Background: Respiratory diseases are a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide especially in most developing countries . Amongst these respiratory diseases, pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children ...

Background: severe acute malnutrition is major health problem in sub Sahara Africa. WHO prepared a guideline to manage SAM and Ethiopia also prepared its own guideline by adapting WHO guideline to decrease mortality below ...

Background: Intestinal obstruction is the most common surgical emergency in the newborn period. It is a life threatening condition with high mortality especially in developing countries. Neonates with intestinal obstruction ...

Background: Children with epilepsy are documented to have increased incidence of behavioral and psychiatric disorders. The reported prevalence range from 30%to 66% according to studies from developed and developing country’s ...

Introduction: Drugs are important components of health care and play crucial role in saving life. Drug prescription is the product of most medical consultations. Despite the importance of good quality prescriptions erroneous ...

Perinatal Mortality (PNM) is high in developing countries when compared to high income countries. The major causes of PNM are infection, birth asphyxia and complications related to prematurity. The current perinatal mortality ...