A multistage, qualitative and descriptive study was carriedrnout in Limu District, central Ethiopia. Routes of spread of HIVrninfection from urban to rural populations were first identified andrnthen verified. Sexual and non-sexua l risk practices of ruralrnfarmers were also studied. Qualitatively,...
The wars between Ethiopia and Er it r ea have resu l ted i n a greatrndeal of horrible effec t s on the live s o f thousands o f families.rnLarge numbers of families were destabi lized and di splaced fromrntheir homes in Eritrea. It is estimated that there are 1.67rnmillion displaced persons (1991...
This thesis explores the social context of sex work in the city of Addis Ababa. It focusesrnon the social ties between sex workers and a variety of other categories of people, from their familyrnmembers.to their relatives, from their roommates to their neighbors, from their coworkers to ...
My interest to conduct a study on the partially despised Waata was since 1995. I went to the study area for rnthe first time in order to collect data on customary marriage of the Jiddoo Kombolchaa people among Arsii rnOromo. In 2001 , I conducted another study on their mourning ritual. In August...
This thesis deals with ethnic conflict between Gumz and Oromo. focusing on change and Continuity of their relationship with the change in the countrys political development.The scanty literature that existed on the history of Gumz gives varied historical record. regarding their settlement. Some...
This Study attempts to explain how the living conditions of Children in Semen Mazegaja and Kolfe areas of Addis Addis are Affected and how they cope with the situation.In the process.it tries to identify factors affecting the coping of AIDS affected children with their inflicted Problems....
Focus on prevention programmes will slow down the spread of AIDS. Since university studentsrnrepresent a strategic and vulnerable population, and there is a large need for effective 1-11 11rnprevention interventions among university students.rnThe study alfel71pted to investigate alfitudes and...
A cross sectional study of low birth weight (LBW) with a case controlrnanalysis was carried out in 30 villages of Jimma zone, South,western Ethiopiarnwith the objectives to determine the prevalence of (LBW), its determinants andrnto assess the performance of trained traditional birth attendants...
The Bishoftu Crater Lakes, located on the western shoulder of the main Ethiopian Riftrncan provide a sedimentary record, which has regis!ered the changes in the balancernbetween precipitation input and evaporative water loss. However, groundwater fluxesrnmay reduce sensitivity of the lakes to a...
The Oromo of Derba had been engaged in endemic conflicts among themselves through out theirrnhistory. Homicide and the Guma resolution mechanism have continued to the present decadernthough the imposition of the state laws to ban the indigenous mechanisms is beyond expectation.rnThis thesis...
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects one third of the world's population. Ethiopia ranks seventhrnin the world & third in Africa with TB prevalence. TB is the leading cause of morbidity, the thirdrncause of hospital admission and the second cause of hospital death in Ethiopia. TB patients takerndrugs...
This document discuss e s the need for augmenting andrnextending application of computer systems in library,rndocumentation and information institutions in Malawi withrnp a rticular reference to the National Library Servicern(NLS). Background i nformation on the NLS system in termsrnof its e...
In this thesis, an attempt has been made to examine the representation of fictional childrncharacters in Stevenson's Treasure Island, Dickens's Oliver Twist and Twain's The Adventuresrnof Tom Sawyer based on a psychological framework of analysis evolved fromrnBronfenbrenner's theory of human...
The main objective of this study was to assess and explore the practices, challenges andrnprospects of football development in some selected premier league clubs in Addis Ababa. In thisrnstudy, descriptive research methods were used. Primary data, through structured questionnaire,rnwas collected...
Godino, located 12 Ian in the north east of Bishoftu town in Ada 'a Woreda of rneastern Shewa, has been a witness to changes and contm' u'ty f I h . I rnI 0 ox-p oug agncu ture . rnChanges have been induced both from external Sources (state interventions as well as rnurban and market influence) and...
This study examines teacher feedback practice in a foreign language classroom inrnrelation to the proposition in the field of general education that teacher differentialrnexpectations for students' performance may be expressed in differential treatmentrntoward students. More specifically, the...
This research is intended to reveal the use of the recurrent archetypes in the Zeyera, praisernsongs. at Genere pi/grimage center which is situated at a place called Gutlno Genete. in Arsirnzone, Oromia Region in Ethiopia. II lVas founded by a hloman affeCliol1(lteiy called Ayo Mamina.rnThe slIIdy...
The general objective of this research was to examine the cultural elements among private and rngovernment primary school curriculum by considering two schools as cases. Qualitative content rnanalysis was used as a method to identifo the cultural contents in environmental science textbooks. rnThe...