Publications by authors named "A Teklay"
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- Vitamin A supplementation every 4-6 months is a cost-effective approach to improve vitamin A levels and reduce child morbidity and mortality in Tanzania, where a study investigated the influence of various factors on supplementation status among children aged 6-59 months.
- The analysis utilized data from the 2022 Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey, involving 9,382 children, and employed a multilevel binary logistic regression model to identify significant associations with vitamin A supplementation.
- Results show that 53.18% of children received supplementation, with factors like mother's working status, antenatal care, and delivery at health facilities positively influencing supplementation, while regional disparities also played a role in its availability.
Soil erosion significantly affects agricultural production. Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) measures have been constructed to reduce soil loss. However, the impact of SWC measures on physicochemical soil properties has rarely been investigated in most parts of Ethiopia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model is one of the regional climate models for dynamically downscaling climate variables at finer spatial and temporal scales. The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of WRF model for simulating temperature and rainfall over Lake Tana basin in Ethiopia. The WRF model was configured for six experimental setups using three land surface models (LSMs): Noah, RUC and TD; and two land use datasets: USGS and updated New Land Use (NLU).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPresently, the leftovers from leather product industries are discarded as waste in Ethiopia. The objective of the present study was therefore, to prepare composite sheets by incorporating various plant fibers like enset (Ensete ventricosum), hibiscus (Hibiscus cannabinus), jute (Corchorus trilocularis L.), palm (Phoenix dactylifera) and sisal (Agave sisal) in various proportions into the leather waste.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used in Kilte Awulaelo District, Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
September 2013
Background: The Ethiopian people have been dependent on traditional medicine, mainly medicinal plants, from time immemorial for control of human and animal health problems, and they still remain to be largely dependent on the practice. The purpose of the current study was to conduct ethnobotanical study to document medicinal plants used to treat diseases of human and domestic animals in Kilte Awulaelo District in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.
Methods: Ethnobotanical data were collected between July and September 2011 through semi-structured interviews, ranking exercises and field observations.