Citation: van Griensven J, Mengesha B, Mekonnen T, Fikre H, Takele Y, Adem E, Mohammed R, Ritmeijer K, Vogt F, Adriaensen W and Diro E (2018) Leishmania Antigenuria to Predict Initial Treatment Failure and Relapse in Visceral Leishmaniasis/HIV Coinfected Patients: An Exploratory Study Nested Within a Clinical Trial in Ethiopia. Front. Cell. Infect. Microbiol. 8:94. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00094...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether shoe-wearing affords foot protection among school children living in southern Ethiopia. METHODS Data collectors conducted a standardized foot assessment with children in an elementary school in southern Ethiopia (N=168). RESULTS 54% reported wearing shoes consistently in the prior three days. Children wearing closed-toed shoes showed less adherent soil and toe ...

RESEARCH ARTICLE Impact of Integrated Multimodal Traveler Information on Auto Commuter’s Mode Switching Propensity A.A. Memon, M. Meng, Y.D. Wong and S.H. Lam Technical Cooperation Program of EU for Road Sector Development Program of Ethiopia, SMEC International (Pty) Ltd., Ethiopian Roads Authority, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia TUM CREATE, 1 CREATE Way, #10-02 CREATE Tower, Singapore 138602, Singapor...

The aim of this study is to see how healers are initiated in Ethiopia. The paper also describes the position of traditional healers in the current situation of Ethiopia. It is found out that most of spiritual healers believed that they are selected by divine power or spirit. The selections are manifested by a single or a combination of ways namely: through dream, escaping mortal accident, and m...

*Correspondence [email protected] Department of preventive medicine, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, Department of preventive medicine, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, [email protected] ABSTRACT Background: Prevention of unintended pregnancy among HIV positive women is the second component of “global plan” that can reduce the desperate st...

How to cite this article: Birhanu Z, Woldie MK, Assefa T, Morankar S. Determinants of patient enablement at primary health care centres in central Ethiopia: a crosssectional study. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2011;3(1), Art. #195, 8 pages. doi:10.4102/phcfm. v3i1.195 Background: Patient enablement is associated with behaviours like treatment adherence and self-care and is becoming a well-acc...

In 2015, there were an estimated 729 517 people living with HIV in Ethiopia, including 95 094 children (aged 0–14 years), according to the 2015 Estimation and Projection Package/Spectrum modelling. HIV prevalence at the national level is 4.2% among urban populations and 0.6% rural populations; by gender, HIV prevalence is 1.52% among women and 1.0% among men.1 The HIV epidemic in Ethiopia is pr...

s of MSc and PhD theses Completed by ILRI Graduate Fellows 2008 ILRI International Livestock Research Institute www.ilri.org headquarters box 30709 Nairobi 00100, Kenya phone +254 20 422 3000 fax +254 20 422 3001 email [email protected] principal site box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia phone +251 11 617 2000 fax +251 11 617 2001 email [email protected] ILRI via USA direct phone +1 650 833...

How to cite this article: Tateke T, Woldie M, Ololo S. Determinants of patient satisfaction with outpatient health services at public and private hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Afr J Prm Health Care Fam Med. 2012;4(1), Art. #384, 11 pages. http://dx.doi. org/10.4102/phcfm.v4i1.384 Background: Patients have explicit desires or requests for services when they visit hospitals. However, inadeq...

s of PhD theses Completed by ILRI Graduate Fellows 2006–2007 ILRI International Livestock Research Institute www.ilri.org headquarters box 30709 Nairobi 00100, Kenya phone +254 20 422 3000 fax +254 20 422 3001 email [email protected] principal site box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia phone +251 11 617 2000 fax +251 11 617 2001 email [email protected] ILRI via USA direct phone +1 650 833 66...