Browsing by Author "Anteneh Girma"

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    Quality Assessment of Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course of Tuberculosis in Afar National Regional State.
    (Addis Abeba University, 2007-07) Anteneh Girma; Damen Hailemariam
    Introduction: despite availability of reliable diagnostic approaches and effective drugs for over decades, Tb remained a major public health problem, where there have been limited impacts in reducing its global burden despite the growing adherence to the recommendations of WHO on the use of DOTS and other interventions in many countries. Objective: to assess the quality of Tuberculosis treatment in Afar National Regional State. Methodology: cross sectional health institution based survey was conducted between 5th February and 10th March in six health institutions, where records were reviewed for 270 Patients’, exit interview were made among 209 patients, six providers were interviewed andobservations were made for 49 patients. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS 11.0 for windows statistical software and findings at 95% confidence interval and p value of 0.05 werereported as statistically significant. Result: the results of the study showed that staffing qualities were poor and patterns of supervision were weak but delivery supplies for Tb control activities were good. A relatively higher proportion of patients were dissatisfied with the appropriateness and adequacy of working hours and waiting time. Statistically significant correlation was observed between process quality and output quality (clients’ satisfaction). Conclusion And Recommendations: it was concluded that the quality of Tb treatment in Afar National Regional State was poor where; both the quantity and the quality of staffing were not satisfactory, the issue of refreshment training seems to be absent, the pattern of supervision was weak and was also unplanned, inconsistent and lack feedback whenever it had been effected, which is totally against the national guideline where it is strongly recommended as part of program communication. Hence, mechanisms to improve the different aspects of the program and sticking to the national TLCP manual were strongly recommended.
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    The Impact of Withdrawal from the African Growth and Opportunity Act on Ethiopian Economy
    (A.A.U., 2023-02-02) Anteneh Girma; Abebe Yitayew
    For many years, the US and Sub-Saharan Africa have not had strong trade and investment relations. In 2000, the African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) was introduced to promote public Act 106-200, whose goal has benefited the Sub-Saharan African Countries by eliminating the trade barriers, duties, levies, and quotas that would encourage trade between these countries. AGOA is a unilateral and non-reciprocal trade program that gives eligible Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries the export of goods to the United States. The primary objectives of AGOA are to promote Sub-Saharan Africa's economies and improve economic relations between the United States and the SSA. But in the other way, AGOA is a tool to execute U.S. interests in Africa. So AGOA as an instrument of American domination over sub-Saharan Africa in their trade and investment. It is a good example of interfering in Ethiopia's internal issues direct in the name of AGOA. As a result, AGOA is more of a political tool than a tool for promoting trade between the U.S. and SSA. On paper, the AGOA is to encourage exports of African products, and open markets, and promote inclusive development, solid regional integration, and good governance on the continent of Africa. However, there has been significant growth in U.S. content domination since its inception, especially in Ethiopia. The point must make that SSA no longer needs aid; what we need in Ethiopia and other African countries is trade. This thesis shows the impact of withdrawal from AGOA on the Ethiopian Economy and what is another alternative available to the country. This research uses a quantitative and qualitative methods. Secondary data was the main data for this research. The researcher choose a purposive sampling technique that involves examining the entire population that has a particular set of characteristics to import and export data since AGOA was enacted. The data are collected through official Statistics, AGOA annual reports, previous research publications & annual reports