Lammi Bayisa  Ababa

Name: Lammi Bayisa  Ababa

Academic Rank:  Lecturer     
College/Institute: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Sciences, Wollega University
Department/Team: Comprehensive Nursing
Field of Specialization: Bsc in Nursing

• Msc in Tropical infectious Disease and HIV

Research Area of Interest: Sexually transmitted infection, HIV/AIDS in particular, Infectious Diseases, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) and Sexual and Reproductive Health issues.

List of Publications

1. Bayisa L, Keno TS, Ayana GE, Abera T, Akuma AO. Out-of-Catchment Area Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation and its Factors among HIV Positive People on Lifelong Therapy in Western Ethiopia: Implementation of Decentralized ART Services. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care JIAPAC. 2025 Jan 1; 24:23259582241307467. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259582241307467
2. Bayisa L, Tadesse A, Reta MM, Gebeye E. Prevalence and Factors Associated with Delayed Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy Among People Living with HIV in Nekemte Referral Hospital, Western Ethiopia. HIVAIDS Auckl NZ. 2020;12:457  http://doi.org/10,2147/HIV.5267408
3. Bayisa L, Bayisa D, Turi E, Mulisa D, Tolossa T, Akuma AO, et al. Same-Day ART Initiation and Associated Factors Among People Living with HIV on Lifelong Therapy at Nekemte Specialized Hospital, Western Ethiopia. HIVAIDS - Res Palliat  2023 Jan 24; 15:11–22. https://doi.org/10.2147/HIV.S395238
4. Bayisa L, Abadiga M, Tolossa T, Oluma A, Abera T, Mulisa D, et al. Disclosure Deficits among People Living With HIV on ART at Nekemte Specialized Hospital,  Western Ethiopia. J AIDS Clin Res. 2021 May  4;  https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351308526
5. Bayisa L, Tadesse A, Mulisa D, Turi E, Tolosa T. Behavioral factors associated with delayed ART initiation among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH) in Nekemte  referral Hospital, Western Ethiopia. Int J Afr Nurs Sci. 2021 Jan 1; 14:100280.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijans.2021.100280
6. Bayisa L, Abera T, Mulisa D, Mosisa G, Mosisa A, Tolosa T, et al. Time to Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation and Its Predictors Among Newly Diagnosed HIV Positive People in Nekemte Town, Western Ethiopia: Claim of Universal Test and Treat. HIVAIDS Auckl NZ. 2021; 13:959. https://dx.doi.org/10.2147%2FHIV.S327967
7. Bayisa L, Wakuma B, Abera T, Mulisa D, Mosisa G, Tolossa T, et al. Are the Things Told to Care Providers Kept Confidential? Perceived Breaches of Confidentiality and Associated Factors Among HIV/AIDS Clients on ART at Nekemte Specialized  Hospital, Western Ethiopia, 2021. HIVAIDS Auckl NZ. 2022; 14:1.  https://doi.org/10.2147/HIV.S350091
8. Hussein A, Mosisa G, Bayisa L. Willingness to use HIV PrEP and its Associated Factors among Female Sex Workers in Nekemte Town, Western Ethiopia (under review on journal of BMC Infectious Diseases) https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3956682/v1
9. Mosisa G, Mulisa D, Ayana A, Bayisa L, Merdassa E, Bayisa D, et al. HIV sero status disclosure and associated factors among HIV positive women in East Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Implications for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission. 2022 Nov 22; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.919410
10. Ali D, Di Q, Turi E, Fekadu G, Feyisa B, Temesgen S, Bayisa L, Tesfaye S, Bright A, Abdul-Aziz S, et al. Psychoactive substance uses among people living with  HIV/AIDS in Western Ethiopia: a multi-centered facility-based cross-sectional study.  J Subst Use. 2022 Sep 12; https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2022.2120428
