- Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Phenothiazines and Benzothiazines Synthesis and Activities
- Virology and Viral Diseases
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Malaria Research and Control
- Global Health and Surgery
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Participatory Visual Research Methods
- African history and culture analysis
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Immune responses and vaccinations
- Epilepsy research and treatment
- Ethics in medical practice
Addis Ababa University
2019-2024
Wolkite University
2019
Abstract Background Cervical cancer is a global public health problem and the second most common causing morbidity mortality in Ethiopia. Few available evidences revealed that despite distribution severity of cervical among HIV-positive women ease with which it can be prevented, screening practice Ethiopia them considerably low. Thus, this study aims to assess predictors by applying belief model concepts. Methods Facility based cross-sectional was conducted Bishoftu. Data collected from 475...
Abstract Background Annually 57 million people across the globe require palliative care, 76% are from low- and-middle income countries. Continuity of care contributes to a decline in emergency room visits., decreased hospital deaths, improved patient satisfaction, better utilization services, and cost savings. Despite efforts made develop guideline Ethiopia, service is not yet organized linked primary health care. This study aimed explore barriers continuum facility household for cancer...
Introduction In Ethiopia there is an extensive unmet need for palliative care, while the burden of non-communicable diseases and cancer increasing. This study aimed to explore care needs preferences patients, their caregivers, perspective stakeholders on service provision in programs women, mostly affected by cervical breast cancer. Methods A rapid program evaluation using a qualitative approach was conducted three home-based Addis Ababa Yirgalem town, Ethiopia. Female patients enrolled...
There have been periodic case reports of sudden death due to aspiration or asphyxiation in patients receiving phenothiazines. The mechanism is unknown. author a drug-induced bulbar palsy-like syndrome man fluphenazine enanthate and reviews the literature on respiratory He postulates that phenothiazine-induced palsy may cause laryngeal and/or pharyngeal dysfunctions are responsible for aspiration.
Background . Adverse perinatal outcomes are still high in developing countries. Contradicting evidences were reported about the effect of parity on adverse outcomes. The aim this study was to compare grand multiparous and low multiparity women Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital Adare General Ethiopia. Methods Comparative cross-sectional design employed include 461 mothers from February June 2018. Data collected by structured questionnaire using interview patient charts....
Morbidity and mortality from female cancers is a major public health problem in low- middle-income countries, including Ethiopia. More than three quarters of women visiting facilities are diagnosed with late-stage cervical breast cancer. Evidence reveals that misconception affects timely seeking behavior which could have averted expensive treatment poor survival. This study aimed to explore misconceptions about may contributed late presentation the Sidama region, Ethiopia.A descriptive...
Abstract Background World Health Organization/Tropical Disease Research (WHO/TDR) has enduring investment in transfers of skills critical to sustaining resilient health research systems through postgraduate training, clinical and development fellowship (CRDF), bioethics, grants neglected tropical disease research. TDR a long history partnership with Armauer Hansen Institute (AHRI) Ethiopia. The collaboration started individuals lead institution survival success. Therefore, the purpose this...
During the past century, global trend of reduced malaria transmission has been concurrent with increasing urbanization. Although urbanization traditionally considered beneficial for vector control, adaptation vectors to urban environments created concerns among scientific communities and national control programs. Since rates in Ethiopia are highest world, Ethiopian government developed an initiative focused on building multi-storied units organized condominium housing. This study aimed...
Introduction: Ethiopia introduced a second dose of measles-containing vaccine (MCV2) in 2019 to provide further protection against measles and progress toward elimination. However, the sub-optimal coverage both MCV1 MCV2 suggest challenges with uptake. In this qualitative study, we explored barriers uptake among caregivers, community leaders, healthcare workers (HCWs). Method: A study was conducted between mid-April mid-May 2021. We selected ten woredas (districts) Oromia Region, Ethiopia,...
Diagnostic autopsy has been in use for long to determine the cause of death. Since recently however 'Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling' (MITS) is introduced definitive neonatal This study describes locally established facilitators introduce MITS procedures death Ethiopia. Exploratory was conducted Butajira community where twenty-two key informants representing opinion leaders' health care workers, five depth interviews with parents who lost neonates and eight FGDs members were completed...
The Ethiopian government, supported by NORAD, the WHO, and other partners, is decentralizing diabetes care to primary health units via a task-shifting approach. Despite substantial investment, there still lack of up-to-date information on screening, diagnosis, treatment, medication availability in country. This study assessed effects NORAD-WHO intervention services, data quality, infrastructure medical supplies Ethiopia. A quasiexperimental was conducted across 31 project facilities 62...
Objective The role of the community in research process Ethiopia has not been documented. This study aims to explore existing practices and challenges engagement health Ethiopia. Design A qualitative with a narrative approach was conducted. Data were audio-recorded, transcribed, inductively coded analysed thematically. Setting Participants recruited from members institutional review boards, academic staff Addis Ababa Jimma universities, institutions key development partners. Thirty-six...
Understanding the role of space in infectious diseases' dynamics urban contexts is key to developing effective mitigation strategies. Urbanism, a discipline that both studies and acts upon city, commonly uses drawings analyze spatial patterns their variables. This paper revisits as analytical integrative tools for interdisciplinary research. We introduce use two projects conducted field global public health: first, study about heterogeneous burden tuberculosis COVID-19 Lima, Peru, second,...