Background: - Scabies is one of the widespread but neglected parasitic diseases and it is a major public health concern worldwide and in resource-scarce countries. Scabies affects all age groups and both sexs however, it ...
Introduction: Biomedical waste management is the process of segregation, storage, treatment, disposal and other safety measures of waste in the health institutions and it is an important precondition to safe guard the ...
Background: Trachoma is still the major public health problem in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. Intervention measures such as mass drug administration have been implemented to reduce the problem. However, the prevalence of ...
Back ground: solid waste collection problem is a major public problem in developing world including Ethiopian even if the government implements different strategies and small enterprises are organized at each city level, ...
Back ground: - Intestinal parasitic infection is one of the parasitic infections affecting people living in prison. Helminthes and intestinal protozoan infections are the most common parasitic infection that may cause ...
Households and solid waste station responsibility were found to have significant association with
community’s satisfaction on small scale solid waste collection enterprises in Gondar city Background: Community satisfaction ...
Background: Small scale industries are often the main pillar of an economy. Accidents, ergonomics problems, old and outdated machinery, and lack of awareness about safety practices have created a need for implementation ...
Background: Unimproved water consumption, unimproved sanitation and open defecation indicated as poor water, sanitation and hygiene practices remain a public health challenge in developing countries, including Ethiopia. ...
Back ground: Soil-transmitted helminths are a major public problem in Ethiopia. Even if deworming and preventive chemotherapy is implemented, however the problem and associated factors of soil transmitted helminthiasis ...
Background: Intestinal parasitic infections caused by pathogenic helminthes and protozoan species are endemic throughout the world. Intestinal parasitic infection is one of the ten top major public health problems in ...
Introduction: Sustainable development goal mandates to ensure equitable sanitation, end open defecation and paying special attention to needs of people in vulnerable situations. People with physical disability are under ...
Background: Ethiopia has been encountering a higher predominance of communicable illnesses, which come about in high morbidity, mortality, and hospital admission rates. One of the higher contributing factors for this can ...
Back ground: Open defecation is a serious sanitation issue globally most developing countries are battling with it. The situation is even worse in the sub-Saharan African countries including Ethiopia, despite various ...
Introduction: Home-based care services like improved water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) practice are essential for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) to improve their quality of life. The negative impact of ...
Background: Adherence to antihypertensive medication is key component for the hypertension. Nonadherence to these medications will results in the complications of hypertension like stroke. The adherence level and associated ...
Background: The rapid emergence of the novel corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has resulted in millions of infected patients and deaths in worldwide. Studies conducted till today show that the outcome of COVID-19 varies ...
Background: - Malnutrition among people living with HIV remains a major challenge in achieving the full impact of interventions aimed at improving the quality of life, productivity and survival. However, the outcome of ...
Background: - Maternal vaccination with tetanus toxoid which should be given to women of reproductive age groups is recommended in declining the incidence of maternal and neonatal tetanus. So assessing the status of TT ...
Background: Globally about 4 million neonates died each year within 28 days of life. Low birth weight is still continued global public health problem and it has both short and long term health impact. According to UNICEF ...
Back ground: Although breast self-Examination is no longer acceptable as a standard method to detect early breast cancer, world health organization recommends breast self -examination and mammography for raising awareness ...