This study was conducted with the general objective to assess the disparities in household foodrnsecurity between the indigenous people and resettlers living in Asossa Woreda of BenishangulGumuzrnI~ egion . For this study, two contiguous rural kebeles (Ura kebele inhabited by thernindigenous people...
This study was conducted with the general objective to assess the disparities in household foodrnsecurity between the indigenous people and resettlers living in Asossa Woreda of BenishangulGumuzrnI~ egion . For this study, two contiguous rural kebeles (Ura kebele inhabited by thernindigenous people...
HIV/AIDS has become the most devastating global epidemic the world has ever faced and highlyrnaffecting the young and economically active segment of the population. Effective behavioral changerncommunication (BCC) strategies need to be designed to rescue the future development force of the...
Back ground: Contraceptive use including short and long acting and permanent methods are recorded tornhelp families to space and limit their size to their economic capacity. Wider access and use of long-actingrnand permanent methods of contraception are the most effective contraceptives available...
A cross-sectional survey of onchocerciasis in male fieldrnworkers was conducted in Teppi Coffee Plantation Project, BayarnFarm, in November-December 1991.rnThe objectives were to assess the magnitude of the problem, tornmeasure the sensitivity of various diagnostic procedures, to assessrnthe effect...
Background: Hair dressers are one of the high risk professionals for work relatedrnmusculoskeletal disorder. Which are not frequently studied and there is little evidencernon this problem. So studying about work related musculoskeletal disorder amongrnhairdressers is one of the key issues in...
The impact of social marginalization on the health of certain ethnic minorityrnpopulations, particularly in women is a serious problem worldwide. However, its magnitudernand factors are not well explored in developing countries in general and in our context inrnparticular. Hence cross sectional,...
Back ground: HIV positive individuals may or may not have desire to havernchildren and want to use family planning. But the extent of theses desires andrnhow it varies by individual, social, health and demographic characteristics is notrnwell understood.rnObjective: The aim of this study is to...
Background: Malaria kills more than 1 million people every year in the world, 90% ofrnthem in Sub-Saharan Africa; the majority of them are children under five years old.rnEarly diagnosis and prompt access to treatment is the main strategy to reducernmorbidity and mortality due to malaria. In...
Background: Malaria kills more than 1 million people every year in the world, 90% ofrnthem in Sub-Saharan Africa; the majority of them are children under five years old.rnEarly diagnosis and prompt access to treatment is the main strategy to reducernmorbidity and mortality due to malaria. In...
Background: - Premarital sex results not only expose to STDs including HIV and AIDS, but also unwanted pregnancy for females. In addition, unwanted pregnancy among female students may lead to school dropout and a failure to complete their education. Therefore, studying about the magnitude and...
Introduction: Family planning is an important instrument to prevent unintended pregnancy. Integrating FP service in chronic HIV care clinics is facilitative intervention to preventing newborn from HIV by enabling interested women to prevent pregnancies. Objective: The objective of this study was to...
Quantitative cross-sectional and qualitative studies were conducted from August 2004 to mayrn2005 based on J. Bruce analytical framework to assess the status of quality of family planningrnservice in B/Dar special zone, Amhara Regional state. In this study, 412 female contraceptivernusers for exit...
Background: Obstructed labor accounted for (8%) of maternal deaths, worldwide. Professional assisted delivery using a partograph during labour has paramount importance in identifying any deviation during labour, Even though; partograph use is influenced by different factors as obtained from the...
Background: Even though health care seeking interventions have the potential to substantiallyrnreduce child mortality from easily preventable and treatable diseases, large number of childrenrndie without appropriate treatment and ever reaching the health facility and due to delays inrnseeking care...
Introduction: Total Quality management is one of the most important changes which haverntaken place in the field of health care management. The federal ministry of health of Ethiopiarnhas chosen QMS as a comprehensive and applied strategy to achieve administrativerndevelopment and improve the...
A cross sectional comparative survey was conducted to assess barriers to the use ofrncontraceptive among adolescents and their contraceptives choices and preferences,rnin a randomly selected samples of in and out of school adolescents in Addis Ababarncity administration from November to December...
Back ground: Maternal mortality caused by unsafe abortion is a critical public health problem and a quiet pandemic. Worldwide 22 million unsafe abortions occur annually which result in 68,000 deaths of women, moreover millions suffer permanent complications. Almost 97% of unsafe abortion took place...
The population census of Burchell's zebra (Equus burchelh) and the human impact wererncarried ollt in Nechisar plains, Nechisar National Park, 515 km south of Addis Ababa fromrnNovember 2001 to April 2002. Line transect count was used for population census. Socialrnand physical surveys carried out...
Koka is a large multi-purpose reservoir impacted by the ever-increasing human activitiesrnthat resulted in its enrichment with algal nutrients and contamination with chemicals ofrnindustrial origin. With a view to come up with scientific information usable in thernprotection of aquatic resources...