Background: Malaria remains one of the major public health concerns in Ethiopia. Use of long- lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) is the country’s key malaria prevention and control strategy. This study intended to determine ...

Background: Based on world health organization 2017 data globally nearly 295,000 women died during pregnancy and childbirth of which 196,000 deaths are reported in sub Saharan countries and 13,000 maternal deaths occurred ...

Introduction: Maternity waiting homes are temporary shelters for pregnant women located near to health institutions and it has been endorsed by WHO since 1996 as one component of a comprehensive package to reduce maternal ...

Background: Cervical cancer is the malignant neoplasm of the cervix). Globally, there are nearly 1.5 million cases of clinically recognized cervical cancer. Eighty five percent (85%) of these are in developing countries ...

Back ground: In developing countries the number of children orphaned by AIDS is growing rapidly. Consequently, the psychological well-being of these children has become a serious concern. Objectives: To assess the psychological ...

Background Sexual coercion is the act of forcing or attempt of force on another individual through violence, threat, verbal insist, deception cultural expectation and economic benefit and other related tactics to engage ...

Back ground: Dracunculiasis is a water-borne parasitic infection caused by Dracunculus medinensis and limited to remote, rural villages in Chad, Ethiopia, Mali and South Sudan of that do not have access to safe drinking ...

Background: Stigma and discrimination (SAD) against people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are barriers affecting effective responses to HIV. Understanding the causes and extent of SAD requires the use of ...