Increased knowledge and awareness of pregnant women on pregnancy related risk is essential to prevent maternal death. Two third of pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic nationally and one third in Addis Ababa ...

Background: Hand hygiene significantly reduces the number of disease contamination and can minimize cross- contamination. But in daily practice compliance to hand hygiene is low and reasons for low compliance, factors ...

Background: Ethiopia introduced ART (Anti-retroviral therapy) relatively recently, in 2004. However, the effectiveness of the intervention has not been evaluated. The objective of this study was to assess the level of ...

Background: Students of higher institutions that fall in youth bracket are liable to many SRH problems like other youth. These problems include gender-based violence, sexual coercion, STD’s including HIV/AIDS, unwanted ...

Background: Little information exists on the desire to have children and FP use of PLHIV in Ethiopia. The objectives of the study were to assess and identify factors that affect the desire for children and FP use in ...

Background: Although the goal of achieving ‘as close as possible to universal access to treatment for all those who need it by 2010 has been stated in 2005(1), the implementation of successful treatment programs remain ...

Background: Implementation of antiretroviral treatment in Ethiopia has offered to those who accessed to the service priceless changes in terms of individual health, socially, psychologically and comfort for the families ...

Background: Epidemiological studies have shown that the peak incidence of HIV/AIDS occurs in young people aged 15-24 years. Sexual behaviors like early sexual debut, multiple sexual partners, inconsistent use of condom ...

Background: Palliative care in the context of HIV is a broad and new concept which begins with the HIVpositive diagnosis and extends through the end of life. The goal of palliative care is improving quality of life of PWHA ...

Background: Sexual violence of street children is a global social problem. Like many under developed nation, challenges facing the Ethiopian children make their live under difficult circumstances and are exposed to various ...