Background: Under-nutrition is one of the most important public health problems, affecting more than 900 million people around the World. It is an important underlying cause of illness and death in Africa and imposes a ...

Background: Although the prevention of unintended pregnancy has been the major rationale for family planning and reproductive health programs throughout the world, a significant level of unintended pregnancy still exists ...

Background: Women in the postpartum period are more concerned about their weight status and frequently practice unhealthy weight control methods. However, little is known about the practice of unhealthy weight control among ...

Background: Globally there is huge increase in family planning access and use. Despite this an estimated 137 million women in the developing world, who would like to avoid childbearing, are unable to avoid it. The concept ...

Back ground: Reproductive health issues appear to be relatively neglected among HIV positive women. Hence the contribution of contraception as a strategy to reduce mother-to-child transmission is underutilized. As well, ...

A study was conducted to test the application of the so called "indirect questionnaire approach" using key informants, for the assessment of high risk areas for onchocerciasis. The objective was to determine the validity, ...

Back ground: Podoconiosis is non-infective, usually crystalline Blockage of the limb lymphatic, almost always affecting the lower limbs. In Ethiopia Podoconiosis is an important public health problem in endemic areas ...

Background: The HIV/AIDS pandemic remains one of the global health problems ever faced by mankind including Ethiopia. Cognizant of the problem, various interventions have been made among which HIV counseling and testing ...

Background: Reducing maternal morbidity and mortality is a global agenda. With maternal mortality ratio of 676 per 100,000 live births, maternal mortality and morbidity levels in Ethiopia are among the highest in the world. ...

Background: The benefit of contraceptive methods has become an important factor in the life of reproductive age of women. Specially, the utilization of Long Acting and Permanent contraceptive Methods (LAPMs) is most effective ...