Cross-sectional institution based survey using self-administered anonymous questionnairernand Focus group discussion, was conducted among female students of Addis AbabarnUniversity to determine the magnitude, immediate consequences and socio demographicrncorrelates of sexual coercions. A total of...
Background: The health system in developing countries, such as Ethiopia, is overwhelmedrnby infectious diseases and malnutrition. However, the growing burden of diet and lifestylernrelated chronic diseases have recently been recognized with its contribution to the doublernburden on diseases in...
Back ground: Hairdressing is a worldwide job, with predominantly female staffs of the younger age group, who are exposed to different physical and chemical hazards present in their work environment , which affect their health seriously. However, there is no information regarding Ethiopian...
Background: Breast cancer has been a worldwide public health problem and it is the most common cancer in women both in the developed and less developed countries. Public and individual awareness can play a vital role in the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.rnObjective: To...
Each year, more than 500,000 women world wide die from complications related child birth.rnWith good quality obstetric care, approximately 90 percent of these deaths could be averted.rnThe assistance of skilled birth attendants during labor, delivery and the immediate postrnpartum period is one...
HIV/AIDS is primarily perceived as an urban problem. However, the number ofrnpeople living with HIV in rural areas is considerable. In rural Ethiopia the currentrnHIV prevalence is reckoned to be 3.7%. The available literature as wellrnsuggests that about a quarter of the farmers’ report...
Background: HIV counseling and testing is fundamental to both HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. Patients need to know their sero-status to benefit from available care and treatment options. Therefore, multi-focused counseling and testing strategies need to be instituted in order to reach risk...
Introduction: Diabetes imposes large economic burdens on national health care, these ranges from individual to national economy. In developing countries, the problem of diabetes was once considered a rare condition, but, because of rapid urbanization, the ageing population and other factors risk...
Background:rnIn the developing world pregnant women face diverse nutritional deficiencies with potentiallyrngrave consequences. The most prevalent deficiencies are assumed to be Protein EnergyrnMalnutrition (PEM), Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA), Vitamin A (VA) Deficiency (D), IodinernDeficiency...
IntroductionrnOne of the most important ways to address some of the key factor associated with both maternal and neonatal mortality is assuring emergency obstetric and neonatal care with maximum quality of care at the time of labour, delivery and immediate after birth. However, improved quality...
Background: Birth weight is a good indicator of the newborn‟s chances for survival, long-term health, growth, and psychosocial development. Low birth weight increases the risk for certain adulthood chronic disorders which may increase risk of morbidity and mortality. The present study was...
Maternal work has been seen to have two contradictory effect onrnchild nutrition-via increasing income and decreasing timernavailable in the household . The net effect will depend on therndecision making pattern of the household and the adequacy andrnquality of child care substitute . A sample of...
Background- Cobblestone production is highly labor intensive and physically demanding workrnthat exposes workers for musculoskeletal disorders. Evidences on measuring exposure level arernlimited in this area. As a result studying the magnitude and factors incorporating the ergonomicrnhazard...
The utilization of the tra i[wd traditionnl birth nttendant8rnill thre (~ F'lrmot's 1 Ass:lciat i cns W[,,3 studi ed. These Farmer::; 7rnAssociat.ions include ':eyu GebrLJ1J Geraba Fila end AHdo Kontela.rnThe method of the s tudy 0],')8 by questi...
Surgery is one of the oldest and commonest techniques employed in all species of animals for the purpose of correcting acquired functional and structural disturbances as well as genetic defects affecting the health, welfare and productivity of individual animals. All surgical conditions,...
A cross-sectional study was conducted to estimate the prevalence and determine antimicrobial susceptibility profile of E. coli O157 and non-typhoid Salmonella species in milk and feces of apparently healthy lactating cows and camels managed under extensive husbandry systems in Borana pastoral areas...
Lumpy skin disease, caused by Lumpy skin disease virus is one of the most economically important cattle diseases in Ethiopia. The current study was conducted from October 2017 to May 2018 with the objective of outbreak investigation and isolation and molecular characterization of the virus from the...
HIV/AIDS has been one of the greatest challenges of our times since its discovery in the earlyrn1980s. As of December 2003, the UNAIDS reported that 40 million people are living withrnHIV/AIDS. Yet the issue of AIDS was relatively slow in getting priority in the national agendarnand it did not...
A longitudinal study was conducted from December 2017 to April 2018 in Amibara pastoralrnproduction system. The aims of this study were therefore, to determine passive immunityrnstatus in newborn calves and to identify possible managemental factors that have contributionrnfor the failure of passive...
This is a community based cross- sectional comparative study conducted in Awassa Town andrnperiurban areas in November and December 2002, in Southern Nation Nationalities and peoplesrnregion to assess the magnitude and determinants of unmet need for family planning amongrncurrently married women in...