Background Despite the benefits of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART), there is a growing concern
of treatment failure. This study aimed to assess viral non suppression rate and factors …

Background Maternal mortality continues to have devastating impacts in many societies,
where it constitutes a leading cause of death, and thus remains a core issue in international …

Background Unacceptably high levels of preventable maternal mortality persist as a problem
across sub–Saharan Africa and much of south Asia. Currently, local assessments of the …

Background Family planning interventions are cost-effective and have several cross-cutting
benefits. Despite these benefits of family planning, progress in ensuring universal access to …

Objectives To document factors that hinder or enable strategies to reduce the first and
second delays of the Three Delays in rural and pastoralist areas in Ethiopia. Methods A key …

Background The maternal health system in Ethiopia links health posts in rural communities (kebeles)
with district (woreda) health centres, and health centres with primary hospitals. At …

The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing in Ethiopia. This study
aims to describe the prevalence of NCD risk factors of public employees in a regional city in …

Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia, situated in the Horn of Africa, are highly vulnerable to climate
change, which manifests itself through increasing temperatures, erratic rains and prolonged …

Background. Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major public health problems. There are alarming
reports of increasing multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MTR-TB) from various parts of the …

Background Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) was a pilot
program introduced in Tigray, Ethiopia to monitor maternal and perinatal death. However; …