Adequate child spacing is considered as a posilive factor on Ihe health of mothers and theirrnchildren. The birth interval has been reported to have significant effect on the child'sfoturernphysical and mental capabilities. However, lillie or no allempt has been made to identify thernsocio...
Back ground: Although there is an increased contraceptive prevalence rate over a time and many organizations involved on family planning programs, results from different studies indicated thatrnhigh unmet needs exist for family planning in Ethiopia. How ever, studies on magnitude andrndeterminants...
Most building structures known to be constructed in Ethiopia and other many countries contain,rnby rule of thumb or knowledge, some proportion of masonry components. Despite this reality,rnthe development of analysis and design techniques for masonry structures has lagged behindrnreinforced...
Currently, Ethiopia is undergoing economic transformation and development which requiresrnexporting of local commodities and importing heavy machineries. Reinforced concreternbridges on different routes are sustaining these equipments loads safely. But there are bridgesrnwhere their design data is...
The reproductive health of youlhs in Ethiopia is multiphase and interrelaled Poor socioeconomicrnand environmenl, limiled access to reproductive health information and services andrnlack of youth .ji-iendly reproductive health services aggravated Ihe risk ofyourh reproducli vernheallh problems. The...
Although high-rise buildings are recently being introduced to Ethiopia and firernpresents a great threat to these buildings, fire design is a neglected matter in therncountry. Reinforced concrete columns being important structural components of highrisernbuildings, safety against capacity reduction...
The population of Ethiopia is still growing by 2.6% per annum mainly due to high fertility of 4.8rnchildren per woman. Though increasing in the current decade, only about a quarter of marriedrnwomen used family planning methods in 2011. Though early childhood mortality diminished inrnrecent years,...
BACK GROUND Due to the nature of their job military personnel is highly mobile and postedrnaway from their family for extended period of time. As result personnel who are on active militaryrnservice may be exposed to undesirable sexual behaviors.rnOBJECTIVES:rnThe objective of this study was to...
The overall objective of Ihis study is to assess the achievements of the five years strategic plan and challengesrnencountered in implementing the stralegic plan in the study ana Tole of the South-West Shewa Zone. In doing so,rnthe research was aimed 01 assessing and finding out major challenges...
Background: - Immunization remains one of the most important public health intervention and cost effective strategy to reduce child mortality and morbidity associated with infectious diseases and is estimated to avert between 2 and 3 million deaths each year. The objective of this study was to...
Cross sectional surveys (EPI cluster survey and missedrnopportuni ty exit survey), interviews with health workers, focusrngroup discussion, and observation of immunization activities, werernconducted in three woredas of South Western Ethiopia to determinernEPI coverage levels and to find out...
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of irrigatedrnagriculture on household food security in rural areas of Tigray, Ethiopiarnwith special reference to Dibdbo1 irrigation scheme (dam) . The study hasrnthree major objectives. The primary objective was to examine thernirrigation water...
High strength concrete (HSC) has been used in the lower story columns of high rise buildingsrnowing to its qualities over normal strength concrete (NSC) in many countries. But, the fullrnstructural qualities of the HSC were unable to be used because of insufficient informationrnregarding the...
Background: Essential newborn care is a wide-ranging approach planned to improve the healthrnof newborns through interventions before, during and after pregnancy, immediately after birthrnand during postnatal period. In Ethiopia about 120,000 newborns die every year in the firstrnweeks of life...
This thesis focuses on investigating the cause of significant crack on a five story School Building located in Dire Dawa city. The building is constructed with reinforced concrete frame structure with infill hollow block concrete walls. Large diagonal crack is observed on many walls coupled with...
Background: Currently, HBC programs for PLWHA are implemented inrndifferent African countries after the inceptions of the epidemic. However, therndesigned HBC programs may differ from place to place, that means whetherrnmodel of community/NGO-based initiative or Hospital-based initiative...
It is difficult to model analytically the complex behaviour of reinforced concrete structure in its non-linear zone. This has led engineers in the past to heavily rely on empirical formulas which were derived from numerous experiments for the design and assessment of reinforced concrete members. It...
The design of D-regions of reinforced concrete beams is the past was based on rules of thumb and past experience. Strut-and-Tie Modeling (STM) is an accepted design method to deal with these D-regions and also for B-regions. It simply idealizes the entire structures, or portions of the structure as...
Upgrading of existing structures becomes necessity due to various reasons; some of those are revised design code and deterioration with time due to environmental effects. Design codes are constantly being revised in many countries including Ethiopia as new loading requirement dictates for higher...
Background: There is no room for complacency about AIDS anywhere. It is estimatedrnsome 5 million people become infected with HIV per annum. The pandemic is continuingrnunabated. Though more than 40 million people are living with HIV/AIDS today, we mustrnremember that this epidemic is still in its...