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The prevalence of transfusion transmitted infections: A focus on hepatitis B virus among blood donors at Hawassa blood bank center, Southern Ethiopia
... In addition to this, this study identified malaria screening of blood donated for transfusion purposes should be an essential task of blood bank laboratories in the study area. This study included malaria screening as ...
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Fractionation and availability of phosphorus in acid soils of Hagereselam, Southern Ethiopia under different rates of lime
... Ethiopian soils have a high potential for crop production, no detailed work has been done on the P status, forms, and dynamics [19]. Most past studies have focused only on the plant-available inorganic P fraction [15, ...
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Predictors of modern contraceptive utilization among married reproductive age women in Misha district Southern Ethiopia A community based cross sectional study
... Family planning assists “families in achieving the number of children desired with appropriate spacing and timing, ensuring optimal growth and development of each family member” (11, 12). Failure to plan a pregnancy can ...
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Rural poverty and its determinants in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
... Sampling technique and Sample size: The study used a multi-stage sampling procedures to select the representative respondents from the study area. In the first stage, based on pilot study four Woredas of the zone, three ...
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Bacteriological study of calf colisepticemia in Alage Dairy Farm, Southern Ethiopia
... coli and its associated risk factors in Alage Dairy Farm, Southern Ethiopia... Main text Methods Study area.[r] ...
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Mothers' Utilization Of Antenatal Care And Their Satisfaction With Delivery Services In Selected Public Health Facilities Of Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia
... Safe motherhood initiative recommended the importance of access to quality maternal healthcare services and the need of presence of skilled professional at every delivery.(9). The MDG has the aim of reducing maternal ...
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Intestinal parasite infections and associated factors among inmates of Arba Minch prison, southern Ethiopia: cross sectional study
... Prison conditions should promote the health of both prisoners and prison staff and providing proper health care for inmates is also very important. The issue of IPI in vulnerable population particularly inmate seeks spe- ...
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Prevalence and risk factors of tungiasis among children of Wensho district, southern Ethiopia
... The prevalence of 58.7% found by the current study is much higher than the prevalence rate of 1.2% previously reported from a national survey in Ethiopia [10], 34.7% reported from Yirgacheffe district in ...
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Perception and Response to Climate Change by Small Farmers: The Case of Mareko District, Southern Ethiopia
... Abstract: Climate change and variability is one of the common challenges of rainfall dependent economic activities like agriculture. In this study, we assessed the perception of small landholders on the impact of climate ...
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Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Neisseria Meningitides Isolates from Asymptomatic Carriers in Gurage Zone, Southern Ethiopia
... to the study conducted in Ethiopia by Bårnes GK, et al. (10) in Arba Minch, southern Ethiopia 6.6%, in Burkina Faso 7.86% (11), in Turkey by Gazi H. et al. 6.2% [1] and study conducted in Greece ...
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Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Associated Risk Factors among Diabetic Patients in Southern Ethiopia
... of Southern Ethiopia based on estimated glomerular filtration rate ...hospital, southern Ethiopia among 214 randomly selected diabetic ...
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Socio economic characteristics and utilization of urban green infrastructure in southern Ethiopia
... User’s socio-economic characteristics can influence the visit and utilization pattern of urban green infrastructure. Assessing the influence of socio-economic characteristics of people on the utilization of UGI is an ...
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Chronic kidney disease and underdiagnosis of renal insufficiency among diabetic patients attending a hospital in Southern Ethiopia
... In conclusion, this study demonstrated that CKD is present in no less than 18% of diabetic patients attend- ing Butajira hospital of southern Ethiopia, but it is usu- ally undiagnosed. Furthermore, the ...
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High prevalence of drug resistance mutations in Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax in southern Ethiopia
... In line with reports on high clinical failure rates of CQ and SP, the obtained data shows that in an area of seasonal transmission in southern Ethiopia, P. falciparum muta- tions conferring resistance to ...
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Increasing Detection and Confirmation of Tuberculosis in Children in Southern Ethiopia: Pooled Samples Tested Using Microscopy and Xpert
... Background: Childhood tuberculosis accounts for about 10% of estimated TB cases in the world. Despite advances in diagnostics, childhood TB remains a challenge. We evaluated pooling method and testing with GeneXpert ...
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Determinants of exclusive breastfeeding practice to infants aged less than six months in Offa district, Southern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study
... This study was conducted in Offa district, is located at 159 Km from regional capital Hawasa and 380 km south from Addis Ababa. Offa is one of 12 rural districts in Wolaita province (Zone) of Southern ...
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Prevalence and epidemiology of meningococcal carriage in Southern Ethiopia prior to implementation of MenAfriVac, a conjugate vaccine
... one kebele were new STs (n = 13) and were found mostly in kebele C (n = 10). Isolates from kebele C are spread across the phylogenetic tree, while isolates from the other kebeles are more clustered in the centre and ...
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GGE-Biplot Analysis of Grain Yield of Faba Bean Genotypes in Southern Ethiopia
... in Ethiopia (Fikere et ...the southern Ethiopia where agro-forestry and crop diversification is the main practice while Fikere et al (2008) conducted their study in the southeastern of the country ...
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Ethnic conflict in the 'tribal zone': the Dizi and Suri in southern Ethiopia
... Ethnic Conflict in the 'Tribal Zone': the Dizi and Suri in Southern Ethiopia.. by Jon Abbink, Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of NiJmegen, The [r] ...
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Scabies outbreak investigation and risk factors in Kechabira district, Southern Ethiopia: unmatched case control study
... The overall prevalence rate of scabies was 2.5%, the prevalence of this investigation was comparable with findings of investigations conducted in Kuwait [11], Egypt (4.4) [12], and Nigeria (4.8) [13], but higher than ...
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