Background: Family contacts with pulmonary Tuberculosis (TB) index case are the higher risk groups to develop TB compared with those who do not yet. However, screening rate of this risk groups reported as very low in most ...
Background: Childhood acute malnutrition is common in developing countries. The African region and South-East Asia have the highest prevalence of under nutrition. Ethiopia is also one of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa ...
Back ground:. Caesarean Section is a surgical intervention designed to prevent maternal and fetal complications. Maternal Mortality Rate in Ethiopia was 412/100000 live birth. Previous study focuses on comparing cesarean ...
Background: Despite the high economic and mortality burden of chronic kidney disease, studies on survival and predictors of mortality among patients on hemodialysis in Ethiopia especially in Amhara region are scarce. Which ...
Background: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is tuberculosis due to resistance of M. tuberculosis to at least isoniazid and rifampicin. In spite of increased testing, the number of MDR- TB cases detected in 2016 reached ...
Introduction: Surgical site infection is one of the most common causes of hospital acquired infection globally resulting in a significant burden in terms of patient morbidity, mortality and hospital costs. Globally surgical ...
Background: Childhood vaccination is one of the most valuable public health interventions available for preventing childhood morbidity and mortality. Basic vaccinations are estimated to avert 2.5 million annual child deaths ...
Background: Risky driving is an error that causes the occurrences of road traffic accidents. The reason of risky driving is due to the low enforcement of traffic rules. The majority of crashes in Ethiopia are due to drivers’ ...
Background: The Directly Observed Treatment Short course Strategy was launched in 1994 to address the problem of Tuberculosis globally. It consists of five components: - Sustained political commitment, access to quality-assured ...
Back ground:-Pertusis is a very contagious disease characterized by severe coughing and caused by bacteria Bordutella pertusis On September 20 /2018 a rumour of an outbreak was received from Mekdella district health office ...
Back ground: Childhood nutrition is known to have a considerable impact on children’s health. In Ethiopia,Inadequate and/or inappropriate dietary intake and infectious diseases are the immediate/direct causes which in turn ...
BACKGROUND: Surgical site infection is defined as infection occurring within 30 days after surgery. It is recently reported that the specific time when the majority of surgical site infections would develop is a key to ...
Background: Lost to follow up (LTFU) from antiretroviral therapy (ART) is a global challenge with prevalence of 24.5% which exceeds the target of World health organization. In Ethiopia, its prevalence ranges from 18.0 to ...
Background:- Repeated infection with Chlamydia trachomatis causes Trachomatous trichiasis. Surgery is the preferred method of treatment of Trachomatous trichiasis. Surgery for Trachomatous trichiasis prevents blindness. ...
Background: Maternal under nutrition is a worldwide public health problem affecting a high proportion of women in developing countries. Acute malnutrition is a major public health problem in Ethiopia and has significant ...
Background: The risk of death from complications relating to pregnancy and childbirth over the course of women’s lifetime is higher in the developing countries. Increasing the health service of mothers and children through ...
Background: Although there are available studies that determine the risk factors for preterm birth, they presently do not allow the prediction of risk in individual patients in daily practice. Thus, developing ...
Background: More than 5.3 million under-five children were died and about 80% occurred in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia in 2018. More than 15% of globally and 17% of nationally of these deaths were contributed by ...
Background: Virologic failure is a persistently detectable viral load exceeding 1000copies/ml after at least six months of starting a new anti retroviral treatment. Globally, it is targeted for 73% of all people living ...
Background: Globally, Hypertension is the leading cause of early death and disability, and accounts for 9.4 million deaths every year. It is more prevalent in low- and middle-income countries, because more people live in ...