Publications by authors named "Andargachew Gashu"

Article Synopsis
  • Existing acute febrile illness (AFI) surveillance systems can be adapted to identify new diseases like COVID-19 by testing patients who show symptoms.
  • The CDC worked with health ministries in five countries (Belize, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, and Peru) to integrate COVID-19 testing into their AFI systems from March 2020 to October 2021, enrolling over 5,500 patients.
  • Testing results showed varying positivity rates for SARS-CoV-2 across countries, demonstrating that AFI surveillance can effectively enhance monitoring and response to emerging infectious diseases.
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Clinical laboratories are mandated to deliver accurate, reliable, timely and correctly reported result which, used in decision making for disease screening, diagnosis and monitoring. With aid of six sigma principles and metrics it is possible to assess the quality laboratory process and the quality control that is needed to ensure that the desired quality is achieved. Thus, this study was undertaken to evaluate the performance of biochemical parameters by calculating the sigma metrics of individual parameters using internal quality control (IQC) and Proficiency Testing (PT) results.

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Efforts towards slowing down coronavirus (COVID-19) transmission and reducing mortality have focused on timely case detection, isolation and treatment. Availability of laboratory COVID-19 testing capacity using reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was essential for case detection. Hence, it was critical to establish and expand this capacity to test for COVID-19 in Ethiopia.

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Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is a highly transmittable virus that continues to disrupt livelihoods, particularly those of low-income segments of society, around the world. In Ethiopia, more specifically in the capital city of Addis Ababa, a sudden increase in the number of confirmed positive cases in high-risk groups of the community has been observed over the last few weeks of the first case. Therefore, this study aims to assess knowledge, practice and associated factors that can contribute to the prevention of COVID-19 among high-risk groups in Addis Ababa.

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Introduction: Physician is a central figure in the client list of clinical laboratory. Monitoring physicians' satisfaction with laboratory service is an important indicator of the quality management system and required by international laboratory standards. However, there is no national data on physician satisfaction with laboratory services in Ethiopia.

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Background: Knowing customers' level of satisfaction is relevant to improve and provide quality health care services. In the clinical laboratory, monitoring customers' satisfaction is an important indicator of the quality management system and required by international laboratory standards. However, in Ethiopia, there has not been baseline data about the satisfaction level of patients' with laboratory services at the national level.

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Background: Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacillus . According to the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health's 2013-2014 report, the tuberculosis case detection rate was 53.7%, which was below the target of 81% set for that year.

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Background: Microscopic diagnosis of Giemsa-stained thick and thin blood films has remained the standard laboratory method for diagnosing malaria. High quality performance of microscopists that examine blood slides in health facilities remains critically important.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the performance of 107 malaria microscopists working at 23 malaria rechecking laboratories in Ethiopia.

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