1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2Tigray Agriculture Bureau, Tigray, Ethiopia; 3Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 4Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 5Suhul Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia; 6Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 7Tigray Regional Health Bureau, Tigray, Ethiopia; 8World Healt...

1 Department of Biomedicine, School of Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia 2 Department of Medical Microbiology, Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 3 Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 4 Department of Microbiology, School of Biomed...

1Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia. 2Biotechnology Institute, Addis Ababa University. P.O. Box 1176 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 3Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University, P.O. box 1176 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 4Department of Biomedical Science, Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia. 5Division of Biology and Medici...

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The world is witnessing a dramatic shift of settlement pattern from rural to urban population, particularly in developing countries. The rapid Addis Ababa urbanization reflects this global phenomenon and the subsequent socio-economic and environmental impacts, are causing massive public uproar and political instability. The objective of this study was to use remotely sensed Landsat data to iden...

1 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia. 2 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 3 Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, Uni...

January 2009, Vol. 99, No. 1 SAMJ 2. Brewer DD, Potterat JJ, Roberts JM, jr., Brody S. Male and female circumcision associated with prevalent HIV infection in adolescents in Kenya, Lesotho, and Tanzania. Ann Epidemiol 2007; 17: 217-226. 3. UNICEF, African Child Policy Forum. What children and youth think, Botswana: a statistical presentation of opinions and perceptions of children and youth in ...

1 Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4 Raja, S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata-32, West Bengal Kolkata 700032, India 2Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, P. O. Box 28017-1000, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3Departamento de Bioloǵıa Molecular Centro de Bioloǵıa Molecular “Severo Ochoa” C/ Nicolás Cabrera, 1 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, ...

Podoconiosis, trachomatous trichiasis and cataract in northern Ethiopia: a 1 comparative cross sectional study 2 3 Authors 4 Helen Burn1*, Sintayehu Aweke2¶, Tariku Wondie2¶, Esmael Habtamu2,3, Kebede Deribe1,4, Saul 5 Rajak5,3, Stephen Bremner6, Gail Davey1. 6 7 Affiliations 8 1. Wellcome Trust Brighton and Sussex Centre for Global Health Research, Brighton and Sussex Medical 9 School, Brighto...

Road traffic accidents are among the top leading causes of deaths and injuries of various levels. Ethiopia is experiencing highest rate of such accidents resulting in fatalities and various levels of injuries. Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, takes the lion’s share of the risk having higher number of vehicles and traffic and the cost of these fatalities and injuries has a great impact...