BACKGROUND Despite its great public health importance, few control initiatives addressing podoconiosis (non-filarial elephantiasis, a geochemical neglected tropical disease) exist. In June 2010, the first podoconiosis program in Northern Ethiopia, consisting of prevention, awareness, and care and support activities, began in Debre Markos, Northern Ethiopia. This study aims to document and disse...

Climate-related environmental and humanitarian crisis are important challenges in the Great Horn of Africa (GHA). In the absence of long-term past climate records in the region, tree-rings are valuable climate proxies, reflecting past climate variations and complementing climate records prior to the instrumental era. We established annually resolved multi-century tree-ring chronology from Junip...

1Department of Anaesthesia, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Ethiopia 2Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Ethiopia 3Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Ethiopia 4Department of Optometry, School of Medicine, College of Medic...

background malaria affects the health and wealth of individuals, as well as nations. in ethiopia, malaria is identified as both a disease of poverty and a cause of poverty. objectives a retrospective analysis was conducted to investigate the changes in malaria indices at the serbo health center, ethiopia. materials and methods based on existing blood smear examination data. the original case re...

Dekoko (Pisum sativum var. abyssinicum) is one of the most important food legumes grown in south Tigray and north Wollo, northern Ethiopia. It is one among the most important food legumes in terms of protein content. It grows mixed and alone with many cereal crops growing in north Ethiopia. This study was conducted in 2015/2016with the objective of selecting adaptable and relatively high yieldi...

introduction: drug use in pediatric patients is a unique dilemma in the management and monitoring of disease. this study aimed at assessing medication prescribing in a pediatric ward of an  ethiopian hospital. materials and methods: a retrospective cross-sectional study was done by reviewing the medical records of 249 patients among those admitted in the period between 11th of september 2007 an...