Publications by authors named "A Kifle"
Root and tuber crops, particularly sweet potatoes, are vital to global food security, yet their potential for enhancing household nutrition and income remains largely untapped. Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) varieties are rich in pro-vitamin A, crucial for health. Despite their significance in Ethiopia, yields are often low due to inadequate location-specific fertilizer recommendations and limited access to high-yielding varieties.
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- Urologic emergencies are frequent and often complicated to manage, highlighting the need for effective training methods like simulation-based education (SBE).
- A study in Ethiopia surveyed surgical consultants and residents about their training needs, collecting responses primarily through online platforms, and found strong support for SBE in managing urological emergencies.
- The results indicated a high interest among trainees for a dedicated SBE course, with many participants emphasizing specific topics like acute urinary retention and urologic trauma as critical areas for training.
Endourology plays an important role in modern urological practice. Compared to open surgery, it offers many advantages. In Africa, endourology is not widely practiced or non-existent in some referral centres.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Ethiopia enacted a comprehensive tobacco control law in 2019, which bans tobacco advertising and promotion activities. However, compliance with these laws at points-of-sale (PoS) has not been studied, resulting in a lack of research evidence on how the regulations are implemented. The purpose of the study was to assess compliance with tobacco advertising and promotion laws at PoS in 10 cities in Ethiopia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To assess the practices, trends, and challenges associated with the use of endoscopic techniques in Africa related to the surgical treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia METHODS: The questionnaire, which was based on Google Forms, assessed several points related to the surgical management of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Results: In 67.4% of the centers, BPH was the primary pathology requiring surgical management.