11. Mulisa D, Tolossa T, Bayisa L, Abera T, Wakuma B. First-line virologic-based ART treatment failure and associated factors among adult HIV Positives in Southwest  Shoa, Central Ethiopia. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care JIAPAC. 2022 Jan  1;21:23259582221111080. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259582221111080
12. Turi E, Simegnew D, Fekadu G, Tolossa T, Desalegn M, Bayisa L, et al. High Perceived Stigma Among People Living with HIV/AIDS in a Resource Limited Setting in Western Ethiopia: The Effect of Depression and Low Social Support.  HIVAIDS Auckl NZ. 2021; 13:389. http://doi.org/10.2147/HIV.S295110
13. Tolossa T, Wakuma B, Besho M, Mulisa D, Fekadu G, Bayisa L, et al. HIV serostatus disclosure and associated factors among HIV positive pregnant and  lactating women at Nekemte public health facilities, western Ethiopia. PLOS ONE.  2021 Mar 19; 16 (3):e0248278. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0248278
14. Tolossa T, Merdassa Atomssa E, Fetensa G, Bayisa L, Ayala D, Turi E, et al. Acute respiratory distress syndrome among patients with severe COVID-19 admitted to treatment center of Wollega University Referral Hospital, Western Ethiopia. PloS  2022; 17 (6):e0267835. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267835
15. Mosisa G, Abera T, Chala D, Bayisa L, Kejela G, Turi E, et al. Burden of intestinal parasitic infections and associated factors among pregnant women in East Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Matern Health Neonatol Perinatol. 2023 Apr  6;9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40748-023-00150-8
16. Tolossa T, Wakuma B, Ayala D, Seyoum D, Fetensa G, Getahun A, et al. Incidence and predictors of death from COVID-19 among patients admitted to treatment center of Wollega University Referral Hospital, Western Ethiopia: A retrospective cohort study. PLOS ONE. 2022 Jul 27; 17(7):e0267827. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267827
17. Bayisa D, Waltengus F, Lake S, Wakuma B, Bayisa L, Chala M, et al. Pregnant women’s knowledge, attitudes, and associated factors toward physical exercise during pregnancy among those attending antenatal care at Bahir Dar city, Northwest  SAGE Open Med. 2022 Aug 1; 10:205031212211152. https://doi.org/10.1177/20503121221115252
18. Abera T, Bayisa L, Bekele T, Dessalegn M, Mulisa D, Gamtessa LC. Neonatal Mortality and Its Associated Factors among Neonates Admitted to Wollega University Referral Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, East Wollega, Ethiopia. Glob Pediatr Health. 2021 Jan 1; 8:2333794X211030157.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333794X211030157
19. Mulisa D, Tolossa T, Regasa MT, Bayisa L, Abera T, Wakuma B, et al. <p>Autonomy of Nurses in Their Work and Associated Factors in Nurses of Selected Public Hospitals of Wollega Zones, Oromia Regional State, Western Parts of  Ethiopia, 2020</p>. Nurs Res Rev. 2021 Jun 3; 11:1– 8. https://doi.org/10.2147/NRR.S307326
20. Mulisa D, Tolossa T, Ayana AO, Regasa MT, Bayisa L, Abera T, et al. Nurses are leaving the nursing profession: A finding from the willingness of the nurses to stay in the nursing profession among nurses working in selected public hospitals of Wollega  Zones, Oromia, Ethiopia. SAGE Open Med. :9.  https://doi.org/10.1177/20503121221081755
21. Tiruneh G, Yilma M, Wakuma B, Abdisa E, Bayisa L, Nichols M, et al. Compliance with research ethics in epidemiological studies targeted to conflict-affected areas in Western Ethiopia: validity of informed consent (VIC) by information comprehension and voluntariness (ICV). BMC Med Ethics. 2024 Jan 18;25. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-024-01003-5
22. Geneti D, Bayisa L, Mosisa G. Self-care practice and associated factors among adult asthmatic patients on follow up care at public hospitals in East Wollega zone, West Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study, 2025. BMJ Open. 2025 May 28;15(5): e092556.https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-092556

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