Iran and Ethiopia have had bilateral relations for almost two thousand years. These relations were accompanied by cultural exchanges among the people, resulting in the acceptance of both nation’s cultural elements by the other. A thorough knowledge of these cultural exchanges is not only important in understanding the history of the bilateral relations between the two countries; it would also b...

it is a challenge for a farmer with limited resources to decide on the production of commodities and investment in the farm. transformation of smallholder subsistence agriculture, to market oriented value addition based agriculture is vital for poverty reduction in ethiopia. this study was initiated to explore the factors which contribute for the adoption of improved wheat and pepper varieties ...

Any views expressed in this publication are those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of CIFOR, the authors' institutions or the financial sponsors of this publication. Contents Abbreviations vi Acknowledgements vii Foreword viii 1 Challenges and forest-based opportunities in the drylands of Ethiopia 1 1.1 Drylands of Ethiopia 1 1.2 Challenges facing the drylands of Ethi...

An outbreak of African Horse Sickness (AHS) in Ethiopia was investigated in order to isolate and identify circulating serotypes of African Horse Sickness Virus in Ethiopian equines between July and September 2003. Six hundred and fifty (650) equines of different species (horse, donkey, mule) were examined. Viral specimens were collected from 12 acutely sick and moribund animals. Clinical and ne...

BACKGROUND Recently, newly defined clades of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains, namely Ethiopia 1-3 and Ethiopia H37Rv-like strains, and other clades associated with pulmonary TB (PTB) were identified in Ethiopia. In this study, we investigated whether these new strain types exhibit an increased ability to cause TB lymphadenitis (TBLN) and raised the question, if particular MTBC...

ethiopia's childhood mortality has continued to decline although at a swift pace. the drop in urban childhood mortality decline, duration of breastfeeding is the principle reason for the overall decline in mortality trends in ethiopia.  data from the ethiopian demographic and health surveys 2000 and 2005 were used. indirect estimation of brass and trussell's methods were adopted. selected demog...

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...

BACKGROUND Multidrug-resistant Salmonella serovar Concord infections have been reported from children adopted from Ethiopia. We interviewed patients, characterized the isolates, and gathered information about adoptions from Ethiopia to assess public health implications. METHODS Information about Salmonella Concord cases and adoptions were provided from Austria, Denmark, England (and Wales), I...

BACKGROUND Medical workforce shortages represent a major challenge in low- and middle-income countries, including those in Africa. Despite this, there is a dearth of information regarding the location and practice of African surgeons following completion of their training. In response to the call by the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel for a sound...

Mohammed Adem Mohammed, Jemal Hussein Ahmed, Abdulhalik Workicho Bushra , Hisham S. Aljadhey Department of public health and clinical sciences, Faculty of health sciences, Jigjiga University p.o.box 24246, Arada Sub City, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Department of Pharmacy, College of public health and medical sciences, Jimma University, Ethiopia. Department of Epidemiology, College of public health ...