Background: Meningitis is an infection of the meninges, characterized by an onset of fever,
headache, neck stiffness, and photophobia over a period of hours to days. In Ethiopia, meningitis
due to an infectious agent is ...
Background: In developing countries, pregnancy and childbirth are the leading causes of
disability and death among women of reproductive age. Most of these causes are preventable by
provision of skilled care for all women ...
Background; Low birth weight which is associated with a wide range of both short- and long-term
consequences remains a formidable public health challenge for the 21st century. Despite the presence of
different prevention ...
Background: Suicide is a worldwide public health problem, psychiatric emergency and more severe
health problem among patients living with human immune deficiency virus/ acquired immune
deficiency syndrome in comparison ...
Women’s autonomy encompasses the ability to obtain information and make
decisions about one’s own concerns; and have some control over finances and freedom of
movement. Women’s autonomy in healthcare decision making is ...
BACKGROUND: Ultrasonographic assessments of the kidney size is useful in diagnosis of
chronic renal pathologies among patients with non-communicable diseases including diabetes
mellitus (DM), which is one of the major ...
Background: Injury is one of the most important preventable cause of death and disability in
children beyond the first few months of life. Hazardous living conditions, lack of safe play space,
absence of child care ...
Background: - Diabetes Mellitus (DM), a chronic metabolic disorders which caused about 4.2
million deaths and at least USD 760 billion dollars’ expenditure in 2019, has been targeted for
action by leaders of WHO member ...
Melese Gezahegn; Demisew Amenu; Desta Hiko(2018-08)
Background: Induction of labor is routine obstetric procedure. Oxytocin for the purposes of induction of labor is
one of the most frequently used medications in obstetrics. Studies have estimated the relative efficacy and ...
Diabetes is a global public health problem and associated with metabolic, cellular,
and blood disturbances. Hematological changes have been reported in diabetes and play a major
role in diabetes-associated complications. ...
Background: - Mental disorders account for five percent of the total burden of disease and
nineteen per cent of all disability in Africa. Approximately one out of four people in Africa may
experience what the World Health ...
Thyroid gland is one of the largest endocrine organs, with a remarkable
potential for growth and enlargement. Thyroid diseases are among the most common
endocrine disorders in humans. Prevalence and incidence of thyroid ...
Background: Type 2 Diabetes, which accounts for ∼90–95% of those with diabetes, remains
largely undiagnosed and has long asymptomatic period before patients present with
complications. Patients with type 2 diabetes are ...
Background: Among various malnutrition screening tools, the mini nutritional assessment
(MNA) long-form is a simple and valid tool used to assess nutritional status in the elderly
population. It is easily administered ...
Background: - Globally at least one in three women has been sexually coerced in her lifetime.
Sexual coercion has been shown to be associated with a number of risky behaviors that in turn
may also have adverse health ...
Background: Anxiety is a common condition in any chronic disease. Anxiety symptoms may
affect the patients’ ability to control their condition, their quality of life, and their overall health
levels.Despite this fact,limited ...
Background: - Tuberculosis is one of the public health problems in the world.One third of the
world population is infected with the latent form of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis is greatest killer
worldwide due to single ...
Introduction: the frequency of prostate disorders, such as prostatitis, benign
hyperplasia, and carcinomas that are sent to pathology for diagnosis, is increasing. Histological examination is important because different ...
Background: Malaria is a significant public health problem in Ethiopia with an estimated 75% of the
land and 60% of the population being at risk of infection. In the last decade, malaria burden has
dramatically decreased ...
Background: Childbirth fearis becoming increasingly recognized as a clinical issue that can
have profound effects on the mother and her experience of pregnancy and birth. Failure to
identify women with Childbirth fear ...