Introduction: Postnatal weight gain in very low birth weight babies remains a challenge to the
management of the neonatal period in low and middle income countries like Ethiopia, where no
many feeding alternatives and ...
Background: Leukemia is the eighth to twelfth most frequent malignancy in the globe.
Childhood leukemia mortality rates are decreasing in high-income countries because of
medical care advancement while developing regions ...
Background: Post-streptococcal acute glomerulonephritis is a nonsuppurative Group A
streptococcal complication. Globally, I t causes about 404,000 cases in children. In Mekele,26.9%
of children with post-streptococcal ...
Introduction
Birth weight of less than 2,500 grams is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality.
Various studies in both developed and developing countries look at the prevalence and
associated factors. However, ...
Background: In an emergency situation, triage allows for the rapid identification of children who
are truly in need of urgent or emergency care among the large number of children who present in
the unit. This study was ...
Background: Despite Anti-retro Viral Treatment coverage in resource-limited countries are highly
appreciated, the occurrence of first line virological failure is the priority agenda. To reduce the
emergency of resistant ...
Background: Necrotizing enterocolitis is the most common serious gastrointestinal disorder
affecting preterm, very low birth weight infants and asphyxiated neonates. Survivors of
necrotizing enterocolitis who require ...
Background: Preterm neonates have a much higher risk of death and disability than term
neonates. Prematurity accounts about 1 million neonatal deaths worldwide and it is the second
causes of both neonatal and under ...
Background: Tuberculosis is among the top cause of mortality and morbidity across the globe affecting about 9 million people annually with approximately 1.1million being children younger than 15 years of age. Tuberculosis ...
Background; - Pneumonia is an acute infection of the lower respiratory tract (LRTI), which is an inflammation of
the small airways and pulmonary parenchyma with the consolidation of the alveolar spaces. Sever pneumonia ...
Background: Diabetic ketoacidosis is an acute complication of type 1 diabetes mellitus and a
significant cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries, with an incidence rate of 1–
10% per patient. The ...
Background: Obesity and overweight cause a serious diet-related chronic disease, including type-2
diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, osteoarthritis, and certain forms of cancer. In Sub Saharan Africa including ...
Background: Neonatal mortality and morbidity is a major public health problem worldwide,
especially in low income countries including Ethiopia. For every neonatal death, there were two
to ten near missed neonates. This ...
Introduction: Risky sexual behavior is a workplace issue that mainly affects young adults in
the working-age group. The effects of risky sexual behavior among factory employees have a
major challenge for the private as ...
Background: Obstetric fistula is a serious preventable public health problem in developing
countries. Globally, an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 women develop fistula annually and 39,000
women suffering with untreated ...
Meconium-stained amniotic fluid is one of the primary causes of birth asphyxia. Each year, over five
million neonatal deaths occur worldwide due to meconium-stained amniotic fluid, with 90% of these
deaths due to birth ...
Background: Low APGAR scores are the cause of 13.6% of newborns morbidity and mortality.
Even though much has been done, still the levels of birth asphyxia and neonatal mortality in
Ethiopia were significantly high.
Objective: ...
Background: Early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) is defined as feeding newborn infants
through the mother's breast milk during the first hour of delivery. Breastfeeding beginning at the
appropriate time is a major ...
Background: Self-medication practice is the use of medicine without consulting health professionals to treat self-recognized illness by the general population including pregnant women. Inappropriate self-medication practice ...
The study was conducted in Angolelanatera district Northshewa Zone, with the objectives of
assessing sheep fattening and marketing systems evaluate the economic benefit of on farm sheep
fattening . Out of the total of ...