BACKGROUND
Monitoring the outcome of tuberculosis treatment and understanding the specific reasons for unsuccessful treatment outcome are important in evaluating the effectiveness of tuberculosis… (More)
BACKGROUND
Khat (an evergreen plant with amphetamine-like properties) and alcohol are widely consumed among the youth of Ethiopia. However, their relationship to risky sexual behaviour is not well… (More)
A community-based seroepidemiological survey of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia was conducted in 1994 to inform on the transmission dynamics and control of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Venous blood from… (More)
OBJECTIVES
This study aims at examining parent-young people communication about sexual and reproductive health related topics and factors associated with it from both young people's and parents'… (More)
Although podoconiosis is one of the major causes of tropical lymphoedema and is endemic in Ethiopia its epidemiology and risk factors are poorly understood. Individual-level data for 129,959… (More)
BACKGROUND
Malnutrition is a common condition in HIV-infected children; however, its impact in survival of HIV infected children after initiation ofantiretroviral therapy is not well understood.
… (More)
A method for the analysis of age-stratified antibody prevalence surveys is applied to a previously reported survey of antibody to rubella virus using oral fluid samples in which the sensitivity of… (More)
OBJECTIVE
To estimate the age and sex-specific prevalence of HIV infection in the population of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
DESIGN
Two-stage cluster sampling of the population aged 0-49 years of Addis… (More)
Serum samples (n = 4,593) collected in 1994 as part of a representative household community survey of the population of Addis Ababa who were 0-49 years old were tested for hepatitis C (HCV)… (More)
Background: Globally, 41.8% of pregnant women and 30.2% of non-pregnant women are anemic. Previous studies which attempted to identify determinants of anemia among women of reproductive age reported… (More)