Publications

Zepro N.B, Erhardt R.M, Abongomera C, Paris D.H, Bohlius J, Chernet A, Merten S. Intercultural interpreters' perspectives on the provision of sexual and reproductive healthcare to Eritrean and Somali forced immigrant women in Switzerland: a qualitative exploration. BMJ Open. 2026;16(9):e118257. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-118257

Ikuteyijo O.O, Zepro N, Akinyemi A.I, Probst-Hensch N, Merten S. Socio-economic factors influencing intimate partner violence among adolescents and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Public Health Rev. 2025;45:1607041. DOI: 10.3389/phrs.2024.1607041

Zepro N. Intersecting vulnerabilities: sexual and reproductive health needs among Eritrean refugee women and local pastoralist. Basel: Univ. Basel, 2025. Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Medicine

Zepro N.B, Schüpbach C, Paris D.H, Abongomera C, Maigetter K, Medhanyie A.A, Probst-Hensch N, Merten S. Violence against women and sexual reproductive health service use among Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia: a latent class analysis. Reprod Health. 2025;22:246. DOI: 10.1186/s12978-025-02197-6

Erhardt R.M, Jafflin K, Zepro N, Abongomera C, Chernet A, Paris D.H, Merten S. Obstetric outcomes of Eritrean immigrants in Switzerland: a comparative study. Int J Public Health. 2024;69:1606745. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2024.1606745

Zepro N.B, Medhanyie A.A, Probst-Hensch N, Chernet A, Tschopp R, Abongomera C, Paris D.H, Merten S. Navigating challenges: a socioecological analysis of sexual and reproductive health barriers among Eritrean refugee women in Ethiopia, using a key informant approach. BMJ Open. 2024;14(4):e080654. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080654

Zepro N.B, Ali N.T, Tarr N, Medhanyie A.A, Paris D.H, Probst-Hensch N, Merten S. Sexual and reproductive health services use among adolescents in pastoralist settings, northeastern Ethiopia. BMC Health Serv Res. 2023;23:677. DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09616-z

Kleinhout M.Y, Stevens M.M, Osman K.A, Adu-Bonsaffoh K, Groenendaal F, Zepro N.B, Rijken M.J, Browne J.L. Evidence-based interventions to reduce mortality among preterm and low-birthweight neonates in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Glob Health. 2021;6(2):e003618. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003618

Zepro N.B, Medhanyie A.A, Bezabih A.M, Tarr N, Merten S. Lived experiences and perceptions of childbirth among pastoralist women in north-eastern Ethiopia: a multimethod qualitative analysis to the WHO health systems responsiveness framework. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(23):12518. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph182312518