Rate My Professor Abebe Sorsa Badacho

Abebe Sorsa Badacho is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health at Wolaita Sodo University, where he is currently on study leave. With over 15 years of experience in higher education, he has held leadership positions such as Dean of Graduate Studies, Assistant Registrar, and project manager. He has supervised more than 30 graduate theses to completion, served on thesis examination and ethics review boards, recruitment committees, editorial boards, and as a journal reviewer. Badacho developed thesis and dissertation writing guidelines for Wolaita Sodo University and contributed to various administrative and academic committees.

His academic qualifications include a PhD in Public Health from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Master’s in Health Services Management and a BSc in Environmental Health from Jimma University, a Master of Business Administration from the University of the People, and a Bachelor of Theology from Shiloh College. Badacho’s research focuses on strengthening primary healthcare systems, integrating non-communicable diseases like hypertension and diabetes with HIV care, chronic care models, implementation science, and reducing health disparities. He developed the InteHTN/DM-HIV4PLWH model for sustainable integration of hypertension and diabetes services with HIV care at primary health facilities in Ethiopia, based on the WHO Innovative Care for Chronic Conditions framework. He has secured six small grants and co-authored over 30 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Key publications include “Sustainability of integrated hypertension and diabetes with HIV care for people living with HIV at primary health care in South Ethiopia” (BMC Primary Care, 2023), “Lived experiences of people living with HIV and hypertension or diabetes access to care in Ethiopia: a phenomenological study” (BMJ Open, 2024), “Mapping evidence on barriers to and facilitators of diagnosing noncommunicable diseases among people living with human immunodeficiency virus in low- and middle-income countries in Africa: a scoping review” (PLOS ONE, 2023), “Prevalence of hypertension and diabetes and associated risk factors among people living with human immunodeficiency virus in Southern Ethiopia” (Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023), and “Incidence and predictors of anemia among children with antiretroviral therapy at health facilities in Southern Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study” (SAGE Open Medicine, 2025).