This work deals with the measurement of radioactivity concentrations from different cement samples collected South Gondar Zone, Ethiopia. The naturally occurring radioisotopes and radiation health impact indices caused by these nuclides in are indisputable dwellings. Specifically, average for 226 Ra, 232 Th 40 K were estimated as 76.53, 81.67, 407 Bq kg −1 , respectively. It was seen that all m...

BackgroundComplementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is a well-known medical science that uses variety of therapeutic strategies approaches to effectively prevent treat wide range human ailments. Determining graduating health students' knowledge, attitude, practice regarding CAM can help in the integration these systems into care system at large healthy manner. Therefore, this study aimed ass...

Neonatal sepsis is a common cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. It is a serious bacterial infection of blood with a clinical syndrome characterized by systemic signs of infection and bacteremia in the first month of life. Factors associated with positive blood culture and perinatal deaths among neonates are rarely described in developing countries. This study aime...

Background: Neisseria meningitidis and Staphylococcus aureus usually carried without symptoms in nasopharynx, but carriage of these pathogens can lead to serious infectious diseases in children. Meningitis beyond the neonatal period caused by N. meningitidis remains the main reason for morbidity and mortality among children in developing countries. The aim of the study was to assess nasopharyng...

BACKGROUND Anemia is highly prevalent in heart failure (HF) patients. However, the prevalence, clinical impact and prognostic factor of anemia in heart failure patients is widely varies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of anemia in patients with HF, to compare baseline clinical characteristic and outcomes of severe HF patients with and without anemia admitted to Gondar Univ...

A cross-sectional study was conducted from October 2011 to April 2012 to assess the status of cystic hydatidosis in cattle slaughtered at Gondar Elfora abattoir. Out of the total 400 cattle examined visually and manually (palpation and incision), 112 (28%) were found harboring hydatid cysts. A significantly higher infection was detected in older cattle (P<0.05, P2=12.191) than young. Regarding ...

Background Irrational prescription is strongly associated with poor control of hypertension. The present study aimed to evaluate antihypertensive drug prescription trends and to measure their impact on the level of blood pressure (BP) control in Gondar University Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia. Methods A hospital-based retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted from May 30 to June 30, 2016...

The aims of this study were to determine the distribution of serogroups and serotypes as well as the antimicrobial resistance pattern of Shigella isolates from Gondar patients with acute diarrhea. A cross-sectional study was conducted from August 2006 to February 2008. Stool specimens were received from study subjects and cultured. Isolates were confirmed by biochemical and serological tests. T...

BACKGROUND The effectiveness of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in children has not been well studied specially in developing countries where the burden of HIV is high. This study was aimed to assess the immunologic response of HIV-infected children to HAART at Pediatric ART Clinic Gondar University Hospital. METHODS Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted at the Pe...