There is ample scientific evidence that a person with an untreated STI, particularly thoserninducing ulcers or discharge, is at an increased risk of passing on or acquiring HIV duringrnsexual intercourse. HIV CT for STI cases is thus an important tool in the public healthrnresponse to HIV/AIDS. A...
The h igh incidence of accidents related to the port in thern(( w rojo of Assab, during 7986-87 led to a mare detailed observationrnand analysis of accidents in the part of Assab in 7987 .rnSame 6,500 workers are employed in the port of Assab, butrnof these 570 (8.8. %) are lis ted as " nan- indus...
This study has assessed the bOlllenecks and prospects of community participation in improvingrnERAE by the participatory community based and driven development processes and practices inrnBoloso Sore Woreda. The study has employed descriptive case study i. e., both quantitative andrn'1lIalitative...
At present, HIV is an endemic that is causing millions of children Orphan. Thisrnstudy is mainly intended to investigate the role that NGOs are playing inrnalleviating the problem of children orphaned by HIV/ AIDS. The research methodrnadopted for the study is · Descriptive · and Analytical...
At present, HIV is an endemic that is causing millions of children Orphan. Thisrnstudy is mainly intended to investigate the role that NGOs are playing inrnalleviating the problem of children orphaned by HIV/ AIDS. The research methodrnadopted for the study is · Descriptive · and Analytical...
In Mekelle town the number of catering establishments is increasing from time to time likernother towns of the country. Different efforts are undergoing to prevent and/or avoid thernincidence of foodborne diseases that can arise from food service establishments. However, thernsanitary condition is...
Background: Low birth weight is not only an indicator of neonatal mortality and morbidity but also arnmorbidity risk in later life. Antenatal care is one of the evidence based interventions to decrease thernprobability of adverse birth outcomes such as low birth weight and preterm births. The...
In the developing world the level of development remained unsatisfactory partly due torninsujjicient access to financial resources, poor utilization and manage men t of thernresources in the public sector. To contribute its part the general objective of this study isrnto examine The role o{ Medium...
Background: Community based health insurance scheme is an effective financing mechanism to help people who are unable to use health care services due to financial problem. CBHI schemes is based on the premises of risk-pooling and community solidarity to risks of falling sick and designed to provide...
A prospective community-based study of pregnant women wasrnconducted to assess pregnancy outcome with emphasis to perinatal mortal ity inrnrural communities of Meskan and Mareko district in Gurage zone in SouthernrnEth iop ia, between March 22 and August 2 1, 1997. Pregnant women werernidentified...
Background- One of the common features in which the problems of children under difficultrncircumstances manifest is the problem of “streetismâ€. There are an estimated 100 millionrnstreet children worldwide, 150,000 in Ethiopia and 1,326 in Adama.rnObjective- To assess survival...
Information on adult mortality is essentially non-existent in Ethiopia as in the rest of subSaharanrnAfrica. This nested case-control study was conducted with the aim of assessingrnsociodemographic and behavioural factors associated with adult death in Butajira, Ethiopia.rnAll deaths in the...
Despite the reality of a high unmet need, Contraceptive prevalence in the countryrnis very low with only 15% of married women using any type of contraception.rnBesides to this, the knowledge and practice of family planning is limited to thernusage of short- term contraceptive methods. So the...
Background: Students of higher educational institution are at higher risk of substance abuse.rnCurrently, substance abuse is one of the most burning public health problems in Ethiopia. Again,rnthe increasing rate of university students who take drugs, the scarcity of rehabilitation andrntreatment...
Background: Globally an estimated 11.8 million young people aged 15 to 24 are living with HIV/AIDS. Each day, nearly 6,000 young people between the ages of 15 and 24 become infected with HIV. In Ethiopia there are currently 1.2 million PLHIV, with an adult HIV prevalence of 2.4%. Study show that as...
A retlospectjv~-cohort study ~'ns cal'j'jed out in NOl'theaslernrnEthiopia to aSSeSS the impact of htoalth training of primarv schoolrnteachels on health knowledge and practice of their students withrnregard to personal hygiene and the en'ironmental heallh conditionsrnof the school s .rnThe...
Background: voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) is one of the key strategies in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia. However, the utilization of VCT service particularly among married couples is very low in Gondar city. We therefore conducted this study to determine the...
Since husbands & wives differ in fertility desire and intention to use contraception whichrnimplies spouses individually & as couple have different level of need regarding contraception.rnTo estimates unmet need level for contraception of couples data from both spouses arernrequired; so community...
Globalization (GLB), one of the characteristics that define the beginning of 21st century has received considerablernattention in the past two decades. Its effects are suggested to impact on most aspects of economic, political and social lifernincluding that of public health. Despite being current...
Background: Reducing maternal morbidity and mortality is a global agenda. With maternal mortality ratio of 676 per 100,000 live births, maternal mortality and morbidity levels in Ethiopia are among the highest in the world. It has long been recognized that delivery in medical institution under the...