
Publications
- Senait Kebede, Ishata Conteh, Christoph Steffen, et al., 2013, Establishing a national influenza sentinel surveillance system in a limited resource setting, experience of Sierra Leone., Health Research Policy and Systems, ,
- Senait Kebede, Alawode Oladele, Omofolarin Fasuyi, A. Patricia Wodi. , 2013, Use of Tuberculin Skin Test and QuantiFERON® Assay In Screening For Latent Tuberculosis In Refugee Children, International Congress of Pediatrics, ,
- C Steffen, F Debellut, S Kebede, et al., 2012, Improving influenza surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa, Bul World Health Organ, ,
- Senait Kebede, John B Gatabazi, Pierre Rugimbanya, et al., 2011, Strengthening systems for communicable disease Surveillance: creating a laboratory network in Rwanda., Health Research Policy and Systems, ,
- Senait Kebede, Sambe Duale, Allarangar Yokouide, et al., 2010, Trends of Major Disease Outbreaks in the African Region, (2003-2007). , East African Journal of Public Health Vol. 7 number, March 2010., ,
- J B Ndihokubwayo, S Kebede, Wondimagegnehu Alemu, et al., 2008, Guide for National Public Health Laboratory Networking to strengthen Integrated Disease Surveillance(IDSR), WHO/AFRO CDC USAID , ,
- Kevin Forsyth, Senait Kebede, Ameena Ebrahim Goga, et al., 2008, Report of Technical consultation on IMCI training approaches and Pre-service, IMCI WHO 2008-ISBN 9789241597159, ,
- Murtada Sesay Bpharm, Senait Kebede, Rhehab Chimzizi, et al., 2006, Guidelines on Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-related infections among children, adolescents and adults in resource-limited settings. Recommendations for a public health approach., World Health Organization 2006., ,
- S. Kebede E. Mason S. Qazi. , 2003, Report of a consultative meeting of children with pneumonia and HIV infection, World Health Organization, Regional Office for Africa, IMCI. Geneva, Switzerland, World Health Organization [WHO], 2004. [29] p. POPLINE Document Number: 281418 , ,
- Kebede S., Nokes DJ. Cutts FT., Nigatu W., et al., 2000, Maternal rubella-specific antibody prevalence in Ethiopian infants., Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. 94(3): 333-40,2000, ,
- S.Kebede, A.Geyid, S Lulseged, et al., 1999, Clinical profile and drug Susceptibility pattern of Shigella Strains Isolated from Children in Addis Ababa. , Ethiop Med J 1999:37:19-29, ,
- L.Muhe, M.Tilahun, S.Lulseged, S.Kebede, et al., 1999, Clinical signs and etiologic agents of pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis in young infants age less than 3 months., Pediatr Infect Dis J 1999; 18(suppl): S56-61. , ,
- Helfand RF, Kebede S, Mercader S, et al., 1999, The effect of timing of sample collection on the detection of measles-specific IgM in serum and oral fluid samples after primary measles vaccination., Epidemiology and Infection.1999; 123:451-456, ,
- R. Helfand, S.Kebede. H. Beyene, et al., 1999, The timing of the development of Measles -specific IgM and IgG after primary Measles vaccination. , Clinical &diagnostic laboratory Immunology. , , 178-180
- L.Muhe, M.Tilahun, S.Lulseged, S.Kebede, et al., 1999, The WHO Young Infants Study group. Bacterial etiology of serious infections in young infants in developing countries; results of a multicenter study., Pediatr Infet Dis J 1999;(Suppl): S17-22 , ,
- L.Muhe, M.Tilahun, S.Lulseged, S.Kebede, et al., 1999, The WHO Young Infants Study group. Clinical prediction of serious bacterial infection in young infants in developing countries., Pediatr Infet Dis J 1999;(Suppl): S23-31, ,
- L.Muhe, M.Tilahun, S.Lulseged, S.Kebede, et al., 1999, The WHO Young Infants Study group. Conclusion from the WHO multicenter study of serious infections in young infants, Pediatr Infet Dis J 1999;(Suppl): S32-34, ,
- L.Muhe, M.Tilahun, S.Lulseged, S.Kebede, et al., 1999, The WHO Young Infants Study group. Methodology for a multicenter study of serious bacterial infection in young infants in developing countries., Pediatr Infet Dis J 1999;(Suppl): S8-16, ,
- S.Kebede, H.Bweyene, B.Fissha., 1996, HIV serostatus and anthropometric measurements at birth of neonates at the ESCH, Abstract., 1996 Ethiopi Med J, ,
- J.P.Alexander, W.Alemu, C.Young, D.Kilpatrick, S.Kebede, et al., 1996, Poliomyelitis in Ethiopia; Virologic links to poliomyelitis cases in the Indian subcontinent., Peditr Infect Dis J, 15:7,
- W.Alemu, S.Kebede., 1996, Residual Poliomyelitis survey in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia., J.health Dev 1996, 10(10:15-19),
- R.Helfand, S.Kebede, J.P.Alexander, et al., 1996, The comparative detection of Measles antibodies in blood and saliva in children receiving measles immunization in Ethiopia., The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1'73:1470-4,
- J.Alexander, S.Kebede, H.Beyene, et al., 1995, Immunogeneicity of three doses of trivalent oral polio vaccine in infants in Ethiopia. , Abstract Ethiop Med J 1995, ,
- Abubaker Bedri, Senait Kebede, Hailu Negassa., 1995, Sociodemographic profile of children affected by AIDS in Addis Ababa., Ethiopi Med J 33., ,