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The Need for Public Policy Initiatives to Retain Medical Doctors in Ethiopia

Berhanu Bankashe Balaker (Walden University, 2018)

Ethiopia suffers from a medical shortage or brain drainthat has severely affected its already fragile health care system. The country has a very low physician-to-population ratio,whilemany in the medical community continue ...

Defining and managing Acute lymphangioadenitis in podoconiosis lymphoedema in Northern Ethiopia

Negussie Seifu, H. (University of Brighton, 2017-07)

Podoconiosis (endemic non-filarial elephantiasis) is a non-infectious disease arising in barefoot individuals in long-term contact with irritant red clay soil of volcanic origin. The condition is believed to be caused by ...

Multilevel and Multisectoral Processes of Implementing Nutrition sensitive Ideology and Programming in Ethiopia’s Development Landscape

Andrea Marie Warren (University of South Carolina, 2017)

This research sought to understand the ways in which ideas and discourses in international development are adapted in a country context. Our particular focus was on how ideas at the international and national level become ...

Acculturation, Identity Formation, and Mental Health-Related Issues Among Young Adult Ethiopian Immigrants

Sam A. Wolde (Walden University, 2017)

Immigration is a contributing factor to population growth in the United States. Ethiopian immigrants who are residing in the United States constitute the second-largest African immigrant group next to Nigeria. The effect ...

End-of-life Care Experience for First-generation Ethiopian Immigrant Patients and Families

Debrework Damte (Bethel University, 2017)

The goals of end-of-life (EOL) or palliative care are as follows: provide comfort, promote death with dignity and provide support to patients’ families. However, the observations and interactions with first-generation ...

Provider barriers, enablers, and incentives associated with the use of isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV-infected individuals in Ethiopia

Lai, Joanna (Johns Hopkins University, 2017)

Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) is given to patients with latent infection of tuberculosis (TB) to prevent the progression to active disease. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends six to nine months of IPT as ...

An assessment of the outcomes of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ehlers, Valerie (University of South Africa, 2016)

This article assessed maternal and neonatal outcomes amongst users of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV services in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Objectives: The study aimed to assess the health outcomes ...

Effectiveness of prevention of mother-to child transmission (PMTCT) procedures in pregnant HIV infected women and their exposed infants at seven health centers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Marshet Girma (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, 2016)

The purpose of this research is to assess PMTCT intervention uptake by HIV positive pregnant mothers and to assess the degree of linkage to HIV exposed infants to care and treatment services in selected. We conducted a ...

Ethiopian nurses' work with primary prevention: a minor field study in Addis Ababa

Julia Ansved, Maja Lingerhed (Sophiahemmet University, 2016)

One central task within nursing is health promotion, which can be done at different levels. Primary prevention aims to promote health and protect against illness by preventing problems before they occur. HIV is still a ...

Factors Influencing Care-Seeking Behavior Among Patients In Ethiopian Primary Health Care Units

Orit Abrahim (Yale University, 2016)

The utilization of primary health care in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa has been limited. The objective of this study was to evaluate the factors that influenced why patients sought care at health centers versus ...

Socioeconomic Status-Related Inequities on Maternal Health Services: Trends, Associations, and Outcomes

Nibretie Gobezie Workneh (Walden University, 2016)

Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) in Ethiopia remains one of the highest in the world due in part to very limited use of maternal health services. However, the underlying factors for limited use of the services and hence the ...

Mapping the spatial distribution and epidemiology of podoconiosis in ethiopia: implications for disease control

Deribe, K (University of Brighton, 2016-01)

In the last ten years, there has been significant progress towards the prevention, control and elimination of podoconiosis as a health problem. There are however gaps in our understanding of the epidemiology and geography ...

Adoption of 'rapid ethical assessment' as a practical method for assessing ethical issues relating to biomedical research projects in Ethiopia

Nuramo, A. A. (University of Brighton, 2015-03)

The universal principles of biomedical ethics provide overall guidance which are applicable to all settings. However, the range of ethical issues present in different communities differs subject to variations in ethno-cultural ...

Active Management of the Third Stage of Labor by Skilled Birth Attendants in a Rural Regional Hospital in Southern Ethiopia: A Qualitative Case Study

Marcella J. Gowan (George Fox University, 2015)

In Ethiopia, as in many developing countries, postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality. PPH can be prevented through a three-step practice called active management of the third stage of labor ...

Outcomes of TB treatment in HIV co-infected TB patients in Ethiopia

Solomon Ahmed Ali (University of South Africa, 2015)

The purpose of this study was to determine and compare the outcomes of tuberculosis (TB) treatment among Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) co-infected TB patients, and identify factors associated with these outcomes. A ...

Training lay people as first responders to reduce road traffic mortalities and morbidities in Ethiopia: Challenges, barriers and feasible solutions

Abdulkadir, Mohammed (University of Washington, 2015)

Road traffic accidents (RTAs) have become global public safety and development hindrances, especially in the low and middle income countries, where the rate is significantly higher compared to the industrialized nations. ...

The spatial epidemilogy of podoconiosis in northern Ethiopia

Molla, Y. (University of Brighton, 2014-03)

The presence of environmental variables associated with the occurrence of podoconiosis was indicated in studies by Price in the 1970s. Observation of red clay soil of volcanic origin and barefoot people in podoconiosis-endemic ...

The Association Between Women's Autonomy and Women's HIV/AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes in Ethiopia

Fadumo Rirash (The University of Western Ontario, 2014)

Low autonomy resulting from gender inequalities in women has been identified as a contributing factor to the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on women, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study explored the ...

Review of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Tefera Girma Negash (University of South Africa, 2014)

This study aimed to identify factors affecting women’s utilisation of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV, evaluate the quality of PMTCT services, describe health outcomes of mothers and infants ...

Perspectives of HIV+ Women on the Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Kimberly Anne Fleek (University of South Florida, 2014)

In 2012, an estimated 9,500 infants in Ethiopia were born with HIV. Mortality for these infants is high, and preventing infection offers the best hope for reducing the childhood death rates. Effective measures exist which ...

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