Husband involvement is an important intervention for improving maternal health,
and is considered as a crucial step in scaling up women’s use of prenatal care. The idea of men’s
involvement in reproductive health was ...
Breast cancer is a leading cancer among women in Ethiopia. It accounts for onethird
of all newly diagnosed female cancers. Most women with breast cancer in Ethiopia are
diagnosed with late-stage disease, do not receive ...
Bipolar disorder is a severe mental illness characterized by recurrent manic and depressive or mixed
episodes. Bipolar disorder leads to a significant impairment in functioning, considerable stigma and
premature mortality. ...
The AIDS epidemic is global in its span; a particularly heavy burden has fallen
on Sub-Saharan Africa. The consequences of the African AIDS epidemic are growing—not only
just in size—but in complexity. These consequences ...
Limited evidence exists on the epidemiology of childhood tuberculosis (TB) in
Ethiopia. Even though the TB treatment success rate is one of the most important global metrics
for assessing the implementation of the End ...
Research evidence from around the world indicates high levels of co-morbid
mental conditions among people with epilepsy (PWE) compared to the general population.
Nevertheless, there is very limited evidence regarding the ...
Diabetes is a chronic disease that imposes a substantial economic burden on countries, health systems, patients, and their families. The cost of treating and caring for diabetes puts a significant strain on household budgets ...
Informed consent in biorepository-based research is a highly debated issue in the
scientific community. Unlike one-time consent for a specific study, broad consent is required for
future use of biospecimens. However, ...
Ethics in the conduct of clinical research is mandatory to protect research
participants. The goal of phase І clinical trial is to determine the maximum dose of the new
medication that may be administered without the ...
Suboptimal child feeding practice may lead to malnutrition which in turn is associated
with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality from respiratory tract infections among under two
children. In Ethiopia, an encouraging ...
Out of pocket payment remains one of the ways to finance health care in Ethiopia
accounting for 31%. These out of pocket health expense leads citizens’ face catastrophic and
impoverishing expenditure. The most recent ...
Leprosy and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) are preventable and treatable neglected
tropical diseases (NTDs) that disproportionately affect impoverished populations in Ethiopia.
Despite the availability of treatments, delays ...
In Ethiopia, the pooled prevalence of lifetime sexual violence was found to be
39.33% in 2018. Sexual assault survivors face medical and psychological problems after the
assault. Relevant and reliable data on sexual ...
Occupational skin diseases are an occupational dermatosis that is caused by exposure to
hazards at work, or skin contact with substances used at work activities. The activities are practiced in
construction work, such ...
Computer Vision Syndrome is a range of eye and vison related
problems which may result from extended use of digital devices such as computers.
It is a public health problem, affecting more than 70% of all computer users. ...
Occupational noise is a widespread risk factor with a strong evidence base linking
it to an important health outcome (hearing loss).Beside the fact that hearing loss brought on by
industrialization is currently a significant ...
Cutaneous leishmaniasis is neglected tropical disease that is endemic in many
parts of the world, including Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, diagnostic and treatment facilities for
cutaneous leishmaniasis are limited. As a result, ...
Telemedicine is the provision of health care services, clinical information, and
education in all specialties over different sort of technologies including the Internet, mobile
phones and electronic medical records. ...
The World Health Assembly (WHA) in 2014 adopted the World Health Organization’s (WHO) END TB strategy containing three pillars among which TB affected families’ catastrophic costs to be zero percent by 2030. Tuberculosis ...
Family planning use among reproductive aged women in Addis Ababa is declining from
56.9% to 49.9% according to Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) data during 2005 and
2019. Urban health facilities had lesser ...