BACKGROUND In Ethiopia, cervical cancer (CC) ranks the 2nd most frequent cancer and the country had 27.19 million women at risk of developing the disease though only 0.6 % women age 18-69 years was screened every 3 years. Nearly a quarter (22.1 %) of southern Ethiopia HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infected Women were positive for precancerous cervical cancer. Doing regular screening can pr...

1School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, China 2Department of Nutrition & Food technology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Omdurman Islamic University, Sudan 3Departmentof Food process Engineering, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopia 4Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Gezira, Sudan 5Department of Food Process...

A UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases meeting to discuss the future role of biomedical research in leprosy, was held at the Armauer Hansen Research Institute in Addis Ababa, on February 27 and 28, 1998. This was attended by more than 20 scientists from 10 countries, who met to discuss progress towards a world without leprosy.

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...

INTRODUCTION We assessed the prevalence of substance use and its association with high blood pressure among adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. METHODS We employed a cross-sectional descriptive study design. The World Health Organization instrument for stepwise surveillance of risk factors for chronic diseases was applied on a probabilistic sample of 4001 men and women aged 25 to 64 years in Add...

BACKGROUND Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is the best nutrition for the children during the first 6 months of life, yet despite knowing the clear benefits, the practice of EBF is low. The aim of the study is to determine prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding practice and associated factors in Addis Ababa. METHODS A facility based cross-sectional study with internal comparison was conducted amo...

BACKGROUND Diagnostic disclosure of HIV/AIDS to a child is becoming an increasingly common issue in clinical practice. Nevertheless, some parents and health care professionals are reluctant to inform children about their HIV infection status. The objective of this study was to identify the proportion of children who have knowledge of their serostatus and factors associated with disclosure in HI...

The study was conducted to determine the status of bovine tuberculosis in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by a comparative intradermal tuberculin test of 1,869 animals in 106 farms. Epidemiological information was also collected, taking into account factors chosen for their epidemiological significance and local livestock husbandry characteristics. In addition, milk samples were collected from tuberculi...

Screening rate for cervical cancer among HIV-infected women and among women overall is low in Ethiopia despite the high burden of the disease and HIV infection, which increases cervical cancer risk. In this paper, we assessed knowledge about cervical cancer symptoms, prevention, early detection, and treatment and barriers to screening among HIV-positive women attending community health centers ...