Background: The Expenditure Management and Control Program (EMCP) is one of thern.five s7lb-programs of the Civil Service Reform Program. The newly adopted budgetrnreform is also one of the EMCPs launched by MoF!;;D, BoFED and DSA project in 7NRSrnin 2004 with the objective of designing reform...
Context: Sub Saharan African countries lag behind the rematmng of world inrncontraceptive prevalence rate (CPR). The level of unmetJor family planning is also highestrnfor the region. Being part of the region. Ethiopia is not an exception to this situation. It isrnevident that unmet need for family...
The title of this study is pastoral women participation in water resource management inrnthe case of Bena Tsemay woreda, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia. The major objective ofthisrnstudy is assessing pastoral women participation in Water Resource Management in Benarn-Tseamy woreda of South Omo Zone. To...
A community based descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted to describe the healthseekingrnbehaviour for STDs and determine the factors associated with the health-seekingrnbehaviour of soldiers in Core One Hundred Eighth of the Ethiopian army. The study wasrnconducted in Tigray Regional...
This is a retrospective cohol1 study designed to assess the effectiveness of COJ1U11l111ity based Familyrnplanning services in Eastern Showa Zone. The study was carried out in 30 PAs selected from fiverndistricts, where ten PAs were randomly selected from three areas: Community based...
A crcss sectionco,l study on p~'::;c Hces of ureastfeeding hasrnbeen carried out from July 11 to July 30, 1906 in !)kald J3eseka.rnAll mothers 'Iho hnve children ° - 2, !:tonths .in ilknki 'T€xtile factory (rnand house1i yes 'vho have chj.ldren of t he same age...
BACKGROUND: Nutrition and HIV are closely interlinked creating a vicious cycle.rnMalnutrition is a common condition in HIV-infected children; however, its effect on survival ofrnHIV infected children after initiation of antiretroviral therapy is not well understood.rnOBJECTIVE: To assess the effect...
Background: Many households in low and middle income countries face financial catastrophe and impoverishing effects of paying for health services out-of-pocket. There is increasing advocacy for community-based health insurance schemes as part of a broader solution to health care financing problems...
Background: Disclosure of HIV sero-status and adherence to Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) medication is important for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. Little is known about the relationship between HIV positive status disclosure and highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) adherence in...
Back ground: Informed consent is a corner stone in researches involving human participants. The process of obtaining informed consent is a challenge for low-literacy and resource-limited settings. Potential research participant should be assisted with interventions to improve their comprehension....
Background (problem statement): Although depression is one of the major diseases that cause failure to socialize among children and adolescents, it is often neglected and not given adequate parental attention. Objective: To assess the prevalence of depression and association of parental neglect on...
A military based case-control study was conducted from December, 2004 to February, 2005rnamong Core 105 Ethiopian Army found around Dessie, to assess socio-demographic andrnlifestyle determinants of dental caries and to review knowledge and practices towards oralrnhealth among cases and controls of...
The Bale Mountains in the high lands of Southern Ethiopia are an example for a hugernimpact which rural population can create on natural resources such as forest and theirrnbio diversity. The heavy degradation of the remaining natural forests in this area hasrninitiated an intervention by the GTZ...
The research was initiated to pinpoint the trend of bank lending from the context of enablingrnstartups and innovations, to clarify the current practice of lending from the above context, tornidentify the basic facto rs that influence the success of innovations and to forward workable solutionsrnin...
Reduction of under-jive mortality is one of the millennium development goals. Over the past tworndecades the level of inji:lI1t and child mortality has been declining in Ethiopia. Nevertheless, itrncontinues to be among the highesl in the world A substantial difference in the level of...
Ethiopia is a developing counfly with a demographic profile dominated by a youngpopulation. Due to biological, socia-cultural, economic and gender inequality youngrnpeople, particlliarly those aged 15-24 years, are generally at a high risk 0/ contractingrnSTDs including HIVIAIDS. This study is...
Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic infectious disease that has long been one ofrnthe major health problems. It affects individuals of all ages and both sexes. Poverty,rnmalnutrition and over-crowded living conditions have been known for decades tornincrease the risk of developing the...
Involvement of the private sector in provision of health services has progressively increasedrnin many developing countries including Ethiopia. Promotion of the private sectorrninvolvement is also one of the health care financing strategy in Ethiopia.rnA cross sectional descriptive study was done...
Fiscal deficit is a common characteri sti c of developing countri es. Parti cularl y, SubrnSaharan Afri can co untri es have difficulty in generating revenue to cover thei rrnexpendi tures due to weak tax adm in istration, tax evasion and corruption problem.rnEthiopia also shares this feature of fi...
Background: Ethiopia is one of the countries with the highest maternal mortality ratio 676/100,000 livebirths and the lowest skilled delivery at birth (10%) in 2011. Skilled delivery care and provision of emergency obstetric care prevents many of these deaths. Despite implementation of birth...