Background:WHO has developed an indicator to measure exclusive breastfeeding using 24 hoursrecall. This single day indicator doesn‘t capture the usual feeding history which may lead to exaggeration of exclusive breastfeeding ...

Background: Annually, throughout the world, an estimated 271 million people suffer from work related injuries, and 2 million die from the injury. In recent years, in developed countries the occupational health and safety ...

Background: skilled attendant for every pregnant woman during childbirth is the most critical intervention for improving maternal and child health. Ethiopia with maternal mortality ratio of 673 per 100,000 live births, ...

Background About half of the global population and over 70% of countries in the Sub-Saharan Africa rely on biomass fuel as a source of household energy. Over 95% of households in Ethiopia use biomass fuel for cooking. ...

Ethiopia is one of the developing countries where malnutrition and communicable diseases represent the major health problems. A community based cross sectional study was done in Adami-Tulu Woreda to determine and identify ...

Background: Childhood diarrhoea is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa including Ethiopia. Poor water handling, unsafe disposal of excreta and unhygienic ...

BACKGROUND: The adolescent period is a time at which individuals explore and develop their sexuality, gender and sex role. These factors have a profound influence on a young person’s current and future health. It is ...

Background In spite of global efforts for many decades, saving the lives and improving the wellbeing of neonates have been global challenges. Recent estimate shows that about 3 million neonates die each year globally. The ...

AIDS is an extraordinary kind of crisis; it is both an emergency and a long-term development issue. In 2003, the Global PLWHA was 38 million out of which 2/3 (25 million) are in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Ethiopia, there are ...

Background: Low birth weight is not only an indicator of neonatal mortality and morbidity but also a morbidity risk in later life. Antenatal care is one of the evidence based interventions to decrease the probability of ...