Factors influencing drop-out of households from community based health insurance membership in rural districts of Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia: Community based case-control study [PDF]
BackgroundFinancial risk-sharing through community-based health insurance is a critical component of universal health coverage. However, its development is a great challenge, not only due to low enrollment but also due to the high dropout rate of members
Kebebush Zepre +8 more
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Practice and factors affecting informed consent among healthcare workers for major surgical procedures at Gurage zone hospitals, South Ethiopia, 2022: a facility-based cross-sectional study [PDF]
Objective This study aimed to assess the informed consent practice process and associated factors among healthcare workers for major surgical procedures at Gurage zone hospitals, in 2022.Methods and materials Institution-based cross-sectional study was ...
Haimanot Abebe +12 more
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Magnitude of Cognitive Impairment Among Patients With Epilepsy at Health Institutions in Gurage Zone, Ethiopia. [PDF]
Introduction Epilepsy is a widespread neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures; it contributes to 1% of the global burden of diseases and can end in cognitive impairment. Objective To assess the magnitude and associated factors of cognitive impairment among patients with epilepsy.
Wazema DH +4 more
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Introduction: Climate change and related extreme events are negatively affecting agricultural production where millions of smallholder farmers depend up on it.
Zelalem Dendir, Belay Simane
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Completion of the maternal continuum of care and its association with antenatal care attendance during previous pregnancy among women in rural areas of the Gurage Zone, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study [PDF]
Objective The maternal continuum of care is a cost-effective intervention to prevent pregnancy and childbirth-related maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of completion of the maternal continuum of
Bitew Tefera Zewudie +5 more
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Survival Status, Length of Stay, and Predictors of Mortality Among Neonates Admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Gurage Zone Public Hospitals [PDF]
Background Many countries need to accelerate their progress to achieve the sustainable development goal target of neonatal death. It is still high in Ethiopia.
Bogale Chekole MSc +13 more
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Treatment outcomes and associated factors among tuberculosis patients attending Gurage Zone Public Hospital, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region, Ethiopia: an institution-based cross-sectional study [PDF]
BackgroundTuberculosis remains the most important global health problem. Worldwide, tuberculosis is the cause of a single infectious agent and the ninth leading cause of death, ranking above human immunodeficiency virus.
Haile Workye Agazhu +4 more
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Adherence to preventive behaviours and associated factors towards COVID-19 among adults in Gurage zone, Ethiopia, 2020: a community-based cross-sectional study [PDF]
Objectives People’s adherence to preventive practices for COVID-19 is fundamental to controlling the transmission of the virus. Therefore, this study is aimed at assessing adherence to preventive practices for COVID-19 and associated factors among the ...
Jemal Bedewi +5 more
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Drivers of rising residential house rent in Wolkite town, Gurage zone, Ethiopia
Increase in residential house rent prompts social, health and economic problem to society. The problem is more pronounced in developing countries where social welfare programs are not available.
Endalkachew Kabtamu Mekonen
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Determinant Factors of Neonatal Near Miss Among Neonates in Gurage Zone Hospitals, Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study [PDF]
Haimanot Abebe,1 Abebaw Wasie,1 Alex Yeshaneh,2 Solomon Shitu,2 Ayenew Mose,2 Daniel Adane,2 Haile Workye,3 Molla Gashu1 1Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia; 2Department of ...
Abebe H +7 more
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