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Gender Equality in Academics: Are we there?
Conclusions: Men outnumbered women and had more publications as well as research grant awards. This inequity in research universities demands promoting the efforts to increase the number of female faculty members in academics and adopting a more systematic approach for equitable opportunities that enhance female research productivity. Future studies should explore peculiar barriers and opportunities in each discipline. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2021; 35(SI-2):03-07]Keywords: gender equality, grant awards, peer-reviewed articles, publication, sex difference (Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development)
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - August 2, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Workeabeba Abebe, Nuhamin Tekle, Mitike Molla Sisay Source Type: research

Towards Building Resilience within and beyond the Health Systems
The phraseHealth Systems Resilience has become a buzz word, especially within the past year following the COVID-19 pandemic. The term resilience is used in different forms and meanings. It in general refers to reinstating back quickly to the before-the -crisis state, by tirelessly combating the crisis at present. The concept has its origins in the fields of engineering, environmental sciences, and ecology, developed to suggest that systems respond to shocks in a variety of ways: by absorbing them and returning to their original equilibrium or reaching a new equilibrium which makes them more resilient (1). In clinical psych...
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 30, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Adamu Addissie Source Type: research

Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Associated Factors among Diabetic Patients Attending Health Care at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Conclusion: In the present study, the prevalence of smear-positive TB was 2.71%, prevalence lower than the national average. Duration of patients with DM was more associated with the prevalence of TB. DM patients should be screened forMycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Associated Factors among Diabetic Patients Attending Health Care at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.[Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2020; 35(2):000-000] (Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development)
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 30, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Tesfaye Andualem, Ephrem Malede Source Type: research

Community-Based Assessment of People with Chronic Diseases and Conditions Worsening the Severity of COVID-19 in Addis Ababa City Administration
This study aimed to describe people who have chronic illnesses that could be underlying conditions for increased severity of COVID-19.Methods:A survey was conducted in May 2020 using active community-based case surveillance in 30 randomly selected woredas in Addis Ababa City. Data were collected from each household member by assessing for general conditions and diseases expected to increase their risk of suffering higher severity from COVID-19. Data were stored in M.S. Excel and analyzed using SPSS-version 26 for windows. Descriptive analysis was conducted to know the proportion of persons with chronic diseases, and thus t...
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 30, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Bekele Chaka, Alemayehu Mekonnen, Tesfa Demilew, Yusuf Abdo, Filmona Bisrat, Abdulnasir Abagero Haji, Negussie Deyessa Source Type: research

Socio-demographic and Haematological Determinants of Breast Cancer in a Tertiary Health Care and Teaching Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Conclusion and recommendations: Majority of the cases were less than 40 years of age and were not able to read and write. Most of the RBC parameters of cases were significantly lower than the controls. Therefore, attention should be given for exposed groups and those with the designated haematological abnormalities. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2020; 35(2):000-000] (Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development)
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 30, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Fatuma Hassen, Fikre Enquselassie, Ahmed Ali, Adamu Addisse, Girma Taye, Mathewos Assefa, Aster Tsegaye Source Type: research

A Mediation Analysis of Determinants of New-born Care Practices in Four Regions of Ethiopia
Conclusion: New-born care practice is inadequate in general. However, birth preparedness and complication readiness have dual benefit of enhancing both maternal healthcare utilization and new-born care practices. Therefore, women shall be provided with information on benefits of facility delivery and getting professional assistance during delivery to improve new-born care practices.[Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2021; 35(2):000-000] (Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development)
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 30, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Alemayehu Hunduma, Gurmesa Tura, Lelisa Sena, Yemisrach Okwaraji Source Type: research

Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment among Adult People Living with HIV/AIDS Attending Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy at Adare Hospital, Southern Ethiopia
Conclusion: Adherence to ART among adult PLWHA attending HAART at Adare Hospital was suboptimal, but still comparable with that of resource-limited settings. To maximise treatment success, considering emphasised translation to Sidaamu Afoo language, encouraging patients to be involved in any income-generating system and to reveal their HIV status for others is helpful. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2020; 35(2):000-000] (Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development)
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 29, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Muse Rike, Eskindir Loha, Andargachew Kassa Source Type: research

Leadership, Management and Governance (LMG) Practices in Ethiopian Public Hospitals: 2018 –and 2019
Conclusion: the entire variable in the assessment tools was a minimum standard to be fully complied with in all the public hospitals. The results of this study revealed that the LMG practices were below the minimum standard. Well-functioning health development army was missing in many of the hospitals, and this suggests that there remains a lot to improve in health service s delivery in public hospitals. Not evaluating hospital performance against annual plan was found to be a cause of misunderstanding the challenges and not targeting them in future direction to meet requirement.[Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2020; 35(2):000-000]...
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 29, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Yalemzewoud Ayalew Source Type: research

Urinary screening of elementary school students in Taicang, China
Conclusions: The urine screening revealed that abnormal proteinuria was the main form of urinary abnormalities in elementary school students from Taicang. Urine screening is necessary for early detection and intervention of kidney disease. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2020; 35(2):000-000] (Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development)
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 29, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Lishan Jia, Xiaozhong Li, Zhihua Chen, Hai Jiang, Baoqin Zhang, Min Zhang, Guimei Shan, Yueqin Gu Source Type: research

The value of a novel percutaneous lung puncture clamp biopsy technique in the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules
Conclusions: The application of this new tool in obtaining tissue specimens in patients with pulmonary ground-glass opacity under the guidance of chest computed tomography was invaluable in terms of its high accuracy and safety. Moreover, its effect was better compared to using a fine-needle aspiration biopsy or a cutting-needle biopsy. Therefore, this instrument can be used for histological diagnosis. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2020; 35(2):000-000] (Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development)
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 29, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Dongyong Yang, Zhixing Zhu, Huihuang Lin, Zhenwei Lin, Yi Wang, Chi Cai, Jimin Fan, Yiming Zeng Source Type: research

The Ethiopian Health Information System: Where are we? And where are we going?
Health Information System (HIS) is a system that integrates data collection, management, and interpretation, including the use of the information to improve the quality of service and care through better management at all levels of health services (1). Early on, efforts to restructuring HIS to systematically collect, analyze, and report data for improved management in developing countries were undertaken by national program managers of vertically structured programs. In recent years, however, HIS in developing countries, including Ethiopia, has gained more and more attention as more effort by governments, international age...
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 16, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Girma Taye, Wondimu Ayele , Ephrem Biruk , Berhan Tassew , Tibebe Beshah Source Type: research

Quality of Primary Health Care during COVID-19 Pandemic in Addis Ababa Ethiopia: Patients-side and facility level assessment
Conclusion: Most of the respondents were satisfied with the quality of primary health care service. Gaps, however, were identified in the human resource management, infrastructure, referral system and continuity of care from the facilities ’ perspective. Incomplete recording of most of the content of employee was identified as well. Thus, it is recommended to improve the identified challenges through provision of a system (guideline), continuous supervision, mentorship, and training. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2021; 35(SI-1):98-107]Keyword: quality of service, patient satisfaction, continuing professional development (Sourc...
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 16, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Berhan Tassew, Adiam Nega, Demeke Assefa , Ephrem Biruk, Tigist Habtamu, Girma Taye, Wondimu Ayele Source Type: research

Patterns of essential health services utilization and routine health information management during Covid-19 pandemic at primary health service delivery point Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Conclusion: Service utilization like emergency, out-of-patient, and VCT cases significantly reduced during COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, routine data accuracy checks, and RHIS performance reviews practice were also significantly reduced. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2021; 35(SI-1):90-97]Key words: Data quality, data use, health service utilization (Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development)
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 16, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Wondimu Ayele, Ephrem Biruk, Awgichew Kifle , Tigist Habtamu, Girma Taye, Yakob Wondarad Source Type: research

The Plight of COVID-19 in Ethiopia: Describing Pattern, Predicting Infections, Recoveries and Deaths Using Initial Values from Different Sources
Conclusion: Ethiopia showed the slow progress of COVID-19 compared with South Africa and Italy. The implementation of integrated measures could reduce the proportion of infection significantly. The integrated intervention measures could also extend the peak time to a longer period. The Prophet model showed promising prediction accuracy as it increases when the data increase. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2021; 35(SI-1):82-89]Key Words: COVID-19, patterns, predicting, infections, recovery and death (Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development)
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 16, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Girma Taye, Mengistu Yilma , Awgichew Kifle , Wondimu Ayele, Ephrem Biruk Source Type: research

Hospitalization, Recovery, Death, incubation period and Severity of COVID-19: A Systematic Review
Conclusion: This systematic review in-sight the variation in hospitalization, recovery, death, incubation period and severity of COVID-19 pertaining to patients ’ characteristics. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2021; 35(SI-1):76-81]Key words: Hospitalization, Recovery, Death, incubation period severity, COVID-19, systematic review (Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development)
Source: Ethiopian Journal of Health Development - July 16, 2021 Category: African Health Authors: Mengistu Yilma , Girma Taye, Awgichew Kifle , Wondimu Ayele, Ephrem Biruk Source Type: research