Background: Numerous global initiatives in Africa have focused on clinical laboratoryrnharmonization and standardization, and accreditation. Though accreditation has many advantagesrnand advocated largely, it is still challenging for the laboratories to fulfill all requirements and therncriteria of...
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a global epidemic which is caused byrnthe virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It affects the immune system of thernbody of human beings and destroying the lives and livelihood of many people around thernworld. The main objective of the...
Title: - Prevalence of Rota Virus and Associated Risk factors among Under Five Children withrnGastroenteritis in selected health facilities of Addis Ababa, EthiopiarnBackground: - Rota virus, the most common cause of severe gastroenteritis, is responsible for 2rnmillion hospitalizations and 600,000...
A study on cattle milk production, processing and marketing was carried out in Enderta district, which is one of the four districts in the southeastern administrative zone of Tigray National Regional State, with the objective of studying the existing cattle husbandry and milk production systems,...
The study was conducted at Bambasi woreda Asossa zone Benishargul Gumuz Regional state(B.G.R.S) in the western part of Ethiopia. The objective of the study was to observe if the Eucalyptus plantation expansion affect the food security. The study through questionnaire, interview and field...
Background: Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), has significantly reduced thernmortality of HIV infected population but, the morbidity attributed to it remained a seriousrnconcern. The magnitude and factors associated with Immuno-virologic responses to HAART arernless...
Modern dairy processing is a recent phenomenon in Ethiopia for the very reason that therncountry has not been producing enough milk at commercial scale. The establishment of staternowned and private dairy farms in big cities resulted in the realization of the few dairy processingrnplants. In...
The present study area is located in Abaya-Chamo basin, in the southern part of the Ethiopian Rift Valley. In this research project climate change impacts on levels of Lake Abaya is assessed by using appropriate techniques and the future lake level is forecasted based on scenario analysis conducted...
Background: The causative agent of typhoid fever was first isolated in the late 19th century. ThernWidal agglutination test, utilizes a suspension of killed Salmonella Typhi as an antigen, to detectrnanti-H and anti-O agglutinins in serum from suspected Salmonella Typhi-infected...
BACKGROUND: Neonatal sepsis is one of the most common reasons for admission tornneonatal units in developing countries. It is also a major cause of mortality in both developedrnand developing countries. The type and pattern organisms that cause neonatal sepsis changesrnover time and vary from one...
In this study the generation of kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) probes specific for EthiopianrnLeishmania donovani are described. kDNA was isolated from cultured L. donovanirnpromastigotesand digested with restriction endonuclease. The restriction fragments wererncloned into pUCI8 plasmid vector and...
Holocene palaeoclimate records recovered from Bero_1 stalagmite of Holocene age, and,rnmodern stalagmite samples Asfa_3, Ach_1 and Merc_1 and from lake Tilo and lake Awassa wererncompared in order to see the trends and nature of correlation and variability between thernrecords. The major proxies...
Boran (27) and Boran*Holstein crossbred (26) cows were used to study the characteristics of ovarian follicular dynamics, superovulatory response and embryo production potential. Follicular population and growth, CL number and size were monitored by ultrasonography for 61 days. Ovulation or...
Background: Tuberculosis is still public health problem in sub Saharan African countries. Inrnresource-limited settings, tuberculosis diagnosis relies on sputum smear microscopy, with low andrnvariable sensitivities, especially in paucibacillary pediatric and HIV-associated TB patients. AFBrnsmear...
Girls‟ migration to the Middle East has become a hot issue in Ethiopia. Hence, in Amhara National Regional State, North Wollo zone, specific place of Raya Kobo wereda the study has been conducted focusing on school girls‟ migration to the Middle East to examine its antecedences and...
Background: H.pylori is a gram-negative, spiral shaped, flagellated organism uniquely adaptedrnto colonize the gastric mucous layer. It affects approximately one half of the world populationrnand it is more prevalent in developing countries. The increased risk of infection is especially...
The thesis presents the results of geological, hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical studiesrnin the Akaki subbasin (Sekelo). This study was to provide an overview of the water qualityrnand the mixing of the groundwater and the surface water. In the study the geology and thernhydrogeology of the...
This study was carried out in Laelay and Tahtay Maichew districts. Objectives of the study werernto: identify herbaceous flowering plant species found in the study area, to identify communityrntypes of the vegetation of the study area, to document the ethnobotanical importance of wildrngrasses and...
The study was aimed at assessing and analyzing the process of the development of curriculum in operation in Colleges of Agriculture in four public Universities in Oromia, Ethiopia. To this effect, the following research questions were raised: - (1) To what extent were the scientific phases of...
Background: Many potential pathogens could be acquired from swimming pool water duringrnbathing. Hence microbial examination of swimming pool water samples is necessary to ensurernthat the water is safe for swimming. As it is impractical to screen all samples for all possiblernpathogens, indicator...