The effects of improved sanitation on diarrheal prevalence, incidence, and duration in children under five in the SNNPR State, Ethiopia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Diarrhea is one of the leading causes of death, killing 1.3 million in 2013 across the globe, of whom, 0.59 million were children under 5 years of age.
Beyene, Habtamu +9 more
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Improving seed potato quality in Ethiopia: a value chain perspective [PDF]
, 2016 In Ethiopia, use of low-quality seed potatoes by the majority of potato growers is associated with underdevelopment of the seed potato value chains. Three seed potato systems are present in Ethiopia: the informal seed system, the alternative seed system ...
Hirpa Tufa, A. +5 more
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Food insecurity and associated factors among HIV-infected individuals receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy in Jimma zone Southwest Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2012 Background: In resource limited settings, many People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) lack access to sufficient quantities of nutritious foods, which poses additional challenges to the success of antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Alemseged, Fisehaye +3 more
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Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022 Enset, with its starch-rich corm and pseudostem, is a staple meal for over 20 million Ethiopians, although it is almost unknown outside of a small production zone in southern Ethiopia. As a result, to fill a gap, this study investigates the Gurage people
Habtamu Wondimu, Ashenafi Kebede
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Analysis of Seed Potato Systems in Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2010 This study aimed to analyze the seed potato systems in Ethiopia, identify constraints and prioritize improvement options, combining desk research, rapid appraisal and formal surveys, expert elicitation, field observations and local knowledge. In Ethiopia,
Hirpa, A. +6 more
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Bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis prevalence in cattle from selected milk cooperatives in Arsi zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2013 Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) and bovine brucellosis are two important milk-borne zoonoses that have been shown to be prevalent to various degrees in Ethiopian cattle.
Abera, Birhanu +7 more
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Momona Ethiopian Journal of Science, 2022 This study was conducted with the objective of assessing the opportunities and challenges of backyard poultry production at three villages in Ezha district, Gurage Zone of southern Ethiopia using a semi-structured questionnaire, field visit and interview with 150 randomly selected respondents.
Estifanos, Mebagebriael +1 more
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Spatial distribution of Glossina sp. and Trypanosoma sp. in south-western Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2015 Background Accurate information on the distribution of the tsetse fly is of paramount importance to better control animal trypanosomosis. Entomological and parasitological surveys were conducted in the tsetse belt of south-western Ethiopia to describe ...
Abatih, Emmanuel +13 more
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Background Occult hepatitis B virus infection (OBI) refers to the detection of HBV DNA in blood or liver tissue in individuals who test negative for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), excluding the early phase of acute HBV infection. This hidden form of infection represents a substantial but frequently underestimated risk to blood transfusion safety,
Gizachew Beykaso +4 more
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Husbandry practices and phenotypic characterization of indigenous sheep types in Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia [PDF]
International Journal of Livestock Production, 2021 The study was conducted to characterize the husbandry practices, phenotypic characteristics and determination of live body weight using morphometrical measurements of indigenous sheep types under smallholder management condition in highlands of Gurage zone, Southern Ethiopia.
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