Diabetes mellitus is a growing world health problem due to various reasons. The main objective of this study was to document the prevalence of diabetes as related to age,sex, educational and economic status, diabetic ...

Boswellia papyrifera (Del.) Hochst. (family Burseraceae), is one of the key plant species in the drylands of the Horn of Africa. Unregulated extraction of gums and resins and land use change are among the main factors ...

Acacia is a multipurpose leguminous woody plant widely distributed in a wide range of habitats because of its ability to fix nitrogen and improve soil fertility. However, effectiveness in nitrogen fixation is variable, ...

Two hundred forty thousand (240,000) tons of coffee waste and about 4000 tons of flower residue wastes are generated annually from the age-old coffee processing industries and the booming cut flower industries in Ethiopia, ...

Orange (Citrus sinensis) is among the most important fruit crop of Ethiopia. Blue mold is the most aggressive economically important wound parasite post harvest disease of orange fruit. The present study was under taken ...

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a global epidemic which is caused by the virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It affects the immune system of the body of human beings and destroying the lives ...

Cryptosporidium spp infections are recognized as important causes of diarrhoea in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent patients. Although a number of studies have been conducted on the prevalence of intestinal ...

Following reports on decreases in malaria cases and deaths recently many countries embarked on malaria elimination and some even succeeded in doing so. Ethiopia is following suit and aims to eliminate the disease in certain ...

In Ethiopia, chloroquine was the first line anti-malarial drug used for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria for more than 40 years, until very high treatment failure rates were demonstrated through studies ...

Proteases are the most important class of industrial enzymes accounting for 60% of the global industrial enzyme market. Microorganisms are the major source of these enzymes. Production of hyrolysates from different protein ...