PURPOSE Trachoma is a major cause of blindness in Ethiopia, and targeted for elimination as a public health problem by the year 2020. Prevalence data are needed to plan interventions. We set out to estimate the prevalence of trachoma in each evaluation unit of grouped districts ("woredas") in Benishangul Gumuz region, Ethiopia. METHODS We conducted seven cross-sectional community-based survey...

The survey was conducted for three years from 2018 to 2020 cropping seasons in four regions, Amahara, Oromia, SNNP and Benishangul Gumuz, identify storage insect pests assess post-harvest loss of maize major producing areas Ethiopia.

BACKGROUND In 2011, the World Health Organization recognized podoconiosis as one of the neglected tropical diseases. Nonetheless, the number of people with podoconiosis and the geographical distribution of the disease is poorly understood. Based on a nationwide mapping survey and geostatistical modelling, we predict the prevalence of podoconiosis and estimate the number of cases across Ethiopia...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES In Ethiopia, nearly 10 million insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) were distributed between 2004 and 2005; which touched 56 million in 2012. The study was aimed to determine the impact of these bednets on malaria prevalence, in Yaso district of Benishangul-Gumuz region, western Ethiopia. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted during the peak malaria transmission ...

Abstract Ethnic politics, conceptually, entails the political orientation of employing ethnicity as a means cooperation and conflict. Based on this concept, study was aimed to examine actors, causes consequences violation plus challenges in preserving civil rights Amharas Benishangul Gumuz Regional State ( bgrs ) post 1991 Ethiopia. It applied qualitative research approach. Accordingly, found t...