Child malnutrition in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

Child malnutrition in Tigray, northern Ethiopia.

OBJECTIVE Estimate levels of and identify factors contributing to child malnutrition in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Rural communities from four zones of Tigray. SUBJECTS Three hundred and eighteen under five children representing 587 randomly selected households were included. RESULTS Among the children surveyed, 46.9%, 33.0% and 11.6% were stunted,...

MEKELLE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS DETERMINANTS OF CHILD MALNUTRITION A CASE STUDY IN CENTERALZONE of TIGRAY, NORTHERN ETHIOPIA

Determinants of defaulting from completion of child immunization in Laelay Adiabo District, Tigray Region, Northern Ethiopia: A case-control study

BACKGROUND Globally 2.5 million children under five years of age die every year due to vaccine preventable diseases. In Tigray Region in Northern Ethiopia, full vaccination coverage in children is low. However, the determinants of defaulting from completion of immunization have not been studied in depth. This study aimed to identify the determinants of defaulting from child immunization complet...

An Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants in Asgede Tsimbila District, Northwestern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia

www.ethnobotanyjournal.org/vol10/i1547-3465-10-305.pdf Ethnobotany Research & Applications 10:305-320 (2012) Girmay Zenebe, Hawassa University, Wondo Genet College of Forestry and Natural Resources, School of Forestry, P. O. Box 128, Shahemene, ETHIOPIA. [email protected] Mohammed Zerihun, Forum for Social Studies, Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA. [email protected] Zewdie Solomon, Hawassa Un...

A community-based trachoma survey: prevalence and risk factors in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia.

AIM Trachoma is a public health problem in Ethiopia accounting for 35-50% of cases of blindness. This study aims to determine the prevalence of trachoma in Tigray and to evaluate whether common risk factors are also risk factors in this region. METHOD A cross sectional community-based survey was conducted. From six districts, a total of 48 villages were selected by a multistage cluster random...