My Ph.D. project examines the legal framework regulating the production and use of maternal mortality data, mainly in Ethiopia. Focusing on a newly introduced public health intervention (called Maternal Death Surveillance and Response) as a case study, it probes the interface between human rights law and public health measures in addressing preventable maternal mortality. 

 

Academic article

• Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam (2025). Accountability Beyond Blame: Rethinking Maternal Death Surveillance and Response. (external link)
• Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam (2025). Disempowered Duty Bearers: The Protection of Health Workers in Maternal Death Reviews in Ethiopia. (external link)
• Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam (2018). Ensuring Compliance of IHL Rules by Troops in UN/AU Multilateral Peace Operations: An Overview on the Ethiopian Experience in Implementation of International Humanitarian Law in Ethiopia (Ed. Yonas Birmeta). (external link)
• Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam; Ingrid Miljeteig; Karen Marie Ingeborg Moland et al. (2024). Legal issues in the implementation of Maternal Death Surveillance and Response: a scoping review. (external link)
• Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam; Tadesse kassa Woldetsadik; Mehreteab G Ghebregergs (2019). The Ethio-Eritrean Rapprochement and Potential Implication on Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia in Revisiting the Ethio-Eritrean Relations From Separation to Conflict and Beyond (Ed. Tadesse Kassa). (external link)

Conference poster

• Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam (2023). Legal Issues in Maternal Death Review System: Scoping Review Protocol. (external link)

Academic book chapter

• Eyob Awash Gebremariam; Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam (2023). An Introduction to Ethiopian Legal Culture. (external link)
• Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam (2020). Assessing the Ethiopian House of Federation in the Light of the Exhaustion of the Local Remedies Rule under the African Charter. (external link)

Conference lecture

• Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam (2022). Maternal Death Surveillance and Response System as an Accountability Mechanism. (external link)

Popular science article

• Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam (2022). Maternal Mortality Data: More Than Meets the Eye. (external link)

Media feature article

• Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam; Goitom Gebreluel (2021). With Deliberate Famine Threatening Millions, Tigray Demands Greater Action from the US. (external link)
• Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam; Goitom Gebreluel (2021). Why the Tigray Investigation Should be Conducted by the UN, Alone. (external link)
• Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam; Gebrehiwet Hadush Abera (2022). Re-engaging Ethiopia at the Expense of Justice Won’t Bring Peace. (external link)
• Mulu Beyene Kidanemariam; Goitom Gebreluel; Emilie Winther (2021). Etiopia: Fra fredsprisvinner til forbryter mot menneskeheten?. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in NVA.

MATRISET - Facilitating «real life» implementation of MDSR | Centre for International Health | UiB, a project that aims at improving the quality of maternal mortality data on which to base interventions to reduce maternal deaths by, among others, investigating the relevant legal framework in both Ethiopia and Tanzania