Title: Contraceptive use among lactating women in Ganta-Afeshum District, Eastern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2015: A cross sectional study Authors: Alem Gebremariam ([email protected]) Hadush Gebremariam ([email protected]) Version: 1 Date: 26 Oct 2017 Author’s response to reviews: Point by point response to reviewers Title: Contraceptive use among lactating women in Ganta-Afeshum District, Ea...

1 Burie Agricultural College, P.O. Box Rissneleden 19, Sundbyberg, 17453 Stockholm, Sweden 2 Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute (ARARI), P.O. Box 527, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia 3 School of Natural Resources Management and Environmental Science, Haramaya University, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia 4 International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), P.O. Box 95076...

Childhood and adolescent obesity is an international public health problem leading to an increased risk of adulthood obesity, mortality and morbidity. Its prevalence is increasing in low-income populations, and we hypothesized it may be associated with vitamin D deficiency. Low vitamin D status is a worldwide public health issue including in Ethiopia; however, no one has examined overweight/obe...

This study examined the effect of public investment on private and their relative effects Ethiopia economic growth. The employed ARDL bounds testing approach. empirical results revealed that has a crowding-in in long run which means, stimulates run. However, crowding out investment. In other word, no direct impact growth significant positive while it is negatively related to short suggests posi...

1. Overview This report identifies and collates studies involving longitudinal social research in Ethiopia. There are a limited number of studies which fall under this classification. Much of the longitudinal research in Ethiopia focuses on health or agricultural sectors, rather than social issues. Some health studies are included in this report as they involve social dimensions or behavioural ...

INTRODUCTION Infant and young child feeding (IYCF) is the cornerstone of infant and child survival, healthy growth and development, healthy future generations and national development. In spite of the importance of optimal nutrition in low- and middle-income countries, there has been no review conducted in Ethiopia. Thus, the aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to estimate the na...

PURPOSE The incidence of epilepsy in Ethiopia is high compared with industrialised countries, but in most cases the cause of epilepsy is unknown. Childhood malnutrition remains widespread. We performed a case-control study to determine whether epilepsy is associated with poverty and markers of early under-nutrition. METHODS Patients with epilepsy (n=112), aged 18-45years, were recruited from ...

Human visceral (VL, also known as Kala-azar) and cutaneous (CL) leishmaniasis are important infectious diseases affecting countries in East Africa that remain endemic in several regions of Ethiopia. The transmission and epidemiology of the disease is complicated due to the complex life cycle of the parasites and the involvement of various Leishmania spp., sand fly vectors, and reservoir animals...

Background Mental and neurological (MN) health care has long been neglected in low-income settings. This paper estimates health and non-health impacts of fully publicly financed care for selected key interventions in the National Mental Health Strategy in Ethiopia for depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and epilepsy. Methods A methodology of extended cost-effectiveness analysis (ECEA)...

Prevalence of Relapse and Associated Factors in Patient with Schizophrenia at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Institution Based Cross Sectional Study Zewdu Shewangizaw Weret 1 and Roan Mukherjee 2 1. College of Medicine and Health sciences, Arbaminch University, Arbaminch, Ethiopia 2. Dept. of Human Physiology, Hazaribag College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Jhark...