Browsing by Author "Girma, Eskedar"

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    Statistical Analysis of Factors Affecting Delivery and Postnatal Care Utilization in Ethiopia
    (Addis Abeba university, 2015-06) Girma, Eskedar; Kedir, Adem(PhD)
    Every two minutes, at least one woman dies from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth in the world. Ethiopia is one of the countries where maternal mortality ratio is high. Despite the fact that maternal health care services are essential for improvement of maternal health coverage of the services is low. The objective of this study was to identify factors that affect DC and PNC utilization. The data for the study were taken from the 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey. Women who had at least one live birth in the five years preceding the survey were the target population of this study. Descriptive and binary logistic regression ware used to analyse the data. The result of binary logistic regression revealed that region, women’s education, husband education, media exposure and wealth index statistically significant predictors of DC and PNC utilization. To ensure an improved utilization of the two services in Ethiopia improving women’s education and economic status would play a great role in enhancing utilization DC and PNC services
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    Study on Material Wastage of 40/60 Condominium Construction
    (Addis Ababa University, 2016-01) Girma, Eskedar; Dinku, Abebe(Professor)
    Most of the times, the actual percentage of waste generation is much higher than initially assumed, causing the additional cost of the project. Therefore, minimizing materials waste in the construction projects could yield great cost savings and profit increment. A Literature review was carried out to identify major construction materials waste causes and minimization measures being used in the construction industry. Consequently, a structured questionnaire survey was conducted to identify the effect of client material supplying in the generation of waste, causes of waste, levels of contribution of measures to waste minimization and to what extent the same measures are practiced on 40/60 condominium construction sites. Beside, an effort has been made to estimate the amount of materials waste analytically and site observations were undertaken to understand the problem very well. The survey focused on the four most dominant materials in terms of influencing the project costs which are concrete, mortar, reinforcement bar and hollow concrete block. The variables were then ranked in their order of importance based on the response of the consultants and contractors. Finally, based on the findings of this research, possible solutions are recommended to improve the generation of excessive material wastes in 40/60 condominium projects. Keywords: 40/60 condominium sites, Causes of materials waste, Construction materials waste, Waste minimization measures