Adverse drug reactions account for the highest proportion among the causes of
morbidity and mortality in clinical wards and are posing a considerable challenge. Hence, the objective
of this study was to find out the ...
: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) presents an increasing threat to
the global tuberculosis control. MDR-TB emerged as one of priority public health problem
in Ethiopia. There has been a study reporting on ...
Objective: The aim of this study was to assess infection prevention practice in Jinka zonal
hospital, southern nation nationalities people’s regional state Ethiopia.
Methods: Cross-sectional study design involving different ...
Highly active antiretroviral therapy has markedly decreased the morbidity
and mortality due to HIV disease. However, toxicities and new TB drug treatment
would result in frequent modification or discontinuation of ...
BACKGROUND:- HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis infection has become the major
challenge for service provider across the world. WHO estimates that about 2.5%
of HIV cases and 40% of hepatitis B and C cases among health care ...
Medication dosing errors are among the frequently encountered medication
problems in patients with renal impairment. Dose adjustment becomes very important when
dealing with medications with potential nephrotoxicity ...
Background:
It is well known that tarsatomy has great contribution in preventing blindness caused by
trichiasis. But there is low uptake of surgery in many endemic countries. Many
researches have been undertaken to find ...
Worldwide, public procurement (PP) has become an issue of public attention and
debate, and has been subjected to reforms, restructuring, rules and regulations. As the demand
for medicines and health supplies reflect ...
Background: Voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) is one of the key strategies in the
prevention of HIV in Ethiopia. However, utilization of the VCT services has been reported as
low by previous studies. This research ...
Background: - Unplanned pregnancy is an important public health problem concern in both developing
and developed world, because of its association with adverse social and health out come for mothers’
children and family ...
BACKGROUND: - Psychiatric disorders are known to be a risk factor for the
development of different oral health problems especially for dental caries and
periodontal disease and also many patients suffering from psychiatric ...
Treatment non-adherence for chronic illnesses such as diabetes is a common
problem. Multiple factors related to the patient, disease, therapeutic regimen, and health-care
system may contribute for medication non-adherence. ...
Background: Heart failure (HF) is a global health issue, with a worldwide incidence of 5.7
million cases annually. Heart failure is an escalating public health problem in the United States
and around the world. Living ...
Prevention, monitoring and reporting of adverse drug reactions is still
a challenge among health professionals. Even though some adverse drug reactions
are minor and can be resolved quickly, some can cause permanent ...
BACKGROUND: Students of Higher institutions are assumed to be exposed to many risky sexual
behaviors. To what extent students exposed to such behavior is not known in the current study area.
OBJECTIVE: To assess risky ...
Treatment outcome of Human immunodeficiency virus infected individual can be evaluated using
virological, immunological or clinical criteria. The immunological and clinical outcomes to Highly Active
Antiretroviral Therapy ...
Approximately one third of patients with epilepsy continue to experience seizure despite the prescription of
appropriate doses of anti-epileptic drugs. The objective of this study was to assess treatment outcomes ...
Diabetes Mellitus is a global public health problem, with the major increases in
prevalence expected to occur in developing countries. It has been reported that diabetic patients had
frequent hospitalization compared ...
Inventory management is the process to order, receive, store, issue and then reorder
commodities. Poor inventory management in health facilities leads to wastage, shortage of
medicines or overage resulting in expiration ...
Proper logistics management information system across all the supply chain levels
guarantees correct supply decision that increases program impact and improves efficiency &
effectiveness of the pharmaceuticals supply ...