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...

Three hundred fourteen years ago on July 21, 1699, a French physician and apothecary, Charles Jacques Poncet, arrived in Gondar, Ethiopia.1 Gondar is the site of a study of physician satisfaction with laboratory service that this commentary considers.2 The study’s period is much more recent than that of Poncet’s adventure—the satisfaction survey at Gondar University Hospital was carried out onl...

BACKGROUND Jimma University Hospital (JUH) in south west Ethiopia has been running an integrated rural chronic disease programme since 1999, focusing on treatment of epilepsy, diabetes and heart disease. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this review is to compare clinical data of the epilepsy patients with those previously published from a similar programme in Gondar university, in the north west of t...

1 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia. 2 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 3 Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, School of Biomedical and Laboratory Sciences, Uni...

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...

BACKGROUND Refractive error is the main cause of visual impairment in the world. Spectacles are the most frequently used options for correcting refractive errors. In addition, they can be used for protection and fashion. It is the simplest, cheapest and only method used in developing countries like Ethiopia. This study aims to explore the knowledge, attitude, practice and associated factors tow...

1 Department of Biomedicine, School of Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia 2 Department of Medical Microbiology, Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 3 Department of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 4 Department of Microbiology, School of Biomed...

BACKGROUND Malaria has become one of the major health problems currently facing the urban communities. The rapid increase in urbanization, rural-urban migration and climatic changes are among the main factors contributing for the rise of malaria in urban areas. To our knowledge, there has been no malaria prevalence study so far conducted in Gondar Town. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to ...

Background: Hypertensive heart disease (HHD) is the constellation of abnormalities characterized by cardiac complications. Despite advancements in management of hypertension and access to medical care, incidence of HHD is an alarmingly increasing through time. However, information on determinants of HHD studies is limited in Ethiopia. We assessed determinants of HHD among adult hypertensive pat...

Affiliations: McGill International Tuberculosis Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada. FIND, Geneva, Switzerland. Dept of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia. Division of Infectious Disea...