BACKGROUND Ethiopia has fairly good coverage but very low utilization of health care services. Emergency medical care services require fast, correct and curious services to clients as they present with acute problems. In Ethiopia and Gondar in particular, the quality of emergency medical care has not been studied. The main aim of this study was to assess the disease profile and patients' satisf...

Background. Infectious diarrhea is a common problem in the developing world, especially among people living with HIV/AIDS. Traditional diagnostic methods such as stool culture and microscopic examination is limited by resources. The use of molecular diagnostics for enteropathogen detection in this region of sub-Saharan Africa has not been fully explored. To identify risk factors and characteriz...

Background. Infectious diarrhea is a common problem in the developing world, especially among people living with HIV/AIDS. Traditional diagnostic methods such as stool culture and microscopic examination is limited by resources. The use of molecular diagnostics for enteropathogen detection in this region of sub-Saharan Africa has not been fully explored. To identify risk factors and characteriz...

HIV is remarkable for its preference for T-lymphocytes and macrophages which are rendered incompetent or depleted while opportunities are provided for organisms and agents of otherwise low virulence to establish themselves and cause various infections and further morbidities. Therefore, it was aimed to determine the prevalence of uropathogenic bacterial isolates and their drug susceptibility pa...

Background: The effort for preventing HIV/AIDS (Human Immune Deficiency Syndrome/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) ranges from behavioral intervention to introduction of antiretroviral Treatment (ART) program. ART has dramatically improved the livelihood of people living with HIV/AIDS. World Health Organization(WHO) recommends the optimum time for initiating ART should be guided by CD4 (Clus...

INTRODUCTION Refractive error is an important cause of correctable visual impairment in the worldwide with a global distribution of 1.75% to 20.7% among schoolchildren. Teacher's knowledge about refractive error play an important role in encouraging students to seek treatment that helps in reducing the burden of visual impairment. OBJECTIVE To determine knowledge, attitude and associated fact...

BACKGROUND Vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a common cause of ocular morbidity in children in warm dry climates such as Sub-Saharan Africa and accounts for about 3 % of serious ophthalmic cases in tropical countries. The purpose of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of vernal keratoconjunctivitis among children living in Gondar City, Ethiopia. METHODS A Cross S...