Yohannes Wado

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Yohannes Wado

Research Scientist

ABOUT Yohannes Wado

Yohannes Dibaba Wado is a Research Scientist at APHRC, working under the Sexual, Reproductive Maternal, Newborn Child and Adolescent Health (SRMNCAH) unit. His research areas of interest include fertility and family planning, sexual and reproductive health (SRH), adolescent health, social determinants of health, and the evaluation of SRHR programs. Yohannes has several grants and successfully managed research and evaluation projects on adolescent sexual and reproductive health, adolescent mental health, SRHR of refugees, abortion, and family planning.

He holds a Ph.D. in Public Health from Addis Ababa University and double Masters Degrees in Demography and Populations studies from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and Addis Ababa University respectively. Before joining APHRC in July 2017, Yohannes worked as Senior Advisor for Research and Evaluation at Ipas Ethiopia where he led research and monitoring and evaluation activities. From 2004-2010, he served as a lecturer and assistant professor at Jimma University in South West Ethiopia.

Current projects:

Baobab: Filling gaps in evidence to enhance sexual and reproductive health and rights among vulnerable populations in refugee settings in the east and horn of Africa.

Kenya National Adolescent Mental Health Survey (K-NAMHS)

Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) adolescent contraception study: promoting contraceptive use and continuation among young mothers in Nairobi slums

Countdown to 2030: Strengthening country analysis of RMNCAH and nutrition

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles
“I was tricked”: Understanding reasons for unintended pregnancy among sexually active adolescent girls

April 21, 2021

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Journal Articles
“Those are things for married people” exploring parents’/adults’ and adolescents’ perspectives on contraceptives in Narok and Homa Bay Counties, Kenya

April 21, 2021

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Annual Reports
ADOLESCENT GIRLS INITIATIVE – KENYA : MIDLINE RESULTS REPORT

July 1, 2018

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Technical Reports
Adolescent Girls Initiative–Kenya: Endline evaluation report

June 16, 2020

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Journal Articles
Contextual Influences on the Choice of Long-Acting Reversible and Permanent Contraception in Ethiopia: A Multilevel Analysis

March 13, 2019

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Briefing Papers
Contraceptive Use in East Africa: What Do the Numbers Tell Us?

July 19, 2018

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Journal Articles
Impacts of two-year multisectoral cash plus programs on young adolescent girls’ education, health and economic outcomes: Adolescent Girls Initiative-Kenya (AGI-K) randomized trial

December 1, 2021

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Technical Reports
Kenya – National Adolescent Mental Health Survey

October 13, 2022

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Briefing Papers
Key findings: Kenya National Adolescent Mental Health Survey (K-NAMHS)

September 14, 2022

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Briefing Papers
Lagging fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa: Trends and patterns in selected countries

July 19, 2018

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Technical Reports
Lagging Fertility Transition In Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends And Patterns In Selected Countries

March 2, 2020

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Journal Articles
Playing it Safe: Legal and Clandestine Abortions Among Adolescents in Ethiopia

July 19, 2018

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Journal Articles
Pregnancy and Early Motherhood Among Adolescents in Five East African Countries: A Multi-Level Analysis of Risk and Protective Factors

March 13, 2019

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Briefing Papers
Technical Brief In Their Hands Evaluation Project

July 19, 2019

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Technical Reports
Technical Report: Baseline Assessment From Homa Bay and Narok Counties

July 19, 2019

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Journal Articles
The effects of a community-based intervention on women’s knowledge and attitudes about safe abortion in intervention and comparison towns in Oromia, Ethiopia

July 19, 2018

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Briefing Papers
What it takes: Meeting unmet need for family planning in East Africa

July 19, 2018

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Journal Articles
Women’s autonomy and reproductive health-care-seeking behavior in Ethiopia

July 19, 2018

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RECENT PROJECTS

COMPLETED PROJECT
Adolescent Girls Initiative – Kenya
Adolescent girls in Kenya face considerable risks and vulnerabilities that…
ONGOING PROJECT
Countdown to 2030 for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health: Strengthening analysis and evidence
Countdown to 2030 for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health (CD2030)…
ONGOING PROJECT
Evaluation of in their hands program
The In Their Hands (ITH) program aims to increase adolescents’…
COMPLETED PROJECT
Increasing Regional-Level Evidence to Facilitate the Demographic Dividend in Africa
The project offers scope for APHRC to bring its work…
ONGOING PROJECT
Quality of Post-Abortion Care in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Nigeria
Currently, about 90% of women of childbearing age in Africa…