Merkineh Markos Lorato

Mr.Merkineh Markos Lorato, whose profession is Optometry, has been working as Lecturer at Department of Public, College of Health Science, Woldia University, Ethiopia. I am always eager to be an outstanding researcher in eye related aspects to solve public eye problems. I attained my MSc degree in Clinical Optometry from University of Gondar, Ethiopia in 2020 and BSc degree in Optometry from Hawassa University, Ethiopia in 2017 with CGPA of 3.85 and 3.81 respectively. Previously, I published three papers (i. Prevalence of Cataract and Its Associated Factors among Adults Aged 40 years and Above in Waghimra Zone, Northeast Ethiopia, ii. Prevalence of Trachoma among primary school children in Yirgalem town, Ethiopia as PI, iii. Studies on the prevalence of blindness in Ethiopia: A protocol for the systematic review and meta-analysis as PI), and currently, I have one papers under-peer review and doing systematic review and meta-analysis on pooled prevalence of blindness in Ethiopia. I am passionate about my work.