Understanding the importance of non-material factors in retaining community health workers in low-income settings: a qualitative case-study in Ethiopia.

Objectives: The motivation and retention of community health workers (CHWs) is a challenge and inadequately addressed in research and policy. We sought to identify factors influencing the retention of CHWs in Ethiopia and ways to avert their exit.

Design: A qualitative study was undertaken using in-depth interviews with the study participants.

Risk Factors of Birth Asphyxia Among Neonates Born in Public Hospitals of Tigray, Northern Ethiopia.

Introduction: Birth asphyxia is defined by the World Health Organization as not initiating and maintaining default breathing at birth. Approximately 24% of neonatal deaths occurred annually worldwide due to birth asphyxia. About 3% of the 120 million neonates born each year acquire asphyxia in third world countries